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Some Champagne and A Little Of Us
It’s best when you go somewhere to hear some ‘live’ music with no expectations. It helps to not be disappointed because there’s nothing...

Hans Ebert
Dec 15, 20222 min read


OneTeam and a celebration of life.
The most difficult part of getting anything new off the ground is making sure that you’re not carrying any deadweight and those with you...

Hans Ebert
Dec 14, 20222 min read


Running outta time...
I’ve been trying to understand But I no longer have the key You’ve gone and locked me out I can’t even see you for a cuppa tea See you...

Hans Ebert
Dec 13, 20221 min read


Back to the Champagne Bar...
With much of Hong Kong slowly opening up, there’s something special about the Champagne Bar at the Grand Hyatt having recently reopened...

Hans Ebert
Dec 13, 20222 min read


Don’t read the newspaper
Don’t read the newspaper Because it’s all show and tell In between the lines is Just an empty shell You can telegraph me your thoughts...

Hans Ebert
Dec 12, 20221 min read


Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is on a high.
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is on a high. And well he should be as Shatin on Sunday was a humongous whammy for Hong Kong racing and the...

Hans Ebert
Dec 12, 20223 min read


And that was the week that was. Now what?
It was good for what it was meant to be- HKIR week- during these uncertain times and in the midst of the constantly changing of the guard...

Hans Ebert
Dec 11, 20228 min read
Still no entertainment industry from Asia “suitable” for world tastes?
Guess it’s what angered and frustrated Bruce Lee until he started kicking down doors to make himself noticed and heard. The Little Dragon...

Hans Ebert
Dec 5, 20224 min read


This year, the HKIR and about winning for the comeback of the Hong Kong brand.
There’s something else riding on the Hong Kong International Races succeeding this year for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. It’s an intangible...

Hans Ebert
Dec 4, 20223 min read


Hans Ebert Poetry
Someone’s gone and stolen all the music Someone’s kidnapped Father Time Someone’s taken away all spontaneity Everyone is happily falling...

Hans Ebert
Nov 28, 20222 min read


Hans Ebert Poetry
Timeless and ageless The girl with stars in her eyes And kindness in her heart The girl who became a lady without changing The person I...

Hans Ebert
Nov 25, 20221 min read


Not being a “horse racing writer”, and simply a writer...
Not being a “horse racing writer”, and simply a writer observing everything going on around me and trying to make sense of it all, one...

Hans Ebert
Nov 23, 20223 min read


A Tale Of One City And Two Horses: Golden Sixty and Silent Witness
Hong Kong has something to cheer on next month and it’s... a horse. Named Golden Sixty, not since the great and now happily retired...

Hans Ebert
Nov 23, 20223 min read


A note to myself.
What is it about Siobhan Haughey that draws me to her? That makes me cheer her on? That makes me follow her career? I guess it’s that...

Hans Ebert
Nov 13, 20222 min read


After the success of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, now what? Where’s the beef? And the sustainability?
In 2003 when Hong Kong was starting to get back on its feet and tell the world that we were back after fighting off the SARS- Severe...

Hans Ebert
Nov 8, 20226 min read


Creativity has no rules...
Creativity has no rules and with no rules, there are no formulas and having no formulas means avoiding visiting the same old places and...

Hans Ebert
Nov 7, 20221 min read


Why couldn’t the Hong Kong International Races have a Half Time Show?
Not to take away from the main event and something that definitely cannot be staged this year, but with Hong Kong looking at ways of...

Hans Ebert
Oct 30, 20221 min read


27 October 2022
It was always about honesty. There was the honesty of the four mop top Beatles singing fab little songs which now sound like big little...

Hans Ebert
Oct 27, 20222 min read


Celebrating Hong Kong's sporting heroes...
“Siobhan Haughey has extended her winning streak with a stunning performance in the 200m freestyle at the Fina World Cup in Berlin,...

Hans Ebert
Oct 25, 20222 min read


Robbie Dolan
For a while there, it might have seemed as if after all the positive publicity that followed his appearances on “The Voice Australia”,...

Hans Ebert
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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