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I wonder if the forever virginal singleton Andy Lau has anything to say about this sick sad episode of Hong Kong mainland tourism.

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Get better soon, [redacted].  Workers of the world need you and your inspiration.

I've got [redacted] on my left shoulder for about two months and
am currently taking [redacted] and doing [redacted] at home.

Let's meet next week, pals, and have fun.  But I'll have to attend
[redacted] on the evening of Friday, August
13, 2010.


2010/8/3  [redacted]:

Let's visit [redacted] cannon room sometime next week. Tomorrow I'm
going to have my [redacted] somewhere on the
other side of the harbour. Guys, I need to be in good shape to fight
all those class enemies in Hong Kong.


Long live the dictatorship of the proletariat!
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] 寄件者: [redacted]
] 日期: 2010/08/03 星期二 下午 01:56:14 HKT
] 收件者: [redacted@gmail.com],
]        [redacted@yahoo.com],
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] 主旨: 香港?游阿珍?大?游客?物不?多
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] After all, I'm not saying that Ah Chun is responsible for the design and the
] failing of the whole scheme.  Her lecture having been caught on video, it's
] almost impossible for her to escape from her ordeal unscathed.  The rich and
] powerful in the industry and the HK Tourism Board as well as the citizens of HK
] need to find a convenient scapegoat in her.
]

] 2010/8/3  [redacted@netvigator.com]:
] This long food chain of tour operator-retails shops (at To kwa Wan) is the
] problem. In my view, the tour operators also own many of the shops. Or the
] shop-owners are also the tour operators themselves. Ah Zhen is just minnow. If
] something blows up, blame Ah Zhen. In the long run, if anyone cares about the
] long run that is, this is not going to work. These guys are just a bunch of
] crooks. [redacted], I am glad that u finally return to your proletariat roots.
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] ]] 寄件者: [redacted@gmail.com]
] ]]
] ]] The whole thing needs a revamp, nothing short of a revolution
] ]] considering the scale of the whole operation.  By that I mean lawmaker
] ]] for the tourism industry in HK, Paul Tse, said half of mainland
] ]] visitors to HK Ocean Park and a quarter of mainland visitors to HK
] ]] Disneyland are from these kind of "zero-fee" package tours from China.
] ]]
] ]] Needless to say, the whole fucking system is not devised by folks like
] ]] Ah Chun.  It is the brainchild of some crooks in the tourism industry
] ]] of HK [the boss of the operator employing Ah Chun in this incident
] ]] sits on one of these councils or committees that design the system]
] ]] and China together with unscrupulous merchants operating those
] ]] specialized shopping centres in Hung Hom or To Kwa Wan.  Ah Chun is
] ]] only to blame for lambasting her herd for not shopping enough and
] ]] threatening to lock them out of their hotel rooms and not providing
] ]] meals to them.  [BTW, I don't think most of the tourists of these
] ]] package tours are petite capitalists.  I think middle-class folks
] ]] living in cities, certainly not migrant workers or mingong aka
] ]] nongmingong, are the ones who can afford the time as well as the money
] ]] to visit HK.  Some are duped by the incredulously cheap prices of
] ]] these package tours.]  The leader of her union said in a press
] ]] conference that she ought to do that in a more subtle and euphemistic
] ]] way.  Anyway, I say she should have been more alert of the existence
] ]] of smartphones and their video functions.
] ]]
] ]] The whole thing is totally fucked-up and it has tarnished the
] ]] reputation of HK tourism beyond imagination.  If it doesn't change
] ]] soon, similar incidents like Ah Chun's are bound to pop up from time
] ]] to time, given the prevalence of smartphones among Chinese citizens.
] ]]
] ]]
That's right! She is just one poor new immigrant at the bottom of the food chain. Singling her out is so unfair.
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] 寄件者: "[redacted@yahoo.com]
] 日期: 2010/08/03 星期二 上午 10:07:04 HKT
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] 主旨: Re: 回覆： Re: 回覆： 香港?游阿珍?大?游客?物不?多
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] That's pretty fucked up.  Ah Zhen is the fall guy.
] ]] 2010/8/3  [redacted@netvigator.com]:
] ]]
] ]] The system you have in the States is transparent and clear to
] ]] everyone. In Hong Kong, it is screwed up. At the other end of the
] ]] equation is a bunch of Chinese capitalists who are willing to splurge
] ]] but would only want to pay zero or next to zero for a 5-day tour of
] ]] Hong Kong. On the other end, we have the tour operators who struck
] ]] deals with some 'shops' that cater to those tourists. The shops are
] ]] all located in some industrial neighbourhoods that sell exclusively to
] ]] the mainlanders. Who in Hong Kong in his/her right mind would go there
] ]] and shop? What is missing here? Yes, they need someone like Ah Zhen to
] ]] do the pushing and shoving. It is commission based or at times, the
] ]] tour guide buys the 'right' outright to 'guide' the tour from the tour
] ]] operator. Any deal can happen here.
] ]]
] ]] But it is easy to see that the tour guides is just one small player in
] ]] the whole fucking scheme. I hate to see those 'tour operators'
] ]] denouncing Ah Zhen and whatever the Tourist Council condemning 'such
] ]] behaviour'. I have been in China a lot, but I have never seen such
] ]] outrageous things like zero fee for a visit to Hangzhou...What about
] ]] some real tourists who want to see the real Hong Kong, not some
] ]] industrial estates in Kwun Tong or To Kwa Wan. These guys are just
] ]] ruining the reputation of hk. Ah Zhen is no better or no worse than
] ]] all of us. As I said earlier, she just wants to have some food and
] ]] shelter.
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