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LIFE JOURNEYS OF A DIFFERENT KIND
It’s been a strange and almost surreal week. I lost my personal historian and favourite storyteller in record producer, arranger and...

Hans Ebert
Nov 6, 20243 min read


THE LOST CITY OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE!
As Hong Kong kicks and bucks, stumbles and tries to reboot itself by its straps into somehow looking attractive to international...

Hans Ebert
Oct 31, 20243 min read


NEW TERM RISING: ZACOLOGY!
When Zac Purton was fairly recently quoted as saying that it’s not exactly a walk in the park for him to get on the “winningest” horses...

Hans Ebert
Oct 25, 20244 min read


START WITH ONE SMALL STEP FOR THE CHILDREN, HONG KONG
It was interesting to read that in his policy address, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John KS Lee floated the idea of children being allowed...

Hans Ebert
Oct 23, 20244 min read


RACING’S PERCOLATING COFFEY MATE
Being pretty much born into the creative world because of a mother who was an artist and a father who eked out a living as a part time...

Hans Ebert
Oct 21, 20245 min read


ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES
It was finally giving into almost three weeks of soldiering on with a clogged left ear, and then suddenly being hit with an excruciating...

Hans Ebert
Oct 7, 20245 min read


Can Hong Kong’s “Can Do Spirit” return?
What many in Hong Kong continue to do is tiptoe around the elephant in the room as to why new international talent and tourists from the...

Hans Ebert
Jul 26, 20245 min read


ON THE LAM.
It was Paul Ewing, below, then heading up EMI Music in the region, who swam against the tide by signing up George Lam and released his...

Hans Ebert
Jul 22, 20243 min read


WHY HONG KONG IS STARTING TO REMIND ME OF JOE BIDEN.
It was interesting though not exactly a surprise to read an entire page in the South China Morning Post on Thursday devoted to mentioning...

Hans Ebert
Jul 11, 20247 min read


Making his mark in Hong Kong: Mark Newnham
A good friend of mine who knows and follows horse racing refers to trainer Mark Newnham as “The Simon Cowell of horse racing”, someone...

Hans Ebert
Jul 9, 20243 min read


BEN THOMPSON GOES BALLISTIC DURING THE TWILIGHT ZONE AT SHATIN!
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t, and it’s understandable why the HKJC has introduced Twilight racing with its “sunset vibes”,...

Hans Ebert
Jul 7, 20243 min read


DING DONG, HONG KONG, IT’S TIME TO RAISE OUR GAME.
Just like that maudlin song about how, “There comes a time”, there’s no time like the present why some of us proud Hong Kong Belongers...

Hans Ebert
Jul 3, 20243 min read


SHE’S WAY TOO SWIFT…
I was half joking to some friends in horse racing that if Taylor Swift came onboard as an advisor to a racing club, the pastime might...

Hans Ebert
Jun 29, 20243 min read


THE “MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS” ISSUE
Guess it must have been one of those karmic and third eye moments where when we tried to make those highly paid racing executives running...

Hans Ebert
Jun 26, 20244 min read


That Sinking Feeling Issue
Let’s face it, only the Royal Ascot carnival that ended last week can pull off the pomp and circumstance surrounding the brilliant equine...

Hans Ebert
Jun 24, 20247 min read


Thank you, Keith Reinhard. Time for effective Chief Learning Officers (CLOs)
It was something asked recently during a Zoom call meeting when, after discussing whatever little we know about AI had run its course, I...

Hans Ebert
Jun 13, 20249 min read


The “Who Cares?” Issue
THE DR DOOLITTLE AWARD The connections of champion Hong Kong galloper Golden Sixty From reading the quotes attributed to Trainer Francis...

Hans Ebert
Jun 10, 20243 min read


The “Who Knows Anything For Sure?” Issue
“You can have all the bells and whistles and whoopee cushions, but what is known as “horse racing” will never change. It’s always going...

Hans Ebert
Jun 6, 20243 min read


HONG KONG’S WARRIORS AND FIGHTING FOR CREATIVITY
We were more than interested to see the headline “Warriors’ success makes strong case for arts investment” as the lead subject in the...

Hans Ebert
Jun 4, 20242 min read


THE WEIRD AND WACKY ISSUE
Is Hong Kong stupidly ignoring its only Golden girl? She’s Hong Kong born with a Chinese mother and Irish father and is very probably the...

Hans Ebert
Jun 4, 20245 min read
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