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Category Archives: Everyday Life
Bin night in Hong Kong
Time to take out the rubbish. It all starts with a bin. Until it gets full. Time to empty it. And walk down the street. Until you reach the refuse collection point. The rubbish is transferred into a truck. And […]
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Tagged containers, fishing, freight, Hong Kong, on the water, Outlying Islands, waste management
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Mobile libraries in Hong Kong
On my visit to Outlying Islands of Hong Kong I found something new – a banner promoting the mobile library service that visits the village of Yung Shue Wan. But on the densely populated streets of Kowloon I found another […]
Rebranding a hotel
A few years ago I received a curious email after my visit to Hong Kong – an invitation to review the Travelodge Hotel in Kowloon, despite never having stayed there. After a moment of thought, I realised why I got […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged corporate branding, hotels, rebranding, rebrnading, tourism
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Hong Kong’s high density industrial areas
Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities on earth, but it isn’t just houses that are stacked up tall – factories and warehouses are as well. Towering industry Kwai Chung is full of twenty storey buildings dedicated […]
Hong Kong’s archaic English and ‘Litter cum Recyclable Collection Bins’
There is something that seemingly every English speaking tourist snickers about when visiting Hong Kong – the “Litter cum Recyclable Collection Bins” found on every street corner. In this case “cum” is the archaic Latin word which means “combined with” […]