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These are unusual times, I think everyone would agree, as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to roll over our daily lives.Although some...
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THE WILD BOYSI have memories of travelling around in the back of an exhausted 10-year-old Bedford CF van with the band back in 1982. It was a cheap...
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Storm’s comin’One of the funny things about debt is that, according to some economists, there’s in theory a good reason why, if you’re big or...
STORM’S COMIN’One of the funny things about debt is that, according to some economists, there’s in theory a good reason why, if you’re big or...
WOULD YOU LIKE CHIPS WITH THAT?I was having lunch last week with a passionate investor in high-growth tech companies and talking about Taiwan. He...
LEMMINGS IN CENTRALWalking through Central last week I noticed something that made me sigh. Fresh in the wake of the closure of The Gap and the fire...
This November, Britain will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, delayed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic....
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KICKING OFF THE 20TH CENTURYThe early part of the 20th century was an exciting time to be alive. With the development of electric railways, subway...
ALL MY BAGS ARE PACKED, I’M READY TO GOIt is now 15 months since the SARS-CoV-2 virus reared its ugly head in Wuhan and badly disrupted lives across...
TRADE ROUTESA long time ago in a land far, far away, a large ship that had travelled a great distance slipped quietly into a perfect natural harbour...
Saudi Arabia has been looking to diversify its economy ever since its reliance on the stability of high crude-oil prices exposed a glaring weakness in...
I hopped on the inter-island ferry last Friday to see a few musician mates in Cheung Chau and lament the lack of live music, what with all the venues...
MR PINKQuentin Tarantino’s classic movie Reservoir Dogs opens with an entertaining exchange among a group of criminals about paying a tip to the...
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THE ONE WITH THE WAGGLY TAILIt is that time of year when Hongkongers can get back at us gweilos for making them suffer through months of tedious...
POWER UP2021 has been exciting and full of surprises, and it’s only the start of February! A huge dump of snow in Spain led to a severe shortage of...
ONE CAREFUL OWNERLiving in Hong Kong, you’d be forgiven if respect for the environment is not the first thing that comes to mind when you’re asked...
FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINAWhen Britain first started to trade with China, neither nation knew much about the other. Britain had just started to import...
THE DEVIL WILL FIND WORK FOR IDLE HANDS TO DOA friend of mine said to me on Monday: “you won’t be short of something to write this week!”. Not...
SAKANA, SAKANA, SAKANA!When I first went to Japan as an “alien” in the 1980s, my British palate was confronted with all manner of strange food –...
I GUESS YOU GUYS AREN’T READY FOR THAT YET, BUT YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA LOVE ITToday is my parents’ 63rd wedding anniversary, and if all goes to plan,...
WITH A PINK HOTEL, A BOTIQUE AND A SWINGIN’ HOTSPOTIt would appear the mutant virus successfully became the Grinch that tried to take away our...
BATTERY WARSInspired by his grandfather’s passion for airborne personal transport, Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s current president, has not just inherited...
AS IF LIFE WASN’T TOUGH ENOUGHImagine running a portfolio of southeast Asian banking stocks in Hong Kong and suddenly being unable to have HSBC in...
Hong Kong has for decades served as one of Asia’s most important financial hubs, and its English-language media was a bastion of free speech.The...
SIMPLY REDIt is less than a decade since China was last buying up vast amounts of copper in the global metals market. In February 2011, the price...
VOTEBUSTERS!If you thought we would be done with the US presidential election on November 3 and you could move on from the circus, think again. It is...
UNDER THE SHADE OF A COOLIBAH TREEI have been a frequent visitor to Australia, taking in and enjoying the local culture. Even back home, I enjoy the...
SOCIABLE HONG KONGIn Hong Kong we are fortunate to have plenty of young talent attracted by top universities in the region, and a hard-working,...
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