Ordinary Gweilo
It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong
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Month: Sep 2012
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I’m always on the lookout for places to buy books at reasonable prices and Fishpond.com.hk has some eye-catching discounts. But hang on… They claim that the RRP for The Second World War by Antony Beevor is HK$496 (US$64). Eh? I don’t think so. The US list price is actually $35 and Amazon.com are offering it…
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Headline in today’s SCMP: “Where’s big picture”. Me not sure. Yes, the SCMP did get smaller, but only marginally, and yes they did finally sort out the ghastly design of the TV page. In slightly more encouraging news, they have re-designed their horrible website and the mobile version has re-appeared after a lengthy absence
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