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: Apr 2025
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I see that 10 years ago (yikes) I was complaining about the North Satellite Concourse at Hong Kong airport (because the only way to get there was by buses that sometimes had to wait for planes to pass). They did finally link it up to the main terminal (in 2022), using a bridge. And yet……
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Two stories from the Substandard about people using QR codes to get discounts on the MTR ‘Discounted rides’ for HK transportation are being sold online (10 March) Fare cheats exploit digital loopholes in MTR system (20 March) The concept is that you use one payment platform (e.g. WeChat Pay) to enter the MTR and another…
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Back in 2014, the SCMP reported on the “painfully slow process” of installing platform screen doors on what were the KCR East Rail and Ma On Shan line (now the MTR East Rail Line and Tsuen Ma Line). They returned to the subject in 2023 (paywall) and RTHK reported in February 2024 that work would…
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How it's supposed to work: Passengers exit the train People board the train Announcement that doors are closing Doors close Train departs Everyone is happy What sometimes (rarely) happens Announcement is made whilst people are still exiting the train Doors close whilst people (me) are boarding The problem with (1) is that it causes people…
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