Reply to Suzie Wong
You go there Girl ! ... and tell it like it is.. Sincerely, it doesn't sound at all good for HK ATC at present... Just hope things improve for you all.
Have to say, that in my now many years of flying out of Kai Tak and CLK... HK ATC have provided excellent service. Indeed there are many constraints that you have to deal with.... Airspace, Traffic Coordination across the border, the odd Typhoon here and there....Inspite of all, you all do a great job and do your level best to provide safe and efficient control of the airspace. Thanks a heap to all.... We appreciate your efforts immensely.
As for my favourite on the frequencies, whom I affectionately call "Mr Grumpy" ...(we all know his voice well and the term Mr Grumpy is really a term of endearment, so don't take offence matey)... he really isn't all that mean. He's an ACE controller, along with the many others in HK... and actually I quite get a tickle when he pulls some wayward aviators in to line from time to time.... I just quiver in my seat if I've given him cause to bark at me !