We’re so busy with everything else, most of which is not even worth bothering about, that wherever we are, I really don’t think we spend enough quality time thinking about children. Like how they think or how to help them grow up being the best they could be. This is probably because we’re adults, and if not young parents, children are not a priority- which might also have something to do about how jaundiced too many are in how they view the future. Looking at the almost slip

There’s much perception versus reality involved, and speaking recently to a young overseas jockey who was considering applying for a license to ride in Hong Kong, I advised her that being part and parcel of Hong Kong racing first requires doing serious due diligence about how the city works and sees itself today and what the government is thinking about based on the financial and business objectives of China. It’s also about knowing exactly where a gambling driven pastime lik

If there can be an American Dream, though this might be a bit fuzzy these days, why can’t there be a Hong Kong dream- or if there is one, what is it? To win the Mark Six lottery? To have all the money you’d ever need? And then what? Or are we Hongkongers scared to dream? Or don’t we know HOW to dream as a COMMUNITY? Is our one dream actually individual dreams, and though there’s nothing wrong with this, wouldn’t a Hong Kong Dream that we could dream together be stronger? Dr M