The jijis.org.hk’s new website which is for students to look for jobs and for employers to find candidates. Recently, we put up 2 ads on this platform and we have not received a single enquiry, in previous years we would receive around 30 – 40 applications per job ad. Each time I visit the student… Read More »
The US government has been printing money willy nilly since 2008 and have expanded their balance sheet by about 4 fold; they have been getting away with this because they have been able to manipulate inflation data by artificially suppressing the price of commodities that are used to calculate inflation. Gold and Silver prices amongst… Read More »
HSBC’s customer service in Hong Kong is going from Bad to Worse. They call me and ask me to go for an interview because we made some instructions in the change signatories for the account; in the telecon, it was agreed that they would send me an email to confirm the location, the person whom… Read More »
The bar Ontop, 29/F, 18 On Lan Street is the biggest scam in Hong Kong. I asked the sommelier to give me a bottle of good quality and good value wine and after 20 minutes he came back with 2005 Cote Rotie 2005 (les Grandes Places)….They try to charge HK$ 3,000 for the bottle. I… Read More »
Wang Zhenmin said that the abduction of Lee Bo in Hong Kong was “an unfortunate incident” and then said that Hong Kong’s independence contravenes “one country two systems”. Could he not connect the dots and work out the the calls for Hong Kong’s independence was a consequence of the “unfortunate incident” carried out by the… Read More »
Last night, we had the misfortune of attending a talk with Mr JP Kuehlwein at Orange Peel, Central (http://www.orangepeelhk.com/) who coined the term “Uber” brands which is supposed to mean effectively very strong brands. He spent 90% of the talk telling us how high-end luxury brands like Rolls Royce, Chanel, Hermes, Berluti, etc. create the… Read More »
The Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) is one of the worst implemented schemes which steals money from the employees and punishes entrepreneurs. It offers returns lower than inflation and in most instances delivers returns lower than fixed deposit. It is already hard enough to operate a business in Hong Kong and MPF adds considerably to the… Read More »
All of the world’s problems are caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP); they are like a cancer on this earth; I salute all of the students who are fighting to protect Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press in Hong Kong. The Chinese Communist Party are destroying Hong Kong because they have no experience… Read More »
The unthinkable happened. The Driveshaft in my SL320 broke. I stopped at a traffic light on a steep hill and didn’t use parking break. When the light turned green I accelerated hard whilst the car slid back slightly due to the steepness of the hill. Capow! The drive shaft broke; luckily there were no cars… Read More »
I am sure there are many marketing departments in Hong Kong who are constantly in the position whereby they are given the task of pushing new products and services to an audience in Hong Kong. Of late, digital and social media channels have been shown to deliver much success in generating leads and interest; however… Read More »