6 posts tagged “hong kong”
On the left you will see another example, which I had always wanted to show my readers, but did not have the means to capture it in the past.
Don't you think that it should read, "Due to the low tide, please beware of the sloping ramp"?
If you are familiar with Hongkish you will notice that it is normally a direct literal translation from Chinese and usually the terminology is not polite.
This sign from the Star Ferry is no exception, but the funny thing is that the Chinese version of the sign IS polite, so why isn't the English version?
Yesterday, while in the 7-11 convenient store near my place at 21:00 in the evening. I see a person, whom appear to be a vagrant sitting on the floor near the refrigerator where all the soft drinks were stored.
He was sitting there with the refrigerator door opened and pulling the soft drink bottles out one at a time, opening the plastic bottle, taking a sip and then placing the reclosed bottle back into the refrigerator.
There was so many customers in the 7-11 but not a single person bother to inform one of the staff behind the counter about the situation, but simply walk around this vagrant picking out their own drinks.
I quickly informed one of the staff of the situation and he proceeded to speak with the vagrant. I did not stay to find out what resulted.
What I cannot believe is the selfishness of people who were in 7-11. Why didn't they inform any one of the situation? Why did they not care that one of the drinks they choose may had been drank by this vagrant previously.
Has the Hong Kong society fallen to a point of unrecoverable? I sure hope not.
Please feel free to comment.
Are all patrons to this restaurant forced to order one of everything on the menu as a minimum order? Or simply ordering "a menu" is sufficient. Fortunately for those who are able to read Chinese, you are only required to order one entire category as your minimum order.
Repost from: Vinko's Thought's On...
This afternoon I was sitting at a McDonald's restaurant in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, having my Big Mac™. All of a sudden a young kid, about 6 years old, came to my table, without saying anything, he just took a french fried and begin eating it. To say the least I was very surprise.
I am even more surprise that it was a local Chinese boy who did this. As my readers may know, I had always had the impression that local Hong Kong people are shy and not talkative. The action of this young boy is totally out of character for the typical Hong Kong children.
Don't get me wrong, I think this sort of openness is a good thing. Although, I thihnk the boy may not have simply took the french fried and started eating it. May be he should have asked.
On the other hand, I don't think young children, for that matter adult, should be eating things given by strangers.
What this incident actually points out may be the lack of education and teachings Hong Kong parents have on their children now a days.
What's the most extreme weather you've been in? A memorable storm? Heat wave? Or something else?
I guess the worst storm I had ever experienced was a Signal 10 typhoon in Hong Kong 3 years ago (2003).
While living in Hong Kong one normally gets used to typhoons, but the one 3 years ago the typhoon landed in Hong Kong within a few 100km.
In the past the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) would be accused of "crying wolf"; raising typhoon signals when the weather appears to be fine, and lowering them just in time for everyone to get back to work.
Please allow me to explain. The law in Hong Kong states that during typhoon signal of 8 and above all schools will be closed, and signal 10 and above all businesses are closed. The law also states that everyone have to return to work within 2 hours after a typhoon signal had been lowered.
In the past the HKO frequently raises the typhoon signal to 8 and above in the mornings and some time during the normal rush hours. The latter would cause chaos since parents will have to figure a way to pick up their kids who are either at school or on their way to school.
The HKO also frequently lowers the typhoon signal at noon or just before rush hour begins in the morning. This was mainly due to complaints of businesses who accuses the HKO for lowering the typhoon signal not early enough for staff to return to work or raising the typhoon signal too soon that staff do not get to work in the mornings.
So now a days when HKO raises typhoon signals, the average Hong Kong citizens still have to second guess them and try to decide whether to go to work or pick up their kids.
Having been through the whole process from the initial discussion to the final implementation of GST in Canada, I cannot believe I will have to go through this in Hong Kong.
I was so adamant about this that I created a web page on my site to document the process of the HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Administration Region) government on the subject.
I also wrote about it in my regular Blog, Thoughts On... plus created an online petition to collect signatures from every consumers (where they live in Hong Kong or just visiting) who feel the same way as I do.
So if you agree with me I need your help by signing the petition and to help spread the word.
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