Home and Living in Hong Kong

When visiting any branch of a supermarket chain in Hong Kong, you might wonder why staff would invest in so much time wrapping fruit and vegetables in individual plastic. This practice seems outright contradictory to the move to reduce…

"Thank you for calling Waste Your Time Hotline, press one for this, press two for that.' Tired of calling a company hotline only to be prompted with a maze of recorded messages? It seems the phone gods have heard your gripes as a…

Hong Kong may be a land of discounted brands but not all discounted items are authentic brands. My wife was browsing over Facebook and chanced upon an attractive offer by a page purportedly selling Tiffany jewelry. Since she saw her…

A common cliché we hear about Hong Kong is that it's a shopper's haven. But when it comes to serving the shoppers, it's another matter. So when the survey conducted by Mystery Shoper Service Association was unveiled, it came as no…

It takes a tiff with several tailors before you end up with the right one. A trip to a tailor in Hong Kong can be tiring not because the shop is far from your place but because you lose a lot of energy over dealing with the tailor.…

Hong Kong has a reputation when it comes to being the ultimate shopper’s stop. If after a stroll in the markets of Hong Kong you still don’t think you’ve found the right product, it’s time to finally believe that it simply doesn’t exist.…

Hong Kong is a wonderful, vibrant city, but such characteristics come at a price. Its streets and residential blocks are among the most expensive in the world and it has one of the highest Gini coefficient globally, a scientific…

After leaving the comfort zones of home, expats are often anxious to see what their newly-adopted cities have in store for them. While Hong Kong is well-known as a shopping haven, groceries, supermarkets and wet markets are featured less…