SQ468, Singapore -> Colombo, September 4 22:40 (SST) - 00:15+1 (LKT)
Archive for August, 2005
Rumours about possible consolidation in the Chinese Linux market are spreading fast.
Most concentrate on the business side. While there are some truths there, as with most rumours there are nothing substantiative in any of the news articles… other than quotes from a disillusold guy.
Also, there are more politics involved than others imagine. One is hated by the government, another not doing well financially, while one appears to be facing their own China-Japan relationship problems…
I’ve always wondered why the government insists on an underground Central-Wanchai Bypass, instead of underwater so that no ground need to be created for it to go under.
Apparently Swire Properties think so too, and they’re now saying it’s technically feasible to have it underwater. Their alternative proposal is actually pretty reasonable and one that I’d like to see implemented. Normally I don’t advocate for yet more road-building and want to see public transport improved instead, but in this case I can see why the Bypass is needed (public transport already stretched to its limits, no alternative road for people not wanting to go into Central, etc.)—the arguments have already been rehashed to death.
The other question is, why is Swire doing this even though the government will probably ignore them, just as they did with Swire’s West Kowloon proposal? Is it all marketing? Or could it be that they are smart enough to see the value that improving Hong Kong’s liveability brings to them?
No, this is not about some exciting new home-theatre technology…
Went to watch the new Willy Wonka movie with Sharon today (great fun movie BTW). Amazingly, not a single mobile phone rang during the entire movie. Actually apart from the occasional laughter, the audience were dead quiet. No chatter, nothing. Yes, we are in Hong Kong.
I think it was more than a decade ago when I watched an entire movie inside a cinema, without noise. Were we simply lucky or are the tides turning?
SQ857, Hong Kong -> Singapore, August 28 10:30 - 14:10
CX317, Beijing -> Hong Kong, August 26 07:50 - 11:20
So after I came back from LinuxWorld San Francisco last week, exhausted, I had to fly up here to Beijing immediately to chair a meeting.
I shall be back in Hong Kong any minute (once they manage to book my flight). Then I’ll be in Singapore next week, and Colombo, Sri Lanka the next.
When will this crazy travelling end? I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again: I don’t like flying. Please do not envy me. Flying around to so many different places for business is no fun. Trust me.
CZ3017, Hong Kong -> Beijing, August 16 13:50 - 16:50
UA853, San Francisco -> Tokyo, August 13 13:45 (PDT) - 16:30+1 (JST)
UA853, Tokyo -> Hong Kong, August 14 18:25 (JST) - 22:00 (HKT)
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