Always having strong links to Hong Kong and having done my part to enhance quite a few different things in the city, as a writer, I enjoy shining a light on those uplifting moments whether it be the successes of champion Hong Kong born swimmer Siobhan Haughey, the world famous HK Rugby Sevens or those achievements in horse racing that might travel under the radar or get lost in the bouillabaisse of bollocks that way too often raises their heads. When writing about the politic

What no one knew at the time, including the person I was living with at the time was an idea racing through my head when being shown the beer garden at Happy Valley racecourse and which I turned into the Happy Wednesday brand for the Hong Kong Jockey Club.  Some things are best kept in one’s hip pocket and being taught when in advertising that timing is everything. With the Hong Kong I once knew and where I met and married the American Wrangler girl and our daughter was born

A former colleague in advertising revisiting Hong Kong after over twenty years was mentioning just how much the city- and everything in it- has changed, and not for the better either. Having been invited to Riyadh for the running of the Saudi Cup and watching Japan’s Forever Young win and meeting the team behind this equine superstar, we talked about the horse racing in Hong Kong, which he had seen up close and personal last Thursday at the bang a gong Chinese New Year’s Day