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COMPARING
COST OF LIVING
IN HONG KONG
TO VARIOUS
OTHER PLACES
ROUND THE
WORLD

Hong Kong has always been well known (infamous

perhaps?!) for its high cost of living, to the extent that for
many expats (in particular), it consistently ranks as one
of the most expensive places to relocate, according to
numerous studies.
At Adesiflava we wanted to put this commonly held
notion to test.

Accordingly, we went ahead and compared cost of living

in Hong Kong to various other places round the world
which are also well known for their high cost of living
along various parameters. Our findings are summarized
in the table below. We have taken the base currency as
the US Dollar for easy comparison across all the different
places, unless otherwise stated where the local currency
(or any other currency) is mentioned alongside.

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Places
Parameters

Hong Kong

Travel

By and large travel in Hong Kong tends

to be cheap and affordable. Taxi fares
are particularly affordable, compared
to places like London or New York. A
local bus in Hong Kong would typically
cost $2.82 as would MTR for 2 persons.
A peak tram in Hong Kong would cost
$7.69.

Fairly expensive. Intercity

transportation would cost
$30+ while a taxi from the
airport to the main city
would cost $25+.

It is not for nothing that London

is considered one of the most
expensive cities in the world! A taxi
from Heathrow to city centre can
set you back by anywhere from
$75 to $100. The tube is a much
more viable option where the
same ride would cost anywhere
between $5 to $8+. The refundable
Oyster card for $8.33 is a great
alternative too.

Education

Affordable for local Cantonese

language schools; prohibitively
expensive for English language
education at private schools. Indicative
costs as high as $1100 a month.

Foreigners pay more for

education as is the norm
in places round the world.
For instance, medicine
studies at NUS (National
University of Singapore)
would cost $37,000+.

Tuition fees in international

schools in London can go up to
$16,500+ per term. Yet, London
also offers students ample
opportunities to earn while
they learn.

Food

Food in Hong Kong remains fairly

affordable. A meal at an inexpensive
restaurant would cost you less than
$6 while a Combo Meal at McDonalds
would cost less than $4. Beer, both
local and imported, would also cost
you less than $4.

Plenty of hawkers
across Singapore make
street food extremely
inexpensive yet tasty! Beer
starts from $4. A Big Mac
costs about $3.5.

A reasonable meal in the

business district would cost
$23 while a combo meal in a
fast food joint would cost just
$9. Basic dinner for two at a
neighborhood pub would be
costlier at $51 though.

Housing unfortunately is one of the

most expensive aspects of living in
Hong Kong, especially for expats,
where median prices can touch more
than half a million US dollars!

One of the biggest costs

of living in Singapore, the
cheapest option would
be renting a shared flat at
$400 a month. If you can
afford, renting a house
would cost upwards of
$6,000 to start with.

A basic one bedroom

apartment in the city centre
would cost you $2,500 to rent.
Buying one in the same area
would cost you nearly $15,000
per square meter.

Considerably expensive than the US

because of taxes. Hot sellers like the
Mercedes E-Class cost upwards of $64,000.
Numerous add-ons to the cost of a car
include vehicle license costs, hefty parking
fees, fuel expenses, and insurance to the
extent that over a 5 year period, even a
second hand Toyota Corolla can end up
costing you upwards of $80,000.

Owning cars is a
prohibitively expensive
proposition in Singapore.
After all costs and
charges, an Audi A4 could
cost you $182,000 while
a BMW 328 would cost
$238,000.

Owning a car in London is quite

expensive. Firstly, cars are
expensive to buy, including those
that are considered cheap in
other parts of the world. Add to
that exorbitant parking fees and
congestion charges, so you will
end up spending a pretty penny.
Using public transport as far as
possible is always advisable.

While high end retail is just as

expensive as in places like London or
Paris, there is plenty of cheap clothing
on offer in Hong Kong, which can
cost as little as $2.5 to start with. For
womens clothing try the Cheung Sha
Wan Road in Sham Shui Po which
locals refer to as Fashion Street.

Clothing is where
Singapore provides some
respite! Places like Bugis
Street and Far East Plaza
offer great deals on
clothes.

When it comes to clothing

options, London scores well
for cheap choices - consider
stores like Topshop, Primark,
New Look, Forever 21, and TK
Maxx for great bargains!

Housing

Cars

Clothing

Singapore

London

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Parameters

Mumbai

New York

Thailand

Travel

Travel in Mumbai is cheap, on a regular

black and yellow taxi, $15 - $18 would
be sufficient to take you from one end of
the city to another. Private taxis are more
expensive. Auto-rickshaws (or tuk-tuks)
start at 25 cents minimum fare and only
run in the suburbs. Train travel on the
suburban railway network (commonly
called local) is most common and
advisable; a first class tourist ticket
usable on all lines all day would cost $2.6.

Taxis in the Big Apple start at

$2.50. Buses and subways cost
the same - $2.25. Driving in the
city is not advisable, especially for
newcomers, with traffic, congestion,
parking fees being some reasons.

Traveling across Thailand is a

convenient and cheap proposition
with ample choices for doing so,
including by air - competition has
meant that airfares tend to be low
as well. Once inside Thailand, you
will find taxis relatively commonly,
especially in Bangkok and other
tourist hubs. They start at a little
over a dollar as the minimum fare.
Trains and buses are cheap as well.

Education

Private schools (as opposed to

government schools which could even
be free but very poor quality) are getting
increasingly expensive in Mumbai; even
at the pre-school level, you might have to
spend upwards of $11,000 on fees, which
only get higher as your child progresses
through school.

When it comes to education in

New York City, a lot depends on
the institution. For instance, the
annual tuition and fees at New York
Conservatory for Dramatic Arts is
$31,250 at the time of writing this
piece. That said, taking a child right
through all the various stages of
education in New York City can end
up costing $1 million eventually!

International schools in Thailand

are rather expensive where fees
can range anywhere between
$10,000 to $20,000 per annum and
sometimes even more!

Food

Food in Mumbai can be unbelievably

cheap, depending on where you eat (high
end restaurants can be quite expensive
though, even by western standards!). A
budget meal at most places would cost
less than $5. A big Maharaja Mac chicken
burger (equivalent of the Big Mac) at
McDonalds costs just about $1.5, one of
the cheapest in the world!

While the general reputation of

New York is that of an expensive
city, food can be cheap depending
on where you eat. Generally, there
are a number of budget options
across the city where you can
easily have all 3 meals of the day
for less than $10 each.

By and large, food in Thailand

is cheap, especially street food
(which is also mostly very good
quality!) that can be as less as $2.
However, hotels and restaurants
serving non-Thai food do tend to
be expensive, maybe ten times
as much as street food. A Combo
Meal at McDonalds would cost $5.

Housing

Location can make a big difference to

housing costs in Mumbai. Renting a 1
bedroom apartment in the city centre
would cost upwards of $500 while
buying one would cost nearly $5,000 per
square meter in the same location.

Median home values in New York

are about $525,000 currently. Rent
for a one bedroom apartment in
the city centre would be $2,800+.

Housing costs vary by area with

Bangkok typically the most
expensive. On an average, a decent
apartment should cost you $300 to
$500 a month to rent, though there
can be significant variations.

Cars

You can expect a car in the range

of the Volkswagen Golf to cost
about $13,000 in Mumbai. Luxury
cars in India tend to cost more than
overseas due to high taxes, duties,
etc.

On an average a new car costs

about $30,000 in New York City.
Remember there are many
add-ons which bump up costs,
especially parking costs which
are very high in the city. There are
also many tolls you need to keep
in mind. If you are new, use public
transport as much as you can.

Cars, whether new or used, tend

to cost a lot in Thailand. For many
models, especially European or
American brands, you would likely
end up paying more than you would
back home.

Clothing

Clothing is cheap in Mumbai,

especially for unbranded stuff
which is available in plenty. Among
the branded offerings, a pair of Levis
should cost close to $40.

Clothing can be affordable,

depending on where you buy.
Forever 21 and Uniqlo among
others can be good bargains.

Thailand is a shoppers paradise, with

clothing being a major attraction. A lot
of manufacturing activity for clothes
takes place in Thailand, keeping
costs really low - and thus making
things attractive for shoppers.

