Pimping, Albert Yeung style

The SCMP reports today on some of the details of the contract which Albert Yeung’s Emperor Entertainment Group has with one Isabella Leong. If any doubt remained that this man is basically a pimp procuring young girls as his slaves then it is pretty much dispelled now.

Jaw droppingly ignorant remark of the week…

… must be the one reported by The Standard from one Joseph Law, chairman of the “Hong Kong Employers of Domestic Helpers Association” (which a quick Google will show could probably be more accurately named “The Hong Kong Association for the Restoration of Slavery”).

Tapping The Wheel

(See the comments for an update November 2009)

Yet another new bar has appeared on Hollywood/Wyndham, and, unlike those around the Centrium, this one looks rather less designed simply to milk the wbankers of their hard-earned cash.

Four reprobates and a wbanker met there for lunch on Friday and it went rather well. The Wheel has a set lunch consisting of the soup of the day or one other starter, plus a choice from about 8 main courses; prices vary in the range $68-88 if I remember correctly.

iTunes for expats in HK

It has been a major irritant to people in HK that Apple chooses not to make its iTunes store available in Hong Kong. However, I have just discovered that for expats at least this may not always be an issue.

Hemlock outed by the SCMP?

Like many expats in Hong Kong I have enjoyed the writings of Hemlock for several years, but his identity has always remained a mystery and he apparently makes some effort to keep it that way.