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Once Bitten, twice
in love with Hong Kong
My
first visit to Hong Kong was a quick stopover in
1985, on my way back to Singapore from Tokyo. I
was travelling alone and stayed for just one
night at a cheap hotel recommended by my travel
agent. She had assured me that it was a
reasonably good hotel located on a ‘good
street’. As I discovered to my horror, the
reality was somewhat different.
My
one and only window opened to a large block of
rundown residential flats. The carpet in the
room was damp and reeked of spilt beer and
urine. My view of Hong Kong consisted of clothes
strung on bamboo poles hanging precariously from
the balconies of the flats, their walls stained
and grimy, weather worn with rubbish littering
the balconies.
Needless to say, it was a long night! I was
grateful to check out the next morning and leave
via the old Kai Tak Airport. That was the memory
of Hong Kong I took with me; that is until
January this year.
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