Changing The Guard . . .
ANOTHER splendid Hong Kong row, rumbling, for the most part, below the surface, involves the oldest and grandest of the trading houses, Jardine Matheson. Some years ago Jardine......
Up In The Air
NOTHING could be more typical of Hong Kong, or of the state of play with the mainland government, than the great air- port row. Anyone who, swerving in to land at Kai Tak, has......
Bumpy Ride
HONG KONG is the only financial centre where a run on a bank has been set off by a broken-down bus. The bus's passengers got out into pouring rain, and took shelter under the......
. . . Guarding The Guards
I WOULD be more afraid of what could be done with the arbitrary powers of the independent Commission Against Corrup- tion. This was set up to cope with police- men who thought......
Room At The Top
ONE of Hong Kong's new hotels got off to a poor start — so poor, indeed, that the owners, shattered by disastrous figures, decided to call in consultants. Their advice was......
City And Suburban
Hong Kong prepares for an invasion by General Montgomery CHRISTOPHER FILDES M Hong Kong y friends here are bracing them- selves for the General Montgomery marti- ni. Named after......
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