Hong Kong
People
the good, rich and power-to
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the buggar uses foam cushions for comfort
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poor - workers - tourists - rich
There are many people in Hong Kong.
Like I said elsewhere, just about the same size as our home base,
with fifty times as many people living there. Sometimes, you'd hardly notice. Mostly, you do.
When Hong Kong was a colony, it kept growing and growing. People just wanted to get in on it.
But the fun only began when China became
I once met this Chinese guy running a snackbar in Trinidad. Told me he'd swum down the river to get to Hong Kong
and took it from there, adding: "China no good. Everybody must work for the government."
poor
Many, maybe most people living in Hong Kong will tell you there's no real poverty around.
And probably most are better off and there's less poverty than in many other places.
But there's poverty everywhere. Just look around you, wherever you are.
Also many homeless. You'll literally stumble over them in the most unexpected places.
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They work, like elsewhere. The same as all over. They keep the show on the road.
Enough said.
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I resent this; after all, we often belong to that bunch
but manage to find our way around ourselves
—most of the time
The
even thought we'd escaped from his gang.
We were lucky to get away.
(Boy, are they having fun!)
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back to jump-off point
was so flabbergasted that I plumb forgot to take a picture
never before saw so many Ferraris, Maseratis, Mercedes and Beemers on the loose back to jump-off point
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