If it wasn’t the muddling read that it is, there was hope for the creative community in Hong Kong when the headline in today’s South China Morning Post screamed out “LEE PROMISES GLOBAL TALENT DRIVE”. The sub-head was, “Chief Executive says he will detail innovation plans in maiden policy address amid brain drain fears”. For a nanu second, thoughts of former Hong Kong government mouthpiece in the form of the ubiquitous and, say some, usefully useless Duncan Pescod with his bi

Looking back over the years, at nearly every Pop/Rock concert held in Hong Kong, especially at the Coliseum, over-zealous, and usually ageing security guards would make sure that no one stood up and maybe tried to dance to the music, or, quelle horreurs, tried to get close to the stage. Security guards would come over, shine their torches at “weekend offenders “, and so a night of fun would turn into something like a school dance or one of those afternoon tea dances that were

In a recent Talking Points column in the racing page of the SCMP, racing reporter Sam Agars wrote, “There is the thinking that Hongkongers need horse racing more than ever during periods of severe restrictions”. “Need?” “More than ever?” Horse racing? In a Hong Kong that’s suddenly gone and changed forever right in front of our eyes? This came after some flaccid horse racing news with Hong Kong Jockey Club executive supremo “Capitan” Bill Nader, below, under the headline, “C