HK Hemlock
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Quite bold of him to admit this.
But spot the catch: if you vote for the people Beijing want, Beijing will allow you to elect more of them.
In other words, it's not the government's job to win your confidence; it's your job to win the government's confidence.
But spot the catch: if you vote for the people Beijing want, Beijing will allow you to elect more of them.
In other words, it's not the government's job to win your confidence; it's your job to win the government's confidence.
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Quite bold of him to admit this.
But spot the catch: if you vote for the people Beijing want, Beijing will allow you to elect more of them.
In other words, it's not the government's job to win your confidence; it's your job to win the government's confidence.
But spot the catch: if you vote for the people Beijing want, Beijing will allow you to elect more of them.
In other words, it's not the government's job to win your confidence; it's your job to win the government's confidence.
No minimum height? And surely they should walk with the tray of drinks balanced on their heads? Mercifully, the SCMP’s 700+ word story spares us anything about checks for families’ political reliability or virginity tests…
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
No minimum height? And surely they should walk with the tray of drinks balanced on their heads? Mercifully, the SCMP’s 700+ word story spares us anything about checks for families’ political reliability or virginity tests…
In Taiwan you can vote for the opposition.
Memory from Article 23 march in 2003: bus of Mainland tourists passing Victoria Park, with excited chubby middle-aged woman banging on window and applauding the massed protesters.
Can still picture her.
Memory from Article 23 march in 2003: bus of Mainland tourists passing Victoria Park, with excited chubby middle-aged woman banging on window and applauding the massed protesters.
Can still picture her.
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In Taiwan you can vote for the opposition.
Memory from Article 23 march in 2003: bus of Mainland tourists passing Victoria Park, with excited chubby middle-aged woman banging on window and applauding the massed protesters.
Can still picture her.
Memory from Article 23 march in 2003: bus of Mainland tourists passing Victoria Park, with excited chubby middle-aged woman banging on window and applauding the massed protesters.
Can still picture her.
Genuinely curious: how does urging a boycott of an election threated national security?
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Genuinely curious: how does urging a boycott of an election threated national security?
Will the rest of you please pretend our tightly managed, opposition-free election is important...
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Will the rest of you please pretend our tightly managed, opposition-free election is important...
A district mourns.
Since 2008, one of life’s little pleasures for residents of HK Island West Constituency every four years has been seeing Reg in person canvassing near the Mid-Levels Escalator. And saying “No, I’m not voting for you.”
Since 2008, one of life’s little pleasures for residents of HK Island West Constituency every four years has been seeing Reg in person canvassing near the Mid-Levels Escalator. And saying “No, I’m not voting for you.”
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A district mourns.
Since 2008, one of life’s little pleasures for residents of HK Island West Constituency every four years has been seeing Reg in person canvassing near the Mid-Levels Escalator. And saying “No, I’m not voting for you.”
Since 2008, one of life’s little pleasures for residents of HK Island West Constituency every four years has been seeing Reg in person canvassing near the Mid-Levels Escalator. And saying “No, I’m not voting for you.”
Such hypersensitivity about a tightly managed election few will pay any attention to, let alone try to 'disrupt'. Maybe the aim is to stir up some interest...
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Such hypersensitivity about a tightly managed election few will pay any attention to, let alone try to 'disrupt'. Maybe the aim is to stir up some interest...
Festive greetings to all who celebrate!
Reg celebrates with tasteful faux Devanagari script, plus a rather fetching bindi. Complementary papadams for the first reader to ID the restaurant.
We are going to miss her.
Reg celebrates with tasteful faux Devanagari script, plus a rather fetching bindi. Complementary papadams for the first reader to ID the restaurant.
We are going to miss her.
October 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Festive greetings to all who celebrate!
Reg celebrates with tasteful faux Devanagari script, plus a rather fetching bindi. Complementary papadams for the first reader to ID the restaurant.
We are going to miss her.
Reg celebrates with tasteful faux Devanagari script, plus a rather fetching bindi. Complementary papadams for the first reader to ID the restaurant.
We are going to miss her.
Weird fact du jour, from FT piece on France's luxury-brand scion oligarchs...
October 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Weird fact du jour, from FT piece on France's luxury-brand scion oligarchs...
In my mailbox today. First thought: it's a leaflet for rejuvenating placenta treatment.
"Seems I'm being told to stand down, but we've already printed them, so might as well send them out."
"Seems I'm being told to stand down, but we've already printed them, so might as well send them out."
October 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In my mailbox today. First thought: it's a leaflet for rejuvenating placenta treatment.
"Seems I'm being told to stand down, but we've already printed them, so might as well send them out."
"Seems I'm being told to stand down, but we've already printed them, so might as well send them out."
Chef Kamitachi seen at work through a sake bottle at his eponymous sushi restaurant in Central...
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Chef Kamitachi seen at work through a sake bottle at his eponymous sushi restaurant in Central...
Separated at birth? Left: ugly British supermarket; right: ugly Hong Kong car...
October 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Separated at birth? Left: ugly British supermarket; right: ugly Hong Kong car...
Highlights from the small (but, for me, sufficient) "Glamour of the Motherland" exhibition, Pacific Place mall...
September 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Highlights from the small (but, for me, sufficient) "Glamour of the Motherland" exhibition, Pacific Place mall...
Where's my luxury schooner gone???
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Where's my luxury schooner gone???
When you haven't screwed things up enough yet...
September 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When you haven't screwed things up enough yet...
The search for new hubs continues...
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The search for new hubs continues...
Businesses at Hong Kong China City, TST extend a warm welcome to all visitors arriving at the ferry terminal…
September 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Businesses at Hong Kong China City, TST extend a warm welcome to all visitors arriving at the ferry terminal…
Chungking Mansions breakfast...
September 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Chungking Mansions breakfast...
Should that be 'ensure'?
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Should that be 'ensure'?
Did Beijing drop atom bombs on Japan?
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Did Beijing drop atom bombs on Japan?
Does Reg post her own tweets, or does she have an assistant to do the techie stuff? You be the judge...
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Does Reg post her own tweets, or does she have an assistant to do the techie stuff? You be the judge...
Separated at birth? Left: Thai crown jewels; right: Donald Trump's tasteful Cabinet Room adornments...
August 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Separated at birth? Left: Thai crown jewels; right: Donald Trump's tasteful Cabinet Room adornments...
"They do something like it in other countries, so it's OK"...
August 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"They do something like it in other countries, so it's OK"...