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OF HONG KONG VIBES AND MORE HOT AIR.
It’s not often that I listen to most people in the often very materialistic Hong Kong, especially when they start talking about things...

Hans Ebert
Sep 64 min read


We were smarter then than those our age are today.
We wanted to learn everything we could. I don’t think we were in any real hurry, but we had inquisitive minds. There were no shortcuts...

Hans Ebert
Sep 43 min read


HK$14 BILLION to create a more entertainment and technology driven “game changing” business strategy to attract “racing tourism”?
The new Hong Kong horse racing season appears to have sneaked up on many with rather muted fanfare, which is par for the course in an...

Hans Ebert
Sep 33 min read


What happened to HK as Asia's World City?
“What happened to HK as Asia's World City? Now it's HK Inc? Nothing will work unless the politics are removed and the decision makers let...

Hans Ebert
Sep 33 min read


LOVE RACING?
There is something eerily familiar about this video- retro in a GIS kinda way from all those years ago when Peter Moss was with the...

Hans Ebert
Sep 31 min read


HANS EBERT ON POSITIVELY FOURTH STREET.
Hong Kong can’t be run by committee and neither can it be run by fear and guesswork and research groups and hires from the pages of...

Hans Ebert
Sep 33 min read


CAN HONG KONG EVER BE COOL AND RELEVANT?
The above question depends on how well you know Hong Kong, and also how little you know the city. I personally think extremely few know...

Hans Ebert
Sep 17 min read


About owning it like Faye Wong does…
Some might consider her aloof and bordering on face palm arrogance, but there’s always been something about Faye Wong that, to me,...

Hans Ebert
Aug 303 min read


CAN HONG KONG HEAL ITSELF AND FIND ITS NEW MOJO?
“If Hong Kong is dying, I would like to see it leave us with dignity”. My ex wife Trina mentioned this to me about the city a couple of...

Hans Ebert
Aug 293 min read


CAN HONG KONG STILL PRODUCE EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS?
Advertising that breaks the pattern, effective communications and, personally speaking, especially relevant and time sensitive PSAs-...

Hans Ebert
Aug 274 min read


AND DIVIDED WE FALL AND GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS
When at DDB, there were certain advertising principles we strived to adhere to- Break The Pattern, Appeal To Heart And Head, Speak With...

Hans Ebert
Aug 262 min read


Whatever turns you on…
It’s always been about being extremely wary about being stuck in reverse and just spinning my wheels for nothing- not really nothing per...

Hans Ebert
Aug 253 min read


The snap, crackle and POP of Now United- and Don Draper and “Mad Men”.
It’s always been about Less Is More and the flexibility and opportunity to start with a clean slate. It’s kinda like You Are What You...

Hans Ebert
Aug 242 min read


The challenge for Hong Kong horse racing: Being cool, entertaining and engaging.
My musicologist friend Carl Reiser and his team at Songfacts asked a Tuesday Trivia question on Facebook that for some reason made me...

Hans Ebert
Aug 213 min read


BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE FUTURE
People have short memories. It doesn’t matter one iota what one did or might have done. All or any of that is something for Wikipedia....

Hans Ebert
Aug 193 min read


When Less Is More.
Less is more is like a mantra that’s said when it comes to streamlining things so that we can, well, accentuate the positive, but do we...

Hans Ebert
Aug 184 min read


Nicky Andersen and Now uniting those moves…
Every day, I seem to learn something new about the Simon Fuller managed pop group called Now United, and all this newness makes me like...

Hans Ebert
Aug 172 min read


The karma of being united- now.
I really didn’t know what to expect- probably nothing much- but the girls I met from Now United were friendly and fun and down to earth...

Hans Ebert
Aug 163 min read


THE PLAYLIST
It’s a bit like that old gang of mine fading away, or a one-time band seeing its members leave one by one until maybe there’s only the...

Hans Ebert
Aug 152 min read


The positivity in being Now in Hong Kong and United.
Though having introduced my longtime friend Simon Fuller, CEO of X1X Entertainment, to the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the hope that the man...

Hans Ebert
Aug 132 min read
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