Musings on Life in Hong Kong

In a book about the English people the author raised the question of the possible harm that British imperialism has done to its former colo...

After the Monkey King Temple, I stumbled upon another interesting one on Tse Wan Shan.   It says Dharma Temple, presumably dedicated to Bodh...

Ming Pao fired their executive chief editor, Mr. Keung Kwok-yuen.   Keung is well-respected in Hong Kong.   The firing was sudden and comin...

Today, while running along the edge of the city in East Kowloon, I stumbled upon an unusual temple.   It was at the junction of Sau Mau Ping...

A restaurant with hundreds of people waiting to enter must be a very very famous place, correct?  Not this one.     It would have bi...

Yesterday I started in Sheung Shui and ended up in Yuen Long, running along Castle Peak Road (青山公路).    Progress was very slow becau...

It is a disturbing scene that I witness every time I passed through our canteen.   Half-eaten sausages, fried eggs, toasts, …, toasts comple...