Beneath the Peak

Last week’s presentation at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong is now available online, thanks to the nice people at Vimeo. Click here to watch the video. Share/Save

Thanks to everyone who turned up for yesterday’s speech at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club in Hong Kong. The luncheon drew a crowd of 70 — including local and international journalists, developers, bankers and institutional and individual investors — and was followed by a lively Q&A session. Click here to listen to an MP3 stream of [...]

On Tuesday, July 13, I’ll be delivering a luncheon speech  at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club in Hong Kong. Japanese Real Estate: Bargain or black hole? looks at the opportunities and pitfalls of buying a home, a recreational property or an investment property. The presentation is open to non-members.  Click here for reservations and details. Share/Save

On June 5, I delivered a presentation about the joys (and frustations) of owning a home in Hong Kong at the Smart Investment & International Property Expo. The presentation — plus 15 minutes of Q&A — is now available online. Share/Save

There’s a nice piece in the latest edition of Tokyo-based Metropolis magazine about the Japan book, which has also been featured recently in the China Daily and Sing Pao. And I will be speaking on a panel discussion at the Smart Property Expo this Sunday afternoon at 4:15. That’s in addition to my presentation on [...]

After making six speeches in five days in Tokyo last week, I’m getting ready to do it again here in Hong Kong. I’ll be delivering a presentation on the joys of self-publishing to the International Association of Business Communicators on Friday, May 28 (details here). And on Saturday, June 5, I’ll be talking about Hong [...]

Here are some immediate steps the Tsang administration can take to start improving our air quality. 1. Acknowledge that, while pollution from the Pearl River Delta is a problem, much of our pollution is created in Hong Kong. 2. Ban the import of all forms of diesel, except the ultra-low sulfur variety. Three months’  lead-time [...]

Air pollution in Hong Kong today topped 500 – the maximum value — on the government’s rigged scale. What will it take to get our leaders to stop issuing inane statements and actually do something about this? Share/Save

I was interviewed on TVB’s Money Magazine in a segment about re-purposing Hong Kong’s disused industrial space. It’s not available online, but it will be rebroadcast on TVB Pearl on Saturday at 11:50 AM and on Wednesday at 12:55 AM. Share/Save

In the 2010 budget speech on Wednesday, John Tsang said the administration would consider moving government departments from commercial buildings to industrial buildings. I wonder how many of Hong Kong’s mandarins would agree to move into places that look like this? This is the second move the government has made recently to address the issue [...]