Correction

Well I stand corrected. Got back to the hotel room tonight to find that Sonia had actually tidied up - unless of course I find out that Sonia convinced the maid service to tidy up for her? The place looks very clean and tidy now. Long may it last!

Sonia spent the afternoon looking at apartments on the North and West parts of the island. At the end there were only two that made the grade - Leighton Hill (in Causeway Bay) and Bel-Air (in Pokfulam). The rest were too small, too bad, or too expensive. Then there were discussions at work this afternoon with other expats about the relative advantages/disadvantages of the various areas. The South Side of the island was raised as an option, however from what I've seen on the Internet sites the prices rise dramatically, and the company doesn't pay enough to get somewhere decent at a reasonable size. Sonia will be going out again tomorrow (Thursday) morning to have a look at two Bel-Air apartments that I've already seen. The viewing of Bel-Air today was marred by a crowd of small children exiting the shuttle bus to bombard the pool area. And the apartment turned out to be one or two floors up directly above the (now full) pool. Not a good start. Well, we'll see what Sonia thinks of the places tomorrow. Time is getting tight as the shipment arrives in HK on 27th and we need to have somewhere for them to deliver to shortly after that. I'm heading to Bangkok for two days at the end of next week, returning to HK on Friday night.

Dinner tonight at Grappa's Cellar - a pizza/pasta restaurant in Jardine House (not far from the office). Not bad until you convert the HKD360 into NZD! Sometimes you just cannot think about it.

Jonathan posted a comment referring to an interesting article pointing out some disappointing behaviour on the part of Helen Clark and her Labour Party in NZ. Worth a read.