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Places
Parameters

Indonesia

Travel

Given the countrys geography as an

archipelago, traveling between islands
would often involve air travel which can
be expensive - a flight from Sumatra to
Flores could cost $300! Yet, within an
island, inland travel by bus can be quite
cheap - as little as $1.40!

Local transport would

cost $28+ while intercity
transport would cost
$100+.

Taxi from airport to city center in

Beijing would cost between $11
and $20. Airport express train to
city center is just about $4. The
subway is really cheap at $0.33.

Education

Education costs in Indonesia vary

by region, with Jakarta the most
expensive, especially for international
schools. Tuition fees vary considerably
from institution to institution, so
providing a specific figure may not be
feasible.

Vary considerably,
depending on the
institution as well as the
course. As a pointer,
school can cost from
$7,200 to $28,000 while an
undergrad course would
cost $14,000 to $30,000.

Education in Beijing is becoming

an increasingly expensive
proposition, especially in
international schools which
can cost anywhere between
$20,000 to $35,000 for senior
year of high school.

Quite inexpensive, a basic meal

would cost just $2! A Combo Meal at
McDonalds costs $3.40.

A meal at an inexpensive
restaurant should cost
about $15. A Combo Meal
at McDonalds would cost
upwards of $8.

Food is quite affordable in

Beijing; at budget locations, all
3 meals of the day can be had
within $5 each. A Big Mac costs
$2.28.

Renting an apartment in the city centre

would cost about $400. Buying the
same would cost $1,600+ per square
meter.

A 1 bedroom apartment in
the city centre should cost
upwards of $1,650 to rent;
the same to buy would cost
$7,000+ per square meter.

An apartment in the city centre

would cost $900+ to rent;
buying the same would cost a
pricy $8,600+ per square meter.

Food

Housing

Cars

Clothing

Australia

Car prices can be gauged from the cost A new Volkswagen Golf or
of a new Volkswagen Golf which would its equivalent would cost
cost about $27,000.
around $25,000.

A pair of Levis jeans would cost $48

while a summer branded dress would
cost $36.

Branded clothing tends

to be expensive, with fw
unbranded options. A new
pair of Levis 501 would
cost almost $95 while a
summer dress in stores
like Zara would set you
back by $66+.

Beijing

A new Volkswagen Golf or its

equivalent would cost almost
$26,000.

A pair of Levis jeans would cost

$108+ while a summer branded
dress would cost about $52.

So in conclusion, as you can see and as common knowledge goes, Mumbai (and India as a whole) does score
very well on the affordability scale. Yet, as may have been a bit of a surprise for you, destinations traditionally
considered pricy such as New York or London, can also offer some bargains, at least on the clothing front!

Article By: Adesiflava Team collaborative effort. For sources of information in this article,
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PROSPECTS AND PITFALLS

PROJECT CITIZENS FOUNDATION HELD FORUM ON HONG KONGS
ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE

Incumbent and former policymakers

and senior executives of heavyweight
financial institutions in Hong Kong
held a half-day discourse at a Project
Citizens Forum themed What Makes
Hong Kong an International Financial
Centre? in the morning of 15 April
2016 on Hong Kongs role amongst
top international financial centres in
the world and its future prospects
and pitfalls under One Country, Two
Systems, the over-arching guiding
principle under which the city was
transferred to Chinese sovereignty
almost nineteen years ago from
the British empires last colonial
possession.

In his speech-esque opening remark

to introduce five keynote speakers, T
L Tsim, Chairman of Project Citizens
Foundation which organised the
forum, outlined his conviction on
what makes a city an international
financial centre by comparing Hong
Kong with Pairs and Rome, which
being ancient metropolises but
nevertheless not widely recognised
as international financial centres,
Beirut, whose Middle East financial
centre status in the 1960s was put to
a stop by the Arab war and Shanghai,
which he named a black swan in
the market that symbolises the

lack of rule of law in China. Mr Tsim

asserted that free flow of money,
information and people, rule of law
with independent judiciary, use of
English in government, law court and
marketplace and political stability are
four pillars of whichever city that can
be called a financial centre. Doomed
with Hong Kongs prospect, Mr Tsim
went on to urge a reconciliation with
young people to win their inalienable
assent and appealed to Beijing to
stop continuing confronting with
Hong Kongs youth to prevent a fullscale riot.

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The first keynote speaker was the

citys financial secretary, Tsang
Chun-wah, John, who is widely
viewed as amongst top contenders
in 2017 Chief Executive election. Mr
Tsang began by acknowledging the
forums emphasis on citizenship,
a concept he echoed with ancient
Athenss protection of its city-state
people in return for their allegiance.
The remaining of Mr Tsangs rhetoric
focused mainly on mainland China
economy and the potential of Hong
Kongs continued growth. Attributing
Chinas phenomenal growth to the
expansion of its private sector and
its opening up to foreign investor, Mr
Tsang stressed on the importance
of Hong Kongs role as the largest

world economy would slow down,

so as that of China, which with its
large fiscal reserve is reasonable
to grow at a slower pace. Mr
Tsang also reasoned that Hong
Kongs economic future could not
only depend on mainland market
but must also utilise its extensive
networks with both developed and
emerging markets. Finally, Mr Tsang
pointed out his policy initiatives to
embrace new technology, find new
market and nurture new talent. Mr
Tsang pledged to establish a fintech centre at Cyberport and set
up an office at Hong Kong Monetary
Authority to fund infrastructure
projects anywhere in the world.
Speaking of captivating on Chinas

the special administration regions

GDP and over a quarter million
people are currently employed in
this sector.

offshore RMB trading centre with

transactions in the currency topped
1 trillion last year, three-fourths of
total offshore RMB transactions in
the world. Forecasting economic
growth this year, Mr Tsang said the

One Belt One Road initiative and

the newly set-up Asia Infrastructure
Investment Bank, Mr Tsang believes
Hong Kong is ready to utilise this
new growth opportunity as financial
service accounts for 70 per cent of

Hong Kongs deep-water port and

entrepreneurial spirit as the reasons
of choice. Speaking on the future, Mr
Gulliver put forward three points of
optimism which being Chinas Belt
and Road initiative, internalisation

The next coming on stage was Stuart

Gulliver, Group Chief Executive of
HSBC Holdings plc, who focused
on Hong Kongs future economic
opportunities and briefly priding his
bank, which was relocated to the
UK from Hong Kong in 1991 ahead
of the Handover and has recently
been caught up in a tax scandal
involving its Swiss subsidiary, as
open, dependable and connected.
Reflecting on initially setting up the
bank in a barren rock Hong Kong
in early Victorian age, Mr Gulliver put

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of RMB trade and changing nature

of
trade
pattern.
Particularly
emphasising on One Belt and One
Road, Mr Gulliver believes it will
complete Hong Kongs status as
a financial centre by inviting large
bond, or debt, financing into Hong
Kong market in order to finance
infrastructure constructions in over
fifteen countries along the Belt
and Road line, as well as creating
opportunities for Pearl River Delta
companies to raise Green Bond in
Hong Kong in order to tackle climate

market capitalisation in mainland

stock exchanges is larger than that
of Hong Kong, 54.7 per cent shares in
the mainland in not available for sale
as it is owned by the government,
a phenomenon he termed nonfree flow market capitalisation.
Mr Neoh went on contrasting the
two markets where in mainland
China as high as 58.2 per cent stock
buyers are retail investors whereas
Hong Kong stocks is dominated by
institutional investors and listing is
open to non-locally incorporated

change challenges in mainland

China. Hong Kong has nothing
to fear but everything to gain,
concluded Mr Gulliver.

companies compared to domesticonly mainland China market. So far,

as Mr Neoh revealed, businesses
from over twenty jurisdictions are
considered suitable for Hong Kong
listing, where since 1992 mainland
China
companies
were
also
permitted to list. Mr Neoh finished
his speech by emphasising the
importance of market regulation,
praising his former regulatory bodys
authority to criminally prosecute
offenders whilst in mainland only
penalties can be inflicted by stock
regulators.

