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I was in a washroom the other day and noticed that there were eight wash basins but only one warm air hand dryer, one of the old slow type.  Now it seems obvious to me that, since it takes far longer to dry your hands with one of those than it does to wash them (even when you follow all six steps of the Hong Kong government's helpful instructions - if my grandmother was still alive, they'd probably...

I dreamed I saw George Takei last night.Actually it was the night before last, but that line has a nice ring to it, resonant of the song about Joe Hill. In the dream, my wife and I were sitting near the front of a large square-shaped restaurant - Chinese, I think it was.  I looked around the restaurant, and George was seated at a table in the back corner.  He saw me and waved to me.In real...

"Mick Jagger will camp when Rolling Stones play Glastonbury [Festival]"says The Sun.  Most of us thought he'd been camping for years already. Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE ...

Meagan Green beat 25 other finalists to be crowned Miss Northern Ireland 2013 at the end of the national pageant held by Open + Direct at the Europa Hotel in Belfast on Monday night of May 13, 2013. She will represent Northern Ireland in the upcoming Miss World 2013 pageant, scheduled to take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 28.The fist runner-up was Anna Henry, a 18-year-old student from...

Chalita Yaemwannang was crowned Miss Universe Thailand 2013 on May 11, 2013 at Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon in Bangkok. The beauty is 25 years old and stands 1.76 m. She will represent Thailand at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant.Yaemwannang holds a Masters Degree Tourism Management and Marketing Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. Winning the title, Chalita will receive a cash prize 1,000,000฿...

According to Facebook, Tai Po is near the airport on Lantau island, more or less diagonally opposite its real location..  I can only assume they get their maps from Apple, not Google.  Still, that should make it quicker to get home from the airport next time I land the...

We are seeing a bizarre proliferation recently of ever more pro-Beijing organisations seemingly dedicated to telling us that we are too stupid to choose our own leaders.  It appears to be a rule that these should have as long and unwieldy a name as possible.  Last night's news reported on a public forum organised by the Love China-Hong Kong Alliance of Youth Cultural Societies.  The...

Did you see the mainland tourist on last night's news blubbing like a baby just because his tour bus was delayed by an hour?  Apparently this puerile display of over-the-top emotion was in support of his claim for compensation of RMB3,000 per head for the delay (the amount they paid for the entire 5-day tour to Hong Kong).  On that basis, New World First Bus owes me $750 for the agonising...