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My Father Played Piano
My father played piano He was the first person I heard sing He might not have been perfect But he taught me musical things About chords...

Hans Ebert
Feb 27, 20231 min read


Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Man-po is high on life.
’s actually happier than a Pharrell Williams song and happier than the morning sun and sees happy Hong Kong people happily interacting...

Hans Ebert
Feb 23, 20232 min read


When horse racing is no longer seen as being a gamble...
There’s no doubt that Jamie Kah truly cares about her horses. It’s not all about riding for the prize money, becoming more and more...

Hans Ebert
Feb 20, 20237 min read


THE 39TH RUNNING OF THE ASIAN RACING CONFERENCE (BUT WITHOUT PETE)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges aka E.B, and Chairman of almost every horse racing...

Hans Ebert
Feb 16, 202310 min read


Jamie Richards says, Hellooooo, Hong Kong. Or something like that.
While Hong Kong is trying to find its mojo and attract tourists, the young Trainer has almost been holding auditions. Maybe he has been...

Hans Ebert
Feb 13, 20232 min read


Horse Racing’s Strange Reluctance To Change...(and join the Netflix Streaming Generation)
In advertising, there is what’s known as Trade advertising and consumer advertising. There is and never has been a blurring of the lines....

Hans Ebert
Feb 8, 20233 min read


Making Hong Kong Come Alive Again!
All the singing and dancing and jive talking aside, along with the 700,000 free travel tickets for tourists to Hong Kong, might make...

Hans Ebert
Feb 8, 20233 min read


Who exactly is “Hello Hong Kong” aimed at and what’s it kinda trying to say?
When all else fails, grab a couple of ageing local celebrities and have them dance all around the city with ordinary Hong Kong Chinese...

Hans Ebert
Feb 6, 20234 min read


It’s Casibah’s world and we just live in it
I might do the polite thing and listen to what people have to say, but this doesn’t mean that I trust nor believe them. One only believes...

Hans Ebert
Feb 6, 20233 min read


Hello Hong Kong and a begging bowl
What can one say about the new multi million dollar government driven song and dance “Hello Hong Kong” promotion to attract tourists from...

Hans Ebert
Feb 3, 20232 min read


The Kah appeal and Hong Kong’s Golden Team
Yes, once again, the quite wonderful Jamie Kah won over the usually fickle and often kinda weird Hong Kong racing fans with their...

Hans Ebert
Jan 30, 20232 min read


Funding indifferently and investing honestly in Hong Kong’s creative future...
Maybe it’s been the lack of mentors, or maybe there’s always been a resistance to change because of too many looking out for numero uno....

Hans Ebert
Jan 30, 20235 min read


Netflix, chopsticks, feng shui, cheongsams, mahjong and Hong Kong...
Hong Kong is looking at making a comeback. Or so we read. It’s waiting to tell the world that it’s back- changed, but that it’s back. But...

Hans Ebert
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Reality Checks And Crosses
Nothing many of us are doing these days makes any sense plus there’s no real purpose to much that we’re spending time doing- time that...

Hans Ebert
Jan 27, 20234 min read


Why Hong Kong needs its own Neverland
There’s no reason why certain things happen. They just do. It’s like how, once in a while, and when needing something to uplift and help...

Hans Ebert
Jan 24, 20234 min read


Hong Kong and its empty creative rice bowl
It’s a tough thing to say about one’s home, but today’s Hong Kong is an old person’s city suffering from shrinkage, which, I guess, is...

Hans Ebert
Jan 22, 20234 min read


The need for creativity amongst the clutter.
Only talented people can help to attract other talented and creative people. If believing that governments are going to help attract new...

Hans Ebert
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Can Lyle Hewitson be the next Douglas Whyte- and more?
The above is a question asked by some and answered in the affirmative by most Hong Kong racing fans. Like the one-time “Durban Demon”,...

Hans Ebert
Jan 20, 20233 min read


Horse racing in Hong Kong and winning the war against Pandemic Fatigue
As with any business, a vital part to the success of the horse racing industry is commitment. It’s another of those intangible things...

Hans Ebert
Jan 13, 20235 min read


What if...Taylor Swift or Elon Musk ran horse racing???
When in advertising and the ad agency I was with having the McDonald’s business, it was never ever about sitting on our McLaurels and...

Hans Ebert
Jan 7, 20233 min read
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