Anthony Neoh, former chairman of

Hong Kong Securities and Futures
Commission, followed suit to
contrast between Hong Kong and
mainland China stock and capital
markets, when he made the point
by illustrating on big screen that the
vast majority of Chinese companies
depend only on bank loan financing.
Mr Neoh pointed out that although

Proud of being headquartered in

Hong Kong, Group Chief Executive
and President of AIA Group Mark
Tucker staged an advocacy speech
to call for reform. Mr Tucker started
off with commonly-herd rhetoric
on Hong Kongs reasons of being a
financial centre economic stability,
high quality workforce and being a
gateway to China. Mr Tucker went on
to elaborate that sound legal systems
and next to no public debt made
life insurance business possible in
Hong Kong and a highly educated
workforce with many graduated
from overseas institutions who are
fluent in English and Mandarin and
hardworking staff members who
are hungry for self-betterment and
providing for families made Hong
Kongs environment conductive to
insurance operation. When speaking
on his insurance giants future
plan, Mr Tucker emphasised on
expanding Hong Kongs position in
greater China, operating in line with
international standard, developing
saving and protection products and
maintaining the companys good
reputation. Mr Tucker was especially
interested in developing mainland
marine and mediation products as
Chinas ever-growing investment all
over the world, both in developed
and emerging markets, makes such
insurance lucrative. However, Mr
Tucker did note that in mainland
China Hong Kong insurers are
considered foreign. In a sharp turn of
tone, Mr Tucker spent the rest of his
speech on advocating a paradigm
shift in Hong Kong governments
policy toward insurers. Asking Are
our customers bettered off with
less choice of products when they
are widely available in Asia and in
the world? Mr Tucker criticised
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conservative capital requirement for

insurance companies and objected
on continued implementation of
insurance regulations designed
long ago in a completely different
environment by pointing out the
reality that in an increasingly aging
society more and more people will
need to take up private insurance
to complement social security. Mr
Tucker ended with a call for policy
makers better understanding of the
market and industry.
Whilst previous four speakers all
in some degree inclined to be
optimistic, Dato Cheah Cheng Hye,
Chairman and Co-Chief Investment
Officer of Value Partners Group,
a Hong Kong-based hedge fund,
presented a dystopian Hong Kong.
Mr Cheahs theory was based on his
opening statement that reform and
progress in mainland China has made

Hong Kong less useful. He cited

figures showing that Hong Kongs
GDP used to account for over 20 per
cent of mainland Chinas but now only
equates less than 3 per cent of the
latter. Mr Cheah went on to explain
his business strategies of operating

in the mainland that comprise crossborder investment to transfer

mainland money into Hong Kong
accounts for further investment,
a dominant method, and onshore
investment a less frequently used
way to set up offices in mainland
China to management asset locally.
He then logically analysed the evergrowing middle class in mainland
China, a figure he quoted as 400
million out of the total population
of 1.4 billion, but the need for new
middle class is not met as most tend
to traditional bank deposit and real
estate for asset management, a field
that lacks progress in the mainland.
Mr Cheahs pessimism toward Hong
Kongs economic future and political
autonomy derives from the reason
that by now over 87 per cent revenue
of Hang Sang Index companies is
made in mainland China. He rebutted
Mr Tsangs earlier statement of Hong

Kong being the largest offshore RMB

trading centre in the world with 1
trillion yuan transaction last year by
presenting his findings that Shanghai
grossed 2.2 trillion yuan offshore
trading in the same period. Mr Cheah
concluded with the notion that

most Hong Kong people tend not to

discuss these issues because they
hurt our feelings and confidence.
Following keynote speeches a penal
discussion was held when Anthony
Neoh, T L Tsim, Dato Cheah Cheng
Hye as well as George SK Leung,
Asia-Pacific Advisor at HSBC Limited,
participated in the discussion, which
was moderated by Financial Times
Asia Editor Jamil Anderlini.

The
all-men-speaking
forum,
including those on stage and those in
the audience who posed questions
during Q&A session following
the penal discussion, was held at
Asia Societys Hong Kong Jockey
Club Hall. It was Project Citizens
Foundations fifth public forum
since its inception in August 2014.
According to its leaflets available
at the forum, the Foundation was
incorporated as a company limited
by guarantee and has been granted
charitable status by Hong Kongs
tax authority, the Inland Revenue
Department.

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by Marion Brennan

You must go to Chungking Mansions, a friend enthused

when he knew my husband John and I would be calling
in to Hong Kong before flying home to England. It was
January 1985 and our year travelling in Africa was at an
end. We were running out of money; we needed to draw
on our savings back home and, if necessary, get back
to work. It was late when the airport bus dropped us off
at the bottom of Nathan Road, the main road through
Kowloon, but it wasnt dark. On all sides coloured signs
flashed and sparkled above the crowds of shoppers.
In spite of the late hour, the road was full of traffic and
shops were open for business. We took one look and
knew Hong Kong was the place for us. Perhaps we could
find teaching jobs in this noisy, exciting city. Meanwhile,
time to take a closer look at the Mansions.
I suppose we had a picture in our minds of an elegant
English stately home, a mansion. Chungking Mansions
had the elegant name but not quite the style. At the

entrance, touts came running. Need a room? they

flashed their business cards. Around us were folks in
national dress speaking a variety of foreign languages
and lots of backpackers. We fought our way through the
throng and made our way towards the colourful small
shops on the ground floor. Some provided services for
tourists needing travel information or tickets and the
currency exchanges were busy. A huge variety of goods
from Hong Kong and around the world were for sale
-clothes, saris, shoes, watches, food, souvenirs. and lots
more. There were also dozens of inviting restaurants and
cafes. We were so hungry. Where should we eat? Finally
we ate delicious Indian food at a small table where we
could watch passersby. We found a room for the night
and flew home next day. But wed left our hearts behind
us. By the end of the month we were back.
We settled in to Chungking Mansions and began
applying for jobs. John was first to be interviewed and

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was offered a job beginning in
September. A little later I had a call
from another school asking why I
hadnt come for interview. I hadnt
got their letter but rushed to the
school anyway and was successful.
I would start work in September.
There were several months to go.
Time enough to explore. At the end
of August we were back in Hong
Kong. We took up residence in the
Mansions but this time not in the
noisy dorms full of travellers. The
upper floors were mainly residential
with at least eighty low-budget
guesthouses to choose from. In one
we rented a room just big enough
for two single beds and an ironing
board. We were ready to start work.
My employers had declared the
Mansions out- of- bounds to all staff
owing to its dubious reputation.
True, backpackers were often
persuaded to carry parcels (we
were sure they contained gold) to
various destinations. Also we learnt
that drugs were available. Regularly
there were posted notices asking for
news of missing persons, often from
parents worried about their travelling
offspring. There were regular raids
by police and immigration officers,
checking passports and looking
for petty criminals and illegals,
but this was our home. I never did
give my address to my employers.
Meanwhile we were making lots
of friends of all nationalities in the
Mansions.

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There were many excellent restaurants and small cafes

on the floors below our room and we were determined to
try them all. During the day we would stop by for a quick
snack, delicious samosas, pakoras and chapatis would
keep us going until dinner. One evening we decided
to eat at an Indian restaurant. As we entered the lift, a
group of firemen came too.They carried hatchets and
were dressed for firefighting. They got out a few floors
before us and we never saw them again. We enjoyed
our meal and thought no more about them. We were
getting used to unusual sights in the Mansions.
When we invited a friend visiting from England to eat
with us at one of our favourite restaurants she got the
idea that it was a pretty posh place and dressed in her
best. She also wore some spectacular jewellery. That
worried us, especially when folks in the Mansions lift
stared. Imagine her surprise when we squeezed into a

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tiny room where a few tables were set out with plastic
table covers and the walls were decorated with posters
of tropical beaches. But we were regular customers and
knew Pat would be delighted when she tasted the food.
The staff welcomed us and made a great fuss of her.
They served us delicious Chinese food and we had a
marvelous evening.
Have you seen the tallest man in the world? We have.
Guess where? Yes, we saw Gabriel Estevao Monjane in
1988 in the entrance of the Mansions, towering above
an excited escort of adults looking like small children.
Gabriel was from Mozambique and was over eight feet
tall. What was he doing in the Mansions? Perhaps hed
been to a tailor to be measured for a suit? Certainly no
ordinary tailor would stock his size. Or had he simply
been seeing relatives? We never did find out.

