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Trying to understand the enigmatic Hong Kong racing fan.
A journalist friend of mine in the UK who’s planning to write a column on Hong Kong racing and its fans and what makes them TikTok and...

Hans Ebert
Mar 5, 20246 min read


Hong Kong needs at LEAST one home run. NOW. It’s needed to inspire this city into action!
There are many things wrong with the world that we would like to fix, but which we can’t. Not even Ethan Hunt could do that. Nor Tom...

Hans Ebert
Mar 4, 20244 min read


THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FUGLY OF RACING.
While watching the Justify colt Storm Boy at Randwick and now owned by Coolmore take his next step towards slipping into the Golden...

Hans Ebert
Mar 4, 20244 min read


And just like that, the Macau Jockey Club gives everyone the flick.
https://www.macaubusiness.com/macau-jockey-club-closure-not-a-surprise-considering-its-financial-situation-analysts/ With a headline in...

Hans Ebert
Mar 3, 20242 min read


SELLING HONG KONG TO THE WORLD- STRATEGICALLY AND NOT LIKE WOK FRIED CHOW FAN.
There’s no point blaming or getting frustrated with the Hong Kong government for not understanding the need for creativity to help Hong...

Hans Ebert
Mar 1, 20244 min read
Your venom is pretty and poisonous (Journography bits #7)
Your venom is pretty and poisonous I can taste it on your lips How did you ever get past me? How exactly did you give me the slip? How...

Hans Ebert
Feb 29, 20241 min read


We might be going back to the future with Marty McFly, but this time with no idea where we’ll land.
This going back in time might have been exciting and invigorating before the great plague of 2018 when the world was caught off guard,...

Hans Ebert
Feb 29, 20242 min read


A SERVING OF PIZZA ATZENI AND THE IMPORTANCE FOR RACING IN HONG KONG TO CHANGE ITS RECIPE BEFORE…
A few things about the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Hong Kong racing that will never change are the rumours, politics, innuendos, more talk...

Hans Ebert
Feb 28, 20242 min read


Why the city of Hong Kong needs a Mr. Brightside.
It would be fair to say that creativity, especially strategic creative thinking, has gone walkies in Hong Kong while some who know about...

Hans Ebert
Feb 26, 20244 min read


Is Hong Kong racing also suffering from a post pandemic malaise?
My friends and I ignore watching the ‘live’ television broadcasts of Hong Kong racing anymore. Why? Because of a fear of catching even a...

Hans Ebert
Feb 23, 20244 min read


Has Hong Kong lost its marbles and the plot, Sherlock?
In some countries it would be seen as being politically incorrect and something for the “woke generation” to get their teeth into, but in...

Hans Ebert
Feb 22, 20245 min read


The Unsinkable Gai Waterhouse
She may not be always right, but she’s seldom wrong either and it’s all this and having bigger balls than the shake, prattle and roll of...

Hans Ebert
Feb 20, 20242 min read


THE HOLES IN THE HOLISTIC IMAGE OF THE HKJC AND CRASH LANDING IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
“Twenty years ago, an invite from a respected member of the Hong Kong business community to join them on a Wednesday night as a guest in...

Hans Ebert
Feb 19, 20246 min read


ABOUT THE MISSING BUSINESS SAVVY OF SIMON FULLER, THE SWIFT STRATEGY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SINGAPORE- ASIA’S NEW WORLD CITY.
After watching David Beckham flounder when trying to bring calm at the recent Inter Miami football match in Hong Kong to a crescendo of...

Hans Ebert
Feb 11, 20243 min read


Has the HKJC lost the plot?
During those early days when Sassy Wednesday was renamed Happy Wednesday, we created interactive content like Finding Happy Wednesday...

Hans Ebert
Feb 9, 20242 min read


WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TODAY’S CONSUMER BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS.
After the past few days of drowning in Messiness, a weird kinda “Life Of Brian” vibe, and the entire Inter Miami debacle in Hong Kong...

Hans Ebert
Feb 8, 20244 min read


WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TODAY’S CONSUMER BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS.
After the past few days of drowning in Messiness, a weird kinda “Life Of Brian” vibe, and the entire Inter Miami debacle in Hong Kong...

Hans Ebert
Feb 6, 20244 min read


THE HKJC DOESN’T OFFER JOCKEYS “VERY GOOD NANNIES”, MICHAEL FELGATE.
There was a spring in the voice of HKJC racing analyst Paul Lally on Wednesday night at Happy Valley racecourse. And why not? The New...

Hans Ebert
Jan 31, 20242 min read


No, Regina Ip, you’re not getting it.
Your idea to “lure” artists like Taylor Swift and/or Beyoncé to Hong Kong to “boost the economy” might seem like a wonderful idea to...

Hans Ebert
Jan 26, 20243 min read


No, Regina Ip, you’re not getting it.
Your idea to “lure” artists like Taylor Swift and/or Beyoncé to Hong Kong to “boost the economy” might seem like a wonderful idea to...

Hans Ebert
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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