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Congee for Saffas

Congee for Saffas

Other than wanting to introduce the South African traveller to Hong Kong to a Hong Kong national dish, I also want to tell the Saffa-expat here in Hong Kong how to enjoy this dish in a most South African way. First of all, let me introduce you to congee courtesy of WikiPedia: Rice congee (pronounced kɒndʒi or kon-jee)  is [...]

New Years’ fortune-telling

New Years’ fortune-telling

During the Chinese New Year period, Hong Kongers traditionally flock to temples to pray for a good year ahead.  However, the superstitious also take part in rituals that they believe foretell the future, or at least the year ahead. It was no different on the second day into the Year of the Tiger.  Here in Hong [...]

New Years’ Symbols

New Years’ Symbols

In Chinese culture, everything associated with the Chinese New Year’s Day should represent good fortune. To single people good fortune may mean love and romance. Good fortune may mean good grades to students, children for families, jobs for the unemployed and health for the sick.  For the Chinese Springbok rugby supporter, good fortune means… er…. mmmmm…. [...]

New Years Day Fireworks

New Years Day Fireworks

Hong Kong tonight ushered in the Year of the Tiger in true Chinese style: with a HK$3 million spectacular fireworks display.  While the lighting of fireworks remain illegal in Hong Kong, the annual New Year’s Day fireworks display is a major draw-card on the tourist calendar.   The 20-minute extravaganza was lauched from 3 barges docked 200 meters [...]

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year, also called Lunar New Year is the most important Festival on the traditional Chinese calendar.  It is part of the Spring Festival that starts on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar and ends of the 15th day that is called Lantern Festival. This year Hong Kong celebrates the start [...]

Chinese New Year 2010

Chinese New Year 2010

When asked about what they like about living in China (we’ve also lived in Taiwan before) my kids sometimes respond: “We get to celebrate TWO New Years!” What they don’t say is that they get TWO New Year’s holidays off from school! Living in Hong Kong, we foreigners indeed have the benefit of two New Year holidays.  [...]

Cathay Pacific: The Fun Is Back!

Cathay Pacific: The Fun Is Back!

10 March 2010

This story originally appeared on BlitzBokke.com I just caught the Cathay Pacific television advertisement for the 2010 Hong Kong Sevens on local English-language TV channel Pearl TV. Cathay Pacific is, of course the national airline/carrier of Hong Kong and co-sponsor together with Credit Suisse of the BIGGEST Sevens on the IRB Sevens World Circuit. The tag-line for their [...]

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Pepsi enters 2010 “ad wars”

Pepsi enters 2010 “ad wars”

09 March 2010

Although not an official FIFA sponsor, Pepsi has entered the advertisement-hype that goes together with the world’s biggest sports tournament… the Soccer World Cup. Howzit-HongKong.com believes that, together with the vuvuzela, the Meerkat will be another winner during the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa later this year. How can you not love these little rodents! Have [...]

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Tuks Women to take on NZ Maori in HK Sevens

Tuks Women to take on NZ Maori in HK Sevens

08 March 2010

The official draw for the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens took place at King’s Park this evening where twelve women’s teams were drawn into four Pools. The participating teams are: Arabian Gulf, Aussie Amazons, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia (debut), NZ Aotearoa Maori, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, SA Tuks (South Africa [...]

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Tukkies to play in HK Women’s Sevens

Tukkies to play in HK Women’s Sevens

08 March 2010

Organizers of the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens 2010 (HKWRS) last week announced the 12 participating teams to compete in this year’s event. Due to the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup being held in England in September, this year’s tournament field will play host to a mixed roster of highly competitive national teams from [...]

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2010 Countdown caught up in HK TV spat

2010 Countdown caught up in HK TV spat

07 March 2010

In a week when South Africans all over the world celebrated the 100-day countdown to the kick-off to our biggest sports tournament ever, local celebrations were caught up in a spat between the Hong Kong broadcast-rights holders iCable and the other two broadcasters, ATV and TVB. In a nutshell, iCable made a successful bid for the broadcast [...]

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SCMP gives Fish some ‘China love’

SCMP gives Fish some ‘China love’

06 March 2010

Although only about a week old, SA 2010 Ambassador Mark Fish’s baby daughter is already making ripples on the other side of the world. On the day that we were supposed to attend a media conference with South African 2010 Ambassador Mark Fish, the Hong Kong media was alerted that the press conference was cancelled due to the [...]

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Serevi joins Skinstad at HK Tens

Serevi joins Skinstad at HK Tens

05 March 2010

Organisers of the GFI Hong Kong Football Club Tens 2010 announced the line-up for this year’s tournment.  Sixteen teams comprising of former and future stars will come from every corner of the globe to celebrate 25 years of the Tens alongside the best that local rugby can offer.  Started in 1986 to celebrate the centenary of one of [...]

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Hong Kong blow-job!

Hong Kong blow-job!

04 March 2010

At yesterday’s unveiling of the Hong Kong FIFA 2010 countdown clock, a local TV presenter asked one of the diski dancers to help him blow the soon-to-be iconic Vuvuzela.  It was a struggle, but he got it right in the end.  Well done, Boet. It’s all in the lips! Let me try… the lips you say?                                                                                                               Here goes… lips [...]

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Hong Kong loves Fish!

Hong Kong loves Fish!

03 March 2010

If there’s one thing that Hong Kong people love it’s their seafood. This time around it was fish… Mark Anthony Fish. FIFA 2010 Ambassador Mark Fish this afternoon unveiled a special 2010 Countdown Clock at Causeway Bay’s Times Square.  The South African Consulate in Hong Kong, under the energetic leadership of Consul-General Ms. Tembi Tambo has been very busy promoting what [...]

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Fish to unveil 2010 countdown clock

Fish to unveil 2010 countdown clock

02 March 2010

Former South African (Bafana Bafana) footballer Mark Fish will visit Hong Kong this week as a guest of the South African Consulate.  South African Consul-General in Hong Kong Ms Tembi Tambo has been actively promoting events around South Africa’s 2010 Soccer World Cup and invited Mark Fish, who is also a 2010 World Cup Ambassador, to Hong Kong.  2010 Ambassadors [...]

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