City University, Hong Kong
Left Xiamen at 8,30 this morning to fly back to Hong Kong to visit the City University. Chunxiao, Sarah and Vikki left about the same time to drive to Fuzhou by car (which I gather was a bit of a nightmare). The taxi driver took me along the waterfront in Xiamen, which was lovely. Ended up back at the Golden Mile Holiday Inn in Hong Kong, with a similar rather grim view as last week (but no room upgrade).
Skipped lunch, which was no trauma, and worked on, heading out to the City University for a 4 pm start.
The university was buzzing with a graduation / congregation. Met Michael Yang from the Analyst Editorial Board and other faculty. I gave the full presentation to the staff and students and had some good questions, then Michael took me out for some Kilkenny in a local Irish pub, in a smart shopping mall. He left me there to contemplate the shopping, but price matching on apple macs confirmed my thoughts that Hong Kong (even with it’s tax free position) is as expensive as the UK.
Took the subway back to East Tsim Sha Tsui, close to the hotel, and had a wander around Nathan Road and dinner in a fun Jyo Sushi (sic) at the Miramar Shopping Centre. Had some great seaweed which was very delicate and frilly, like a sundew necklace, and some good soft-shelled crab maki rolls. A good meal to eat on my own. Back to to the room and cleared some e-mail and had a chat with Jan back in the UK.
Vikki and Sarah arrived back about 11pm, after a pretty hard day of travelling and talking to an audience of 170. They thought they might be back at 9, and flights and immigration delayed them by a couple of hours. We’re leaving at 5.30 am tomorrow for home and I might try and get back onto UK time tonight and sleep on the flight.
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