Are you tired yet of all the news about the bus hijacking-turned-massacre yet? Indeed, neither are we. The slain victims may have returned to our fair city earlier this week, but not before our Filipino friends allowed the paparazzi a few good shots of the coffins. While they were open. OK, now before you watch the below video (credit: Reuters), do you solemnly swear to leave (your) Filipino helper(s) alone and distance yourself from ridiculous shit like this? Good boy/girl. Here goes: (more…)
From today’s Standard. Good to know right? Unfortunately the Almighty decided that little 14-year old Jessie and 21-year old Doris were unworthy of rescue. But perhaps they weren’t good Buddhists Christians. F*cking religious morons.
Foxconn, the troubled company that manufactured your iPhone, has decided to show the world once more what a great employer it is. As you know, it has been plagued by several worker suicides, which impacted worker morale (and share prices) a bit. So an obvious way to tackle this annoying issue is by organizing a rally named “Treasure Your Life, Love Your Family, Care for Each Other to Build a Wonderful Future.” Foxconn, fuck yeah! Kudos to PR firm Burson-Masteller for coming up with this superb idea. And please dear reader, before you start criticizing these two organizations and dismiss the above as a cheap publicity stunt, have a look at the below picture and let these smiles warm your heart: (more…)
Just so you know. Two law organizations, the Hong Kong Bar Association and the Law Society of Hong Kong, have in a joint statement clarified their position on the Bokhary uproar following her rather mild sentence for having slapped a cop for the 3rd time in her life. The Standard reports that both law organizations have concluded that the “the public had generally misunderstood how the rule of law is administered in Hong Kong.” Now of course the actual statement does not say this in so many words, but it is basically saying that we should shut up because pressuring and criticizing Magistrates and Judges ain’t cool.
Hence, stop doing so please! A demoralized police force is only a minor issue, they’ll get over it. And besides, arresting gweilos for playing “illegal” poker games should bring back the smile on their faces anyway. For the inside story on the latter, see here and here.
In a city with approximately 4 million self-proclaimed photographers (including Bowtie), it’s not common to come across stuff worthy of the TDS seal of awesomeness. Now meet Jonathan van Smit, a gweilo from New Zealand working in finance to fund his obsession with street photography. He loves Hong Kong and especially Kowloon, where he strolls around for hours taking shots. This actually makes him one of the 46 currently active expat bankers who ever set foot on the dark side. As he occasionally gets up close and personal, there can be “issues” with some of his “models.”
But whatever these “issues” are, we say they’re worth it. See for yourself (click to enlarge) and leave us a comment if you’d like to see some more of this Kiwi’s work. (more…)