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Many people have written about Chungking Mansions and their accounts
can be read on line. They make interesting reading. Of course there have
been changes over the years and improvements but those features we
loved at first sight still remain.These are only a few of our early experiences
in the Mansions. Although we no longer live there, we regularly call in to
shop and eat the best Indian food in town.
Some of our friends frown when we mention going to Chungking Mansions.
They have heard bad stories and are afraid to go there. The Mansions,
built in 1961, has had its share of crime and violence over the years but
it is no worse than a lot of other places in the city. In spite of all that,
thousands of us appreciate its unhurried atmosphere, friendly and patient
shopkeepers and sense of history, rarely to be found in the bustling outside
world. This is a special place for special people and long may it remain so.

WE LOVE CHUNGKING MANSIONS

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Seychelles
Nature has been too kind to
Seychelles which is blessed with
some beautiful beaches, rarest
species of flora & fauna, a bird island
and the unique Garden of Eden
says Chandragupta Amritkar after
his second visit to this wonderful
country

When I first visited Seychelles on

an invitation from Juergen Thomas
Steinmetz, Chairman ICTP and His
Excellency, Alain St.Ange, Minister
of Tourism and Culture, Republic of
the Seychelles, I was thrilled. Having
traversed across the globe, Seychelles
had remained an elusive country
and mostly unheard to the Indian
community then. It was a wonderful
experience. Three years later I again
got an opportunity and I found it still is
a paradise for nature lovers.

This time I flew Air Seychelles which

has made travel to Seychelles

very convenient for us Indians

with direct flights. The airline
has4weekly flights from Mumbai to
Mahe Island and the best part is that
the flights leave from Mumbai early
morning and from Mahe in the night
thus giving the tourist full day to
enjoy - both on arrival and departure
days. From Hong Kong one can take
theEtihad Airways which is a partner
ofAirSeychelles via Abu Dhabi.

The airport is so close to sea that you

can sense it as your flight lands. I was
informed a part of it is on reclaimed
land. For tourists who dont have
hotel vehicles to pick up, there are
frequent bus services to the main
bus station in Victoria and taxis
outside the terminal to all locations
across Mah Island. The amount
surprised me its just SCR 5 (ie,
Rs.25/-) for travel by public transport
to any destination across the island.

The
Seychelles
archipelago
comprises 115 islands with a total
landmass of 450 sq. km. situated
within an economic zone of 1,
400,00 sq. km. 41 of these islands
represent the most ancient midoceanic granitic islands on earth
while 74 are low-lying coral atolls
and reef islands. There are three
main islands where visitors can stay

Mahe, La Digue and Praslin.

This trip I decided to experience

three hotels. The first was AVANI
Seychelles, a wonderful property
located right on the beach hop
skip and jump and you are in the
sea. The hotel buildings are no more
than 2 stories in height and all rooms
are either pool, garden or beach
facing. The pool is perfect and quite
tempting.

I was surprised to see the mini-bar in

the rooms empty but was informed

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We are one of the largest hotel

chains in Seychelles and the only
one to have hotels in all three major
islands Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
We have the perfect island hopping
facility to explore all three major
islands.

Our

hopping

Seychelles

itineraries

island-

include

full

board accommodation (excluding

drinks), car hire (Mahe & Praslin)
and bicycles (La Digue), interboat transfers between Mahe and
Praslin and La Digue. So at one
price you get to see Seychelles. An
ideal package will be for 6 Nights,
said Pravin
that they are replenishment as per
the guest requirement. The hotel
has some good Indian food.
My next halt was Le Relax Hotel &
Restaurant. As we approached the
property I was pretty impressed
located on a hillside overlooking the
bay of Anse Royale it is just a few
minutes walk from beach. The hotel
has just 15 rooms - 10 sea facing
deluxe rooms, 4 standard rooms with
mountain view and 1 day room. The
swimming pool is located adjacent
to the restaurant from where you
get an excellent view of the ocean.

The restaurant which serves local,

continental and Indian food was the
highlight. I had some nice Indian
food including a bhel and samosas.
You can also rent a car during your
stay. This hotel is great value for
money - not a very big place but
with a picturesque sea view.

Darad,

MD,

Allied

Builders (Seychelles) Ltd, which

owns the LeRelax Hotels.

From Le Relax I moved to the

luxurious Banyan Tree Seychelles
Resort. And what a resort it is.
Entering into Banyan Tree you get
the sense of how green the resort is.

After enjoying for 6 days - some

of the worlds most beautiful hotel
beaches + some spectacular views
from hotel rooms it was time to
head back to India. At the airport
experienced the Seychelles airport
lounge which is nice and cozy.

Taking their sweet time for checkin (surprisingly as my time of arrival

was well noted), I was allotted an
ultra luxury Two-Bedroom Double
Pool Villa spread across 826 sq mts
with two private pools, two al fresco
dining areas, two master bedrooms
and a private jetpool.

The resort has 60 Creole-style villas

with colonial French and English
designs crafted with high, sloping
ceilings, airy verandas. The villas
are scattered across the resort
jungle each villa having a private
pool (though the main swimming
pool

is

extremely

beautiful).

The villas are of six types - Ocean

View Pool Villa; Intendance Bay
View Pool Villa; Beachfront Pool

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Villa; Sanctuary Ocean View Pool Villa; Two-Bedroom Double Pool Villa and
Royal Banyan Ocean View Pool Villa.
The resort has quite a few dinning options. The Au Jardin dEpices which
provides Ocean view is an all day dinning restaurant. The breakfast buffet
always has an Indian dish enjoyed the poori bhaji.

After enjoying for 6 days - some

For those who dont want to go in a

takes approximately an hour. Here I

of the worlds most beautiful hotel

vehicle can literally walk around the

would advise you that the sea can

beaches + some spectacular views

city and cover its many attractions

be pretty rough and if you are on the

from hotel rooms it was time to

such as the Botanical Gardens

deck you can get wet. Do be careful

head back to India. At the airport

and the Markets (the only bustling

with your cameras which can also

experienced the Seychelles airport

place in the capital). The Botanical

get wet. One can also take a short

lounge which is nice and cozy.

Gardens were established in 1901

flight of 15 minutes by Air Seychelles.

and it covers around six hectares

On reaching the port you can hire

with almost 500 different plants. At

a taxi to the Vallee de Mai or the

the centre of the Capital is the clock

more adventurous type can opt for

tower can be seen. Often described

the cycle. Valle de Mai is one of

Victoria

as a mini-Big Ben the tower was in

only two places in the world where

Victoria the capital city of the

fact a replica of the clock erected

you can see the rare coco de mer

Seychelles is named after Queen

in London in 1897 at the junction of

palms growing in their natural state

Victoria and the smallest African

Victoria Street and Vauxhall Bridge

(the other being nearby Curieuse

capital. It is an haven for people who

Road.

Island). The Coco-de-mer is 40

reside in cities like Mumbai, Delhi,

metres tall and around 200 years

New York, London etc. as one can

Praslin Island

old. General Gordon of Khartoum

move around the city leisurely not

Praslin Island, the second-largest

was convinced that this was the site

feeling the bustle noticed in most

island in the Seychelles is famous

of the original Garden of Eden. This

cities. There is noticeable traffic in the

for Valle de Mai a UNESCO World

hauntingly beautiful primeval forest

mornings and evenings but hardly an

Heritage site where the famous

is home to some 6000 Coco-de-mer

issue. Although this is the capital city

Coco de Mer nut grows. From Mahe

trees, considered to be among the

theres only one traffic light.

we took a ferry over to Praslin which

botanical wonders of the world.

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The nut of the Coco de Mer is very large (the largest seed in the plant
kingdom) ; the leaves growing up to 6 m wide and 14 m long and is oddly
shaped, being the shape and size of a womans disembodied buttocks on
one side, and a womans belly and thighs on the other side. The nature and
origin of this extraordinary nut was mysterious, and the propagation of the
tree was not understood. The Coco de Mer palm has separate male and
female trees, unlike the coconut palm. The male catkins can reach 1 metre
in length, making them the longest in the world. The seeds can weigh as
much as 30 kg. Entrance to Valle de Mai is 15 per person and yable only
with cash.

