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A golden era for Hong Kong’s property owners

# 2012-07-02 18:20:52, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
I mentioned a while ago about soaring home rentals making living in Hong Kong more challenging than before. This phenomenon appears to apply everywhere that the idea of moving out to a more reasonable accommodation seems no longer practical. But while home renters find it a challengs coping up with ...

Hong Kong’s 15th handover anniversary a reason for celebration?

# 2012-07-01 18:44:47, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
Yesterday’s 15th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China was highlighted with an elaborate fireworks display that dazzled spectators for 23 minutes. But one question that comes to mind is whether this occasion deserves to be called a celebration? Fireworks are normally showcase...

Hong Kong’s first storm signal 8 of 2012

# 2012-06-29 05:45:02, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
It’s now the season of tropical typhoons but with a long weekend coming up, the city’s first taste of storm signal number 8 could have arrived at a better time. Don’t be surprised that Hong Kong people would love a rendezvous with very strong winds. Not a fresh gale, which only warrants interm...

HK music, video retailers unfazed by local iTunes Store launch

# 2012-06-28 22:04:12, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
The moment I learned that Apple is launching its iTunes Store in Hong Kong, I immediately thought of nearby shops that sell compact discs and DVDs and how this development impact their business. As people have become more used to buying products online, it is not surprising to hear such announcement...

Marriage not an option for many of Hong Kong’s young adults

# 2012-06-28 03:48:18, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
Kramer: They’re prisons! Man-made prisons. You’re doing time! You get up in the morning, she’s there. You go to sleep at night, she’s there. It’s like you gotta ask permission to use the bathroom. (pleading voice) “Is it all right if I use the bathroom now?” Jerry: Really? Kramer: Yeah...

Yau Shing and disappearing discount shops in Hong Kong

# 2012-06-26 03:07:21, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
Yau Shing is a neighborhood convenience store located at a shopping mall nearby which sells a variety of household products from light bulbs to lunch boxes and from and small electrical appliances to adhesive tapes. It seems that we won’t last a week without paying a visit at this shop. Although i...

Soaring home rentals continue in Hong Kong

# 2012-06-24 10:21:29, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
Over a span of two weeks, all I heard from friends was that most of them were slapped with raises in homes they rent. Whether it’s apartment units at LOHAS Park or Metro City in Tseung Kwan O, Caribbean Coast in Tung Chung or a village house in Sai Kung, they all sounded off with

Samsonite luggage ‘Tokyo Chic’ recall

# 2012-06-20 13:53:42, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
One of the more recent campaigns of Samsonite, a well-known luggage maker, is about “Stepping Out”. The ad was shot extensively in India, Nepal and the United States and features users of various backgrounds, apparently stepping out of their limits, and bringing out the “inner nomad” in them...

Asylum seekers less at home in HK than elsewhere

# 2012-06-20 01:58:57, Asian Correspondent: Living in Hong Kong
At a rate of just 10 per cent of asylum seekers recognizing as refugees, Hong Kong is less accommodating than its Western counterparts when it comes to accepting foreigners coming to the city to escape persecution from their homeland. Without releasing exact figures, the ratio was released by the Un...