Me and Buddha

17th April - Hong Kong.

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April 17th 2006
After a trip to the market in Causeway Bay to check that off-the-peg suits are expensive - they are - I get back to find the outside door of my apartment block is closed (as usual) and locked (as usual) but the keypad entry system is dark and doesn’t beep in the usual irritating manner when I bash some buttons to gain entry. Nonplussed, I start trying all of the four keys I was given when I move ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more