Fact Sheet
A visa on arrival is issued free of
charge for any nationality and
there is no need for any official
invitation to visit Seychelles.
The currency of the Seychelles
is the rupee (SCR) 1 USD = 13
SCR or 1SCR = Rs.5/-.

La Digue
In the afternoon I visited La Digue the third largest inhabited island of the
Seychelles. It can be reached in 2 hours from Mahe or in just 30 minutes from
Praslin. We were informed that there are hardly a dozen cars on the island

Seychelles has many hotels

(can be an expensive place).
Ideal options would be Banyan
Tree, Avani Resorts and Le Relax
Hotels. Le Relax Hotels has the
uniqueness of having hotels on
all three islands and provide
island hopping tours.

and the primary mode of transportation is the bicycle. Today, the islands
main industry is tourism and it is known for its beaches, especially Anse
Source dArgent and Grand Anse. La Digues tallest peak, Belle Vue (Eagles
Nest Mountain), is also in the central part of the island, with a summit more
than 300 metres (1000 feet) above sea level. The Lady of our Assumption
Church is 100 years old.

Aldabra
Aldabra is the worlds largest coral reef and listed by UNESCO as a World
Heritage site. Here one can see the giant land tortoises. Two hours by boat
from Mahe, Cousin Island is a nature reserve which is managed by the
International Council for Bird Protection. The best time to visit is April owvr
May, when approximately 1.25 million birds nest on the island.

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HONG KONG
CO-WORKING
SPACE
A co-working space start-up

It was on 30 June, a showering

summer day, that I visited Hong Kong
Co-working Space, a one-room and
newly renovated office in the midst of
the densely populated west Kowloon
industrial area.

Finding the exact location, however, was not easy. Hong Kong Industrial
Centres Block B was shadowed by giant industrial buildings with a one-way
lane connecting to the outside road. On both side of the narrow lane were
stalls selling all kinds of groceries and clothing whose tentacles stretch
right inside the blocks ground floor to the lift entrance that leads to upper
office and warehouse floors. In order to move the lift up and down the outer
plastic door would have to slide close before shutting the inner steel door.
With an entrance the width of two shoulders on the side of 4th floor there
laid a corridor and several rooms on both sides, invisible from outside. Only
one of them lighted up. It was the newly founded Hong Kong Co-Working
Space where I met its founder, Robson Hayashida.

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Mr Hayashida is founder and director

of Magario International, named
after his middle name, an IT startup set in operation in February 2008
when Mr Hayashida had just moved
to Hong Kong. Born in Sao Paulo,
spent his infancy in the US and grew
up in Sao Paulo again, the 40-yearold Mr Hayashida is Brazilian of
Japanese ancestry. When he was
17 Mr Hayashidas father spotted
a
scholarship
application
for
studying in Japan on newspaper
and encouraged him to apply.
Surprisingly enough for himself,
Mr Hayashida did got admitted
into Tokyo University of Sciences
bachelors degree programme in
industrial engineering and despite
that he also tested into Brazils
second best university, he sailed off
to where his ancestors were from
and made Japan his new home for

the next 12 years, a time when Mr

Hayashida also studied a masters
degree programme in computer
engineering at University of Tokyo
and worked for an investment bank.
However, setting up his own IT
business has always been a long
time dream. That dream started to
materialise when Mr Hayashida was
sent to station in Hong Kong in 2008.
In between 2008 and 2009, whilst
working on his job, Mr Hayashida
conceived the Magario International
idea to do your own thing.
Since inception the company has
moved offices five times which had
always been co-working spaces,
open and shared office without
secluded individual rooms that have
spurted out everywhere in Hong
Kong in recent years, where the same
spot a person sits at a particular hour

may have a totally different function

in the next. Mr Hayashidas last stay
before where I met him was The
Good Lab, which charges HK$2,000
a person per month and HK$3,800
for a company with two staffs. Mr
Hayashida decided to move out
when his HK$3,800 package was
due to be increased to HK$ 4,100 in
April. Surprised at my view that coworking space is so elastic a product
to price change, Mr Hayashida
explained, With HK$ 4,100 I can get
a much better place. That was when
he started to prepare his very own
co-working space at Hong Kong
Industrial Centre, which he named
Hong Kong Co-working Space.
This one-room co-working space
was born out of an agreement with
Mr Hayashidas business partner, an
elderly factory owner who does real

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estate business on the side. Months
ago, Mr Hayashida successfully
convinced this partner who owns
an open area on 4th floor to split it
up with a corridor and a few small
rooms on both sides, the shape as
it is now, in order to attempt his coworking space idea. The deal is that
Mr Hayashida will be given one of the
splitted rooms to test waters where
he could use the space for free
himself and freely let it out, or recruit
members, using co-working space
jargon. Profit from this room is to be
split in two equal halves between
Mr Hayashida and his landlord
partner. Calculation is simple and
straight forward membership
fee as income whereas electricity,
measured by a separate metre for
the room, and internet connection,
previously does not exist, as cost.
If one room is performing well,
meaning enough members to
cover cost of running it, another
will be opened up by the landlord
partner until the whole area is filled
up. However, if no profit are made
from the current room for many
months, Mr Hayashida may have to
move out. Meanwhile, the landlord
always has the choice of letting the
split-up rooms on one-room-onecompany basis to others, should the
co-working space attempt does not
work out.
Magario International was a website
designer from outset, a business
Mr Hayashida retains to this day.
However, its profile has hugely
expanded over its more than eight
years in existence to social media
feeds management, Hong Kong
dollar payment system installation
for Japanese hedge funds, mobile
app design, and even being a
purchasing agent on Taobao, one

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of the largest Chinese e-commerce

site under Alibaba, for Brazilian
customers, all leveraging on Mr
Hayashidas background as a trained
computer engineer. Now, recruiting
co-working space members has
become the latest addition in his
portfolio. Its a co-working space
for the rest of us who cannot
pay HK$2,000 a month, said Mr
Hayashida, referring to his room

room on hourly basis on five days

to mainly access internet, as their
village homes in northwest New
Territories are not connected to
broadband, to finalise new mobile
app designs. Nevertheless, Mr
Hayashida is not worried about a
loss account in the first month as
his full-scale publicity campaign of
membership recruitment has not
yet started. Mr Hayashida reckons

which charges HK$888 a person per

month for a dedicated desk, for
full-time work, and HK$50 a person
per hour for a hot desk, for parttime work. We want to give people
an opportunity whenever you want
to make something.

he will have time until winter to proof

to his landlord business partner that
turning this room and all split-up
rooms into co-working spaces is a
viable path. However, even if failed
there is always another way. Maybe
Ill move back to Good Lab, said Mr
Hayashida with relax.

A look into the rooms income

statement
yields
complicated
result. In June there were only two
boys, as what Mr Hayashida refers
his two fellow co-workers, aged 27,
in Good Lab days, who used the

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32 CIBS Experience

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Exhilarating CIBS Experience

It is indeed very exhilarating to
live in Hong Kong as we can
keep working on my dreams and
succeed. Our interest in the field
of media started from our school
days. College days gave us the
opportunity to participate in Radio
and TV programmes. I say we and
us because my sister and myself
both were keen in participating in
such events. That same interest
continued even in Hong Kong and
dragged me to Desitadka, a radio for
ethnic minorities, broadcast by Race
Relations Unit of HKSAR in which I
could present about Temples of India
once and introduce our language
classes in the other. I usually approach
China Ratio International of Beijing
in presenting some programmes in
Tamil as they encourage listeners
participation in their production.
In the year 2015, CIBS brought ws
a special gift.
Advertisement on
MTR dragged ws to CIBS. CIBS is a
Community Involvement Broadcasting
Service that encourages all the
citizens of Hong Kong to produce their
programmes and present it to the Hong
Kong radio listeners. It was a pilot project
from 2012 and we came to know only
in the third year. The entire production
cost is borne by RTHK. Studio rental,
buying CDs, honorarium to participants,
fee for auditor are considered in the
cost. We need to give the budget while
submitting the application. In the era
of computer, world wide web, youtube
etc, radio still survives because of the
good listenership due to such online
broadcasting.

