Slightly off the thread but HKG is still waaaaay behind the times when it comes to racial or ethnic equality. The tax laws for filipinos springs to mind.
Similarly, I have some clippings from the SCMP, that I have saved for my future book...that I'll no doubt never get around to doing....one clipping from Nov 2001 reads
Secretary/Personal Assistant
....... must be female, attractive, Chinese and single (girl with boyfriend is often distracted)
and another for a Company exectutive (also 2001) lists as a requirement "Must be a ble to hold 5 shots of hard liquor"
Here it seems you can discriminate based on gender, looks, race and marital status....not to mention drinking prowess! (Just because its not 'legal' doesnt mean there is not one rule of us and one rule for others)
Now.....on the comical side, is the old sign at CLK (the airport) that said "NO SMOKING NAKED", of course it meant "NO NAKED FLAMES"
