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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FUGLY

*Jessie Buckley

*Swollen ankles, bruised hands, pampers, vitriolic, crook, wannabe gangster, Greenland versus Iceland and fighting like crazy for the Nobel Peace Prize of Serial Discontent.

*Walk For Peace.

https://www.upworthy.com/buddhist-monks-walk-for-peace

*Chloe Zhao, film director, guiding light and guiding hand behind the award winning movie “Hamnet”.

*Gary Larson’s Far Side Cartoons

*Paul McCartney and Diana Krall

*Sri Lanka 

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*Could, should and maybe, but still interesting to read about “The Economics of Blackpink”, the hugely popular K-Pop girl group who will perform in Hong Kong as part of their global “Deadline” tour at the Kai Tak Stadium over the weekend and one more show on Monday.

Though great to read about another “surge” in tourists, we can’t help but wonder about where they’re from, what type of spending power they have and the duration of an average stay in Hong Kong.

Tickets for the Blackpink concert packages are priced at almost HK$4000 down to around HK$800 whereas merchandise rights belong to management and the promoter with the venue receiving a small percentage on sales.

Cautioned a Professor in Economics and Finance with the Chinese University, talk of “HK$195 million in economic value for Hong Kong is only a fraction of the city’s HK$3.17 trillion gross domestic product in 2024, adding that the concerts would not bring as much economic gain as the Olympics”.

Duh.

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