So far we have successfully completed

three programmes, Indian Voices
from Hong Kong, Indian Instrumental
Dhamaka and CCG-CIBS Quiz contest
each one bringing many Indian
community members. Now working on
two more Indian Folk Mela and Indian
Voices from Hong Kong Season 2. More

than 250 have participated in our shows

so far. To encourage all those who are
interested in producing such shows, we
would like to share our experience in
getting the contract from RTHK.
They had three categories for
submission open, education and

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ethnic minorities. I was in a dilemma

whether to apply for it since we
thought the chances of getting
selected is meek and I am busy
with my studies, as I am pursuing
my Ph.D research study. But my
dream haunted me often and finally
made me apply for producing the
show. We planned for a show about
India, targeting both Indian children
who were born and brought up
here and, Hong Kong audience to
tell about India, the culture and
our life in Hong Kong in the ethnic
minority category. I planned some
features for the 13 episodes that
were needed to be produced and
submitted the application for the
9th quarter of CIBS in the name of
Children Cultural Group on the final
date of submission at 11:30pm.
After the initial scrutiny of submitted
applications, we were asked to get
votes for our programme. Public
voting also carries some valid points
for selection.
Only during that
time, we came to know that two
other Indian organizations has also
submitted an application to produce
programmes.
Then we were
crestfallen as we thought that we
may not have fair chance in getting
enough votes for our programme.
But untiringly I requested many
and personally sat with some and
submitted votes for our programme.
After the voting period ended and
when we received the mail from CIBS
we were astonished. Surprisingly,
we were shortlisted.
Next stage, we were invited to attend
an interview. Three of our Children
Cultural Group members registered
for attending the interview. It was
planned to the minute. We were
informed that interview will last for
10 minutes. There will be six leading
media persons and academicians in

the interview board and more than

10 members of CIBS. When the first
bell goes, we need to tell the details
about our show for a minute and
stop after second bell goes. Seven
minutes for question and answer
and last one minute for us to get
some clarifications.
After that we were taken into a small
room full of people seated around
a conference table. We presented
our show details and they asked the
very important question of the target
audience. We explained our intention
and the interview was over soon.
At that time we still did not have any
hope of getting it as there were 15
applicants for 3 places. All those
applicants are from organizations
having lot of members. But within
a week, we got our results and we
were overwhelmed to know that we
can produce our programme of 13
episodes.
Then our journey started off in
producing the shows. Recruitment
of presenters, getting signature
tune for the programme, choosing
the studio, inviting the participants,
coordinating with the participants all
these culminated in our production
schedule.
Propagating the message was
another task that we need to
do to make people listen to our
programmes. So every week we
made a flyer about the programme
and sent the details by email,
posted onto our Children Cultural
Group Facebook page specially
prepared for this and broadcasted
the messages to participants and
reached out to all our well-wishers
through Whatsapp.
Feedbacks
were received every week. We tried
to improve our programme at every
stages of the process.

We need to thank the enthusiastic

participation of our Indian residents
without which we could have been
successful in our productions.
We are very happy to propagate
our message to the general public
by registering our life in Hong Kong
in the government website, namely
cibs.rthk.hk as all the episodes are
archived.
Indian Voices from Hong Kong
focused on the various cultural
aspects of India like literature,
food, music, drama etc.
Indian
Instrumental Dhamaka brought
the
musical
instruments
like
nadaswaram, flute, veena, violin,
mandolin,
Indian
drums
and
saxophone. CCG-CIBS Quiz Contest
brought Indian students and adults
to come together who will compete
for Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Trophy and
experience the knowledge sharing.
Current programme Indian Folk Mela
is bringing the folk flavor of India.
The hightlight in this programme
is our people (children and adults)
living in Hong Kong are trying to do
the singing of folk songs. It is really
encouraging us in our production.
Our next 13 episodes that start
from October will introduce various
regions of India also brought to focus
by people belonging to different
regions.

We are very eagerly waiting to

produce those programmes. Hope
you all can support our endeavor by
listening to our programmes.
For more details about RTHK-CIBS
and listening to our programmes
visit the website cibs.rthk.hk.

Article By: Chitra Sivakumar

34 Aunty MVP

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MRS.
POONAM
MEHTA
HKs well-known Counsellor & our
Columnist for Love & Relationships section.
M. Ed. Guidance & Counseling, University of
Newcastle Upon Tyne U K and Early Years
Registered Educator in Hong Kong

SHARE YOUR LOVE AND

RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
WITH HER, SHE KNOWS IT ALL..

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Question 1;
I am a 35-year-old lady married
woman with 2 kids and quite recently
I have got a very big opportunity
to work in a firm. Although I am
doing fine but I feel I am not able to
devote time to my home and kids.
Although I have a helper to take
care of my kid but my child refuses
to listen to her and tries to boss over
her. However I try to ignore that
maybe she is in a playful mood and
will change, as in front of me she is
absolutely nice and sweet. Could it
be that she is too young to express
that she misses me as when I ask
her she seems to be ok with my
working. Please advise
Dear Concerned Parent,
You clearly won't give up on the
dream of work-life balance, but
what you can do is to work on
home front first. I am not sure how
young your child is! If, children are
not expressive they are curious
obsrvers. Give instructions to your
caregiver in front of your child,
so that he/she knows in your
absence the cargiver is in charge.
furthermore, sit down and talk to
your child and let him or her know
the caregiver is a part tof the family
and she is resposible for his/her
welbeing. Therfore, he/she has to
listen to her instructions whilst you
are away at work. Be consistent and
do not to pay attention to his /her
whims and fancies.
In addition, Be mindful of how you
speak with your caregiver. please be
respectful to the caregiver children
observe and react accordingly.
Giving some responsibilities to your
child also helps. Relying on your
husband can be a tremendous

help on the home front. other way

to restore balance to your home life
is to set boundaries. When you are
with your family and with your child,
really be with them. They will learn
to respect you. Adults are best role
models!

Question 2
I am Parul from Tin Hau. I am an
avid reader of your column. Also
like the advises u give to others. I
have a peculiar situation here I got
married to a guy six years ago and
I got divorced from 3 years later
I have a son from him now I am in
a relationship with another who is
also married and has 2 kids. Now
he cant leave his family yet he want
to pursue with me although he is
ready to accept my son and me. I
am torn between two worlds dont
know how to come out of it. Can u
pull me out of this mess?

Dear Parul,
Thank you for your encouraging
words. I appreciate it and it
motivates me. Thanks to A DESI
FLAVA for such an opportunity.
I understand your feelings and it
is very difficult for a single mother
to control her feelings and sense
of insecurity is the core cause.
Besides, this relationship may have
been on the rebound. So be careful.
You may not have set out to fall
in love with a married man, but
there are times in life when even
the most intelligent women find
their emotions getting the better of
them. Loving and dating a married
man can be extremely painful and
seldom works out well, especially
when there are children involved.
Furthermore, remember that his
first priority will always be his

children and his wife, no matter

what he says. do not sacrifice
everything for him. Be independent.
Go on dates with other men. Have
other hobbies. He's not giving up
everything for you, so you shouldn't
give up everything for him either.
Make your relationship worth your
time. Be honest with yourself.
However,what you're getting into is
risky, own up to the risk.
In addition, no matter what he says,
he's still having sex with his wife.
Don't let your relationship with
him keep you from seeing other
divorced men or widowers, in your
age bracket . Dont let him take
advantage of you. If his wife finds
out, it will be very painful for her as
well and the outcome will be a very
unpleasant experience and these
memories may daunt you rest of
your life.
Even though he is making promise
of leaving his wife, and if he really
does! Please get one thing right, his
children will always be his priority
not your son.

