The Alley Cat 6/13

Oct 22, 20140 min read

HOW CY LEUNG VIEWS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG

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Oct 21, 20141 min read

RIP DON ASHLEY, HONG KONG’S ONLY ROCK DRUMMER GOD

He was well known for many things- his temper, his distrust of Hong Kong music companies, recording contracts, publishing contracts, his...

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Oct 17, 20141 min read

HONG KONG’S VERY OWN MAD HATTER

Police Senior Superintendent Catherine Kwan Chui-Ching was at the centre of controversy this morning when she wore a hat with the badge...

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Oct 10, 20143 min read

WHY THE BUTCHERS CLUB IS WINNING AND OTHERS ARE FAILING

These are days filled with angst in Hong Kong- dark days made darker by a surreal Mexican standoff between an ineffective government and...

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Oct 9, 20144 min read

COULD HONG KONG FINALLY FIND ITS MUSICAL VOICE AFTER DECADES OF BEING SILENCED?

It was interesting to read a recent interview in the SCMP with Angel Leung, below, former Hong Kong deejay-turned-politician-turned-music...

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Oct 7, 20142 min read

WHY OCCUPY CENTRAL IS BEING USED AND HAS BECOME GOOFY

HONG KONG VERSUS THE SINGAPORE LA LA FACTOR. For decades, Singapore has been competing with Hong Kong for tourism. It’s also waged a...

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Oct 7, 20143 min read

WHY OCCUPY CENTRAL SHOULD LISTEN TO MR GERARD MILLET

Below is an excellent message from Mr. Gerard Millet, a successful banker and business person from France, who has been living and...

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Oct 4, 20145 min read

HONG KONG: HOW THE HELL DID WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO GET TO THIS POINT?

Even the sky was crying over Hong Kong on Friday morning- a great city and home to over seven million suddenly reduced to a meandering,...

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Sep 30, 20143 min read

A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF CY LEUNG’S LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Buffalo Springfield once sang how “There’s something happening here, but what it is ain’t exactly clear. There’s a man with a gun over...

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Sep 29, 20140 min read

THIS IS HOW HONG KONG LOOKS TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHO CAN BE PROUD OF THIS MESS?

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Sep 29, 20144 min read

I’D LIKE TO PROTEST AGAINST THESE PROTESTS

Bob Dylan warned on “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, “Don’t follow leaders and watch your parking meters,” and while watching from the...

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Sep 28, 20140 min read

STUDENT PROTESTS AND THE CHANGING POLITICAL FACE OF HONG KONG

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Sep 27, 20142 min read

THE LAZY MARKETING OF HOTEL LOUNGES

A few nights ago, I decided to be a lounge lizard and check out three five-star hotel lounges in Hong Kong just to see what draws many of...

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Sep 11, 20141 min read

HO LEE FOOK MAKES FOOD BLOGGER EAT HIS WORDS

For a nanu second some were tolling the bells for Ho Lee Fook, the NOT Chinese restaurant down in Lower Elgin Street. This was after a...

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Sep 6, 20142 min read

SRI LANKAN PRIDE ROARS AT PEEL FRESCO

Umara is a singer originally from Sri Lanka who now lives in Hong Kong, and this gig at Peel Fresco on Friday night was, I think, her...

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Aug 25, 20142 min read

WHY GURU IS NOT JUST ANOTHER INDIAN RESTAURANT

Referring to Guru as an “Indian restaurant” is not doing it justice. Nothing against Indian restaurants- and Hong Kong has a number of...

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Aug 16, 20142 min read

THE COOLEST UNCOOL BAND IN HONG KONG

They’re not exactly One Direction or even Engelbert Humperdinck, but I can safely say that they are THE most uncool band in Hong Kong-...

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Aug 15, 20142 min read

FOOD BLOGGERS AND A DUMBED DOWN WORLD

A group of us walked past Ho Lee Fook last night- you know, the much-maligned, bashed mercilessly and dismissed by, apparently, one of...

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Aug 13, 20143 min read

THE FOOKING UP OF HO LEE FOOK

There’s apparently a movie playing in Hong Kong called “Chef” starring Robert Downey Jr where a creative, or “celebrity” chef is ruined...

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Aug 9, 20142 min read

LINKED IN- BUT TO WHAT?

We’re nearly all on it, but I’m not sure why- this place where we “accept” people we don’t know- and never will know as after the...

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