At least GovHK had the sense to no longer call them “D-bags”

Rachael Bedlington, Canadian Consul General of HK & Macau, will be leaving her post 'in a few days,' which is why there is a Canada Day reception 5 weeks early.
Quickly scoured the web and there is no news of her departure, nor of her replacement

Hong Kong SUSHI* Report, May 24 2024

~~~ ALL satisfactory!! ~~~

May 23-24: 370 samples examined (of which 258 are aquatic products, seaweed, sea salt)

Totals since Aug 24:
53768 samples (34770 aquatic)

* Scanning Unusual Sources for Harmful Irradiation

Only 20% of residents at Hong Kong housing block in waste charge trial following rules, property manager says

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Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Influenza mini-summary, week to May 18
- 20th week of flu season; Trend: Steadying / Elevated
- Hospital admission rate for flu (per 10K pop.): >0.95 (vs 1.13 prev week)
- Specimens positivity rate: 12.85% (vs 15.15%)
- 91 severe cases ↑13
- 66 deaths ↑16

Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Covid-19 mini-summary, week to May 18
- Trend: Decreasing
- 734 cases ↓13%
- 32 severe/death cases ↑13
- 14 deaths ↑9
- Variants of severe/death cases (May 8-21): JN.1 94.6%, KP.2 2.7%, Others 2.7%
- Sewage surveillance ↓17% from prev week

Some Macau news?
The 71st Macau Grand Prix, to be held Sunday November 17, will run a lower tier race of Formula Regional cars instead of Formula 3.
The Macau Grand Prix has hosted F3 racing since 1983
macaonews.org/life/sports/ma…

$5 billion ÷ 18,163 licenses = $275,284.90

Hong Kong Consumer Price Index, April 2024

Composite CPI ↑1.1% from April 2023
(↓0.7% from March 2024)

By sector,
- Food ↑1.8%
- Housing ↑1.0%
- Utilities ↓9.3%
- Alcohol, tobacco ↑20.8%
- Clothing, footwear ↑0.6%
- Transport ↑1.8%

info.gov.hk/gia/general/20…

Hong Kong SUSHI* Report, May 23 2024

~~~ ALL satisfactory!! ~~~

May 22-23: 245 samples examined (of which 97 are aquatic products, seaweed, sea salt)

Totals since Aug 24:
53398 samples (34512 aquatic)

* Scanning Unusual Sources for Harmful Irradiation

Even if every taxi joined Uber for Uber Taxi it doesn't address the situation that taxis and their drivers provide horrible service

Northern Metropolis cost estimate: HK$224 billion.
Actual cost?
scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

LegCo passes the new Inland Revenue 2-tier tax scheme: income over $5 million is taxed at 16% instead of 15%, plus an additional deduction ceiling for home loan interest or domestic rent.

Oxford Economics Global Cities Index; Hong Kong’s ranking (out of 1,000) by category:

Overall 76th
• Economics 89th
• Human capital 56th
• Quality of life 151st
• Environment 583rd
• Governance 299th