The only thing that gets broken in a

marriage are the children

Best wishes.
Please send your love and
relationships related questions to
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as Aunty MVP. You may request to
keep your identity anonymous

36 Mano Ya Na Mano

Enhance
Your Love
Using the
Crystal
The crystal or the quartz is considered to be a good source of positive
energy. Therefore, it is used for enhancing positive energy. In the Reiki
treatment, the crystal is used extensively. The crystal has an important
place in feng-shui too.
The crystal is a splendid medium of enhancing the energy of the earthelement of house: The crystal, when kept in the south-western corner of
the house, maintain love and understanding among the different members
of the family.
The crystal kept in this direction of the house makes the chi energy of this
area extremely effective and positive which leads to an enhancement of
love between the husband and the wife or the lovers. If any young woman is
not being able to get married, she must bring this remedy in use. In this way,
she can definitely get a good life-partner under the effect of the chi energy.
For this, it is necessary that the south-western corner of the house should
be energized by putting up many big crystal &Rose Quartz Grapes etc.
On a table in the south-western corner of the house, keep big crystals,
crystal balls, crystal grapes and heart- shaped crystals/rose quartz.
Directly over these crystals, keep a table-lamp or a lighted-up bulb. This
will help to constant flow of the chi energy of love.

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SPECIAL

If the crystals are small, then
arrange them in the shape of a
necklace and wear them round
the neck. Remember that small
crystals are meant to be worn in
the form of a necklace and not for
keeping in a corner of the house.

Never allow anybody to touch
your crystals. Remember that you
should always think positively
when you are close to the crystals.

If you fight, quarrel or talk
negatively in the room in which
the crystals have been kept, then
they begin to give off negative
energy and in such a situation, it
becomes necessary to make the
crystals pure again. To do this,
was the crystals properly in saltwater and then, keep them in the
sunlight for 3-4 hours

If the rainy season is going on
at such a time, then keep the
crystals in a deep thali and keep
them on the roof. The lightning
flashing across the sky will fill
these crystals with living energy.
This is the best way to energise
the crystals.

By keeping the crystals & rose

quartz in the south-western corner
of the house, you definitely make
the land-energy of your house very
effective and this increases the
feelings of brotherhood, unity and
understanding among the various
members of the family.

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Make the main Entrance of the

House Auspicious
Every good or bad energy enters the
house through the main entrance
only. If the main entrance of your
house is in the right direction, at
the right angle and built in the
proper manner, then everything
remains all right. But if it is not so,
the inauspicious chi energy can
give adverse re results. The adverse
atmosphere around the hose also
has a bad consequence on your
main entrance. The imbalance of
elements and of yin as well as yang
energies can also cause these
bad results. If this happens, it can
have an adverse effect on your
familys peace, affection, happiness
and prosperity, besides leading
to bitterness in the relationship.
Therefore, to make your life secure,
loving, happy and peaceful, have
the direction of your house activated
and made effective according to the
feng-shui.

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If the main entrance of your house faces the east, then
Put up a yellow/golden wind-chime in the north-western area of the hose.
Take car not to have a water-source or a bright in this direction.
If the main entrance of your house faces the west, then --Keep a heavy thing made of metal in the western part of your house. It will
be good to put up a silver wind chime or stereo system in this direction.
This will increase the moments of love in your life.
If the main entrance of your house faces the north, then--Make an arrangement of a bright light toward the south-western area of
your house. Also, keep a pair of mandarin ducks, rose quartz, heart and
picture of loving couples in this zone.
If the main entrance of house faces the south, then----Keep auspicious symbols like the crystal, om, swastika, holy cross, etc. To
make the chi energy more effective towards the north-eastern (Ishan) zone
of your house.
If main entrance of house faces the south-east, then---Put up bulbs of light in this zone of the house to make this direction effective.
If main entrance of house faces the south-west, then---Keep some natural rock crystals of a big size in this direction to make the
familial relationship deeper and more affectionate.
If main entrance of house face the north-east (Ishan) then---In the northern direction of the house, keep a water-vessel or have a
underground tank or a reservoir of water made to balance the chi energy in
this direction. Also, keep natural rock crystals in the south-western direction.
If the main entrance of your house faces the north-west, then
To do away with the adverse characteristics of this direction, put up plants
and trees in the eastern directions.

Article By: Pandit Gopal Sharma

38 Astrology

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ASTROLOGY BY BEJAN DARUWALLA - OCT 2016

Aries: Ganesha says the twin
themes of profession and domestic
commitments are both important
and linked together. You seek to
make some fundamental changes
in the home so that there is overall
comfort, peace, security. You
also examine ways and means to
give your best shot to your work
requirements. How you can combine
good times with hard work, fun with
responsibility sets you thinking.
Taurus: Money will be adequate
rather than spectacular, but you cope.
In fact, you continue to think of ways
and means to improve home and
family, property and the interactions
with relatives and extended family.
Your health, too, could pose some
problems; certainly lowered vitality.
It may make you feel you have too
much to cope with, but cope you
will, with a little nudge in the right
direction coming from Ganesha.
Gemini: Its time for you to
concentrate majorly on financial
matters, specially the investments
angle. It is certainly a favourable time,
even for some shots in the stock
market. They could pay off well.
There could be some differences
of opinion, if not open conflicts, at
work. Your travel plans and home
commitments, too, will be in conflict
with each other. Its all overridden by
the great tie you have with pleasure,
entertainments, amusements. Some
very creative moments too, come
after deep, calm thought!
Cancer: A sudden spurt of energy
and determination revitalises you.
You share ideas, good time, work
and pleasure with some creative,
intensely committed people. These
are shared moments with loved
ones. All this energises you to face
problems squarely and positively.
Money matters, too, gain from the
insights and your troubles ease to a
considerable extent.
Leo: In this period and in a somewhat
different way in the next you will

realign your focus. In this period it

is the spiritual plane that you aspire
to putting aside the material world.
However, finances, funds, loans,
payoffs will all have to be dealt with.
Also family funds and commitments,
even while you create time for
meditation, tantra, mantra, religion. A
bus period, for sure.
Virgo: You are at greater power
and prestige now. Its time for you
to make the right career choices
and moves. Ideas for expansion,
enhancement of power and status,
come to you from the workplace. A
sense of fulfilment, too. Also from
the time you spend with people you
love and care for. A very caring and
supportive atmosphere will surround
around now.
Libra: Once again, you need to make
the right moves but with people
you interact with at the workplace.
Co-workers, superiors, subordinates
the lot! Your novel approach and
be implemented enthusiastically.
It makes you feel pretty good!
Money matters and true spirituality
opposites come together once
again this period.
Scorpio: You may have sought the
Ps of power, position, prestige,
but now you learn to handle the
responsibilities they bring. You may
feel burdened by them, but there
is also recognition along with them.
But others and you, yourself, learn to
be aware of your true worth. Older
relatives may have health problems;
giving you some worries to reckon
with but the benefits youve gained,
and also the appreciation in the
family circle, too, make you happy
and content.
Sagittarius: You will exist once again
on two different levels perhaps
even widely divergent ones. Equal
fervour will go into your almost
frenetic socialising and partying
and your search for the deeper
meaning of life, for inner values,
for some cosmic answers. There

could be some resistance or stone

walling for your innovative ideas
/ techniques at work, but you will
win people over by your charm and
grace; also the genuine conviction
you display.
Capricorn: You realise the need
to keep a watchful eye on your
welfare, interests, progress. This
is not ego or selfishness, but just
being sensible and alert. It is in this
spirit that you will find yourself busy
with several activities at once. The
range will be home and property,
family and finances, legal issues
and partnerships. You will sort out
clauses, read the fine print, and
take the right steps in this mood of
vigilance and carefulness. It certainly
keeps you very busy indeed.
Aquarius: You may feel that now that
youve put your finances in order, you
can afford to let down your hair a bit.
Whatever the reason, you have a ball
this period. Parties, entertainment
and amusements galore youre out
to have some fun! Also, you meet
someone who talks your language,
emphasises and shares, and brings
out the best in you. It may lead to a
fine working partnership I do not
mean marriage, necessarily.
Pisces: You get to work with a
vengeance this period. Youll slog
as hard and long as you partied,
pulling out all the stops as you strive
for greater power, status of and of
course, better money. Gains of all
kinds are what youre striving for.
Ties, correspondence, short trips
yield much this period. Also, you find
the time to entertain, to shop around
for the little extras that add beauty
to existence. You are persuasive
rather than forceful and still get the
desired results. Ganesha approves
of your changed attitude!

