The news that the somewhat redundant sounding Robbie McRobbie, presently head of the Hong Kong and China Rugby Union, and driving force behind the tub thumping chumbawamba HK Rugby Sevens would be stepping down next year to pursue other interests, has a number of people wondering what’s next for the popular personality. After all, here’s the person who successfully relaunched the Sevens after a few years of being caught up in the lockdown years. The Hong Kong Rugby Sevens has always been an iconic worldwide event, full of fun- remember fun?- and a week that brought the world together in all types of different ways.
Those who attended the Sevens were never ever shackled to rules and regulations and the fear of being spanked for something or another and being part of nice, strict fun.
They were always like Django- unshackled.
The return of the Sevens in 2022 brought the Chief Executive of Hong Kong to the event- and he wasn’t even wearing a mask.
His appearance at an event staged by his friend and former colleague from their years with the police force was a sign to Hong Kong that things were getting better, better, better all the time.
The next Sevens, which will take place in April, will be the last in its iconic home at the Hong Kong Stadium before moving to its new grounds in Kai Tak.
As for Robbie McRobbie MBE, he’s proven himself to be a good leader.
He’s also someone very much in touch with the grassroots community of Hong Kong and who’s young enough to walk the walk into any new job, especially in sports, and build this into something relevant to the future of the new Hong Kong.
Though there’s been a more visible coverage of sports in Hong Kong, its branding has largely been weak and very much lacking in creative and interactive marketing- and big balls.
Extremely marketable sporting heroes like champion Hong Kong born swimmer Siobhan Haughey are often left to their own accord to either sink or swim.
It wouldn’t be any surprise to see Robbie McRobbie- MBE- in a role that changes this narrative and breathes new everything into the Hong Kong sporting arena.
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HE’S BAAAAAAAAACK…
While waiting for the anti woke Titler to appear with its Titler Hit List and news about Howie Weinstein’s party links to some rather well known names in Australia and different drop-off points in Asia, our thoughts turned to that larger than life character and Founding Father of FashionTV Michel Adam Lisowski, below.
We understand that the old boy has embarked on yet another comeback for a revamped FTV with financiers in- not surprisingly- Saudi Arabia where they say money even grows on yum yum trees in the desert.
We remember Michel Adam fondly for his long and lavish parties in the penthouses of every five star hotel in Hong Kong and Macau, the bevy of Moldovan models that were always around him, and all those usual suck ups who had their heads and noses buried up his arse hoping to find some monetary returns for their servitude.
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NOT EVERYONE WAS SAD TO SEE DR STRANGELOVE FINALLY LEAVE THE BUILDING.
“He was a monster on the order of a Himmler who wrapped his ghoulish person in the flag of American freedom, all the while manipulating a half-wit thug of a president into committing atrocities in Southeast Asia that outnumbered the Jewish Holocaust by an order of magnitude.
“This is to say nothing of the thousands of US servicemen who went on dying while the Vietnam War was prolonged just long enough to become a promise of peace as a wager toward reelection”.
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