by Tom | Nov 16, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
For when you need to provide information for inbound transfers to Hong Kong accounts. Thanks to psjylife for the answer. The information you should give is (NB SWIFT is like IBAN outside Europe): BANK NAME: HSBC BANK CODE: 004 ADDRESS: 1 Queen’s Road...
by Tom | Oct 24, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Came out of the cathedral hall after rehearsing Christmas music to find a heavy metallish jam going on at Occupy under HSBC. Nice.
by Tom | Oct 19, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Listen, Personal
Complaints Choir: The World’s Mundane Grievances Set to Song | Brain Pickings. Every town needs one. Time for Fi ‘n’ me to set one up in Hong Kong. I love the idea. Crowdsource your grievances, set them to music and then perform at a few choice...
by Tom | Oct 10, 2011 | Business, Hong Kong / China
I hadn’t really got the idea of guanxi – a “network of connections and favours” – which helps oil the wheels of Chinese business. This article helped a lot: Why Latin American Companies Can’t Thrive In China –...
by Tom | Oct 10, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, View
Hong Kong’s dirty little secret – coffin homes | Danwei. The homes in this article are just round the corner from us and nearly visible from our flat. Incredible disparity in this city, as with many others.
by Tom | Oct 9, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Thanks to Bruce and Ming for breaking our hairy crab cherry in proper Shanghai style. And to Lesley for putting up with it all. Unusual for steamed crabs to beat the rugby for interest, but they did. Personally, the males won out, but each gender had its own goodness....