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ASTROLOGY BY BEJAN DARUWALLA - NOV 2016

Aries: Ganesha says there is a true
desire to give, great reciprocity
in your attitude. You receive
much in terms of affection, love,
emoluments and you are open
handed and generous in giving
them back! Like Ganesha all his
devotees. You are professional
at work, caring and tender with
loved ones and lover / spouse,
and brilliantly confident in financial
dealings.
Taurus: My often used phrase Hard
work, matching rewards sums up
the entire gamut of activities this
period. While advancement and
progress in career and profession
are important, they certainly dont
form the total picture. You work
equally hard at your relationships,
family responsibilities, at your
personal ambition as a more
contained human being.
Gemini: Once again, you redefine
your focus and your motivation. Ill
come back to this in just a moment.
Let me first mention support, help,
shared
responsibility
towards
dependents, parents and in laws,
older people, relatives in general.
Therefore, the focus immediate
and extended family find that no
effort is spared by you, also time,
money, affection.
Cancer: I can just conclude this
period forecast in one sentence
More of the same as last period.
Let me spell it out, though.
You
display
sympathy,
tact,
understanding at work as well as in
the domestic scene. You are patient
and very, very hard working but
you do it willingly. In fact, you do it
with a smile on your lips and a song
in your heart. Glorious contentment
and waves of affection lap your
feet!
Leo: It is now a propitious time for
planning new ventures, projects,

enterprises. You are eager to work.

In fact, slogging dont frighten
you you relish it, almost. You still
create little oases of relaxation, joy,
comfort, tenderness not just within
the intimate family circle but with
new acquaintances and friends,
too. They all get a warm welcome
to your heart and your hearth.

quite some time now. It could make

you a bit crass, a bit cocky if you
dont watch out. But your growing
caring, commitment, kindness,
empathy may easily prevent
that from happening. What does
happen is a much higher happiness
quotient, levels of satisfaction, joy
in relationships.

Virgo: Youve had so many good

things coming you to from Ganesha.
They have been both tangible
(money, prospects, assets) and
intangible (friendship, family, love).
Now you assess the responsibilities
they bring. Youre willing to do your
best for your marriage, your family.
Nothing is too great an effort. Im
talking of mindsets / attitudes here.
At work, you find rapid changes,
ever escalating expectations.

Capricorn: For some period

now, your activities have been
personalised, individual centred,
revolving round matters to do
with home and family. Now its
a big time gains in money.
You are surrounded, enveloped,
ensconced in luxury, comfort,
prosperity. Love, too, for good
measure, is vital, intense. Fulfilment
and satisfaction come to you in
many ways, not least of them being
communications, contacts, ties.

Libra: Your family itself and family

affairs are your top priority, thats
for sure. You are unswerving in
your devotion, loyalty, attachment.
Youre careful with your money
now, despite lots of social activity
/ entertaining. You love to spend
on children / dependents / pets,
on objects of luxury and comfort
for the home, on the home / house
itself. Your work angle is greatly
energised and you strive to give it
your best shot.
Scorpio: Your work angle remains
a source of satisfaction but youre
more family oriented this period,
too, as in the preceding period.
These values are here to stay in your
life for sometime, if not for every.
As I say frequently, there are no
guarantees in life and in astrology.
You fulfil your responsibilities to
society, too, giving back more than
you take from it, from nature, from
the environment.
Sagittarius: You are brimming over
with self confidence, with the
security of things going right for

Aquarius: It is as if Ganesha cant

stop giving you all that you desire.
Hopes, ambitions, dreams are all
coming true; wish fulfilment is
likely. On the financial scene, were
now talking of mega bucks
capital, funds, start up loans and
such. Family, lover, mate are where
you really strike it rich, though.
Youll feel that nothing can surpass
the joy, satisfaction, contentment
you now share with them.
Pisces: You now take on a major
self enhancement exercise.
Please notice that I have not said
self improvement. That would
imply that something was lacking
which it was not, actually. Work,
personal relationships, family life
all flower in this scenario. You seek
to add to your personally, home,
wardrobe, physique, assets, jewels,
accessories you name it! For the
most part, I must say, you meet
with spectacular success.

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events in Asia, returns to Hong Kong
in its sixth edition for children and
their families. To be held at the Hong
Kong Academy for Performing Arts
from 5th January to 12th February,
2017, the fun-filled KidsFest is an
ideal medium to engage youngsters
in literature and language very early
on and offers a perfect blend of
live entertainment, education and
all-around fun for the whole family.
Tickets went on sale on 29 August,
2016, with group discount packages
there is a 10% discount for booking
two shows or for group of 10 people
or more, while a 15% discount is
offered for a booking of three shows
or more.
In KidsFest 2017, ABA Productions
partners with Stamford American
International School to bring a wide
variety of world class performances

to Hong Kong to promote the magic

of live theatre to young audiences.
Launched in early 2012 in Hong
Kong and Singapore, the 2017 lineup features 10 different productions
over five weeks.
This year, the shows have been handpicked to suit a wide range of age
groups. Two productions to watch
out for are Gruffalos, Ladybirds and
other Beasts which feature Julia
Donaldson herself live on stage, and
Romeo and Juliet Untold, which is
Shakespeare Globes creative twists
to Romeo & Juliet. Other shows that
should not be missed are Stick Man,
The Snail and the Whale, Shark in
the Park, The First Hippo on the
Moon, The Way Back Home, Why
the Whales Came, Horrible Histories
Awful Egyptians and The Best of
Barmy Britain.

KidsFest is an exciting festival for

the whole family where compelling
characters are brought to life and
scenes from well-loved books
are enacted vividly on stage. It is
a wonderful platform for family
interaction and at the same time
nurtures a childs interest in literature
and language in a fun and interactive
way. KidsFest has become a key
event on Hong Kongs calendar of
cultural events where families can
look forward to a series of worldclass productions, said Matthew
Gregory, Executive Producer of ABA
Productions Ltd.
Dont miss out join us for some family
fun this January! Tickets are on sale on
29 August 2016, and available through
HK Ticketing - call 31 28 8288 or visit
their website www.hkticketing.com.
For school and group bookings, please
call Vanessa Lee at 2547 7150 or email
vanessa.lee@aba-productions.com.

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Find out more about KidsFest: www.kidsfest.com.hk

About ABA Productions
ABA
Productions
(www.abaproductions.com) is an international
theatre
production
company
dedicated to creating and promoting
a wide variety of performance
styles from all corners of the world.
Recent productions have included
Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights
Dream, The Taming of the Shrew,
A Clockwork Orange, The Woman
in Black, Boeing Boeing, Potted
Potter, Circus Mechanics Birdhouse
Factory, Insane in the Brain, The
Complete Works
of William
Shakespeare
(abridged),
The
Bible: The Complete Word of God
(abridged), The Complete History
of America (abridged), Completely
Hollywood (abridged), Waiting for
Godot, The Gruffalo, The Gruffalos
Child, Stick Man, Showstopper!,
The Improvised Musical, Room
on the Broom, Horrible Histories
Awful Egyptians and the Asian
tour of the international smash hit
musical Peter Pan, which visited
Taipei, Manila, Singapore, Hong
Kong and Kuala Lumpur between
2005 and 2008. ABA Productions
produces KidsFest in Hong Kong
and Singapore.
About Stamford American
International School
Stamford American International
School (Stamford) was opened by
Cognita in 2009 and is founded
on a mission of providing the best
teaching and learning experiences
for each individual. Following their
success at Stamford American
International School in Singapore,
drama, music and literacy have
since taken on a great importance
at Stamford. Stamford is opening
a Hong Kong campus for children
aged 5 to 18 in September 2017.

Gruffalos, Ladybirds and Other

Beasts
Following the sell-out success of
this show at the Edinburgh Fringe
in 2015 and Stratford, Oxford and
Bristol in 2016, Britains bestselling author Julia Donaldson
comes to Hong Kong to act out
her stories and songs with a cast
of five, including her guitar-playing
husband Malcolm.

Romeo and Juliet Untold

The ultimate romance of
Shakespeares star-crossed lovers
retold from the perspective of the
Capulets party planner.

For more information and press inquiries:

Instinctif Partners / Natalie Ngai,
T 2868 0590 / 6213 3666, E natalie.ngai@instinctif.com
Instinctif Partners / Phoebe Sou,
T 2868 0549 / 5915 8582, E phoebe.sou@instinctif.com

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