I opened my mailbox today to find a leaflet showing how some people are managing to find a way to make money out of the pollution here in Hong Kong - I guess there is a silver lining to every (brown, foul-tasting and pungent) cloud...
AIG are offering their 'Pollution Protection Plan' to all and sundry! Their advertising pitch goes like this:
- Nowadays, our environment is heavily polluted. We are breathing in fumes always and eating can be life-threatening. Nearly 4000 food poisoning cases have been reported in Hong Kong over the past 5 years affecting about 15,000 people. Now you can make a choice of living in fear or being secure - Pollution Protection Plan with a comprehensive coverage for you and your family just costs you $3 a day.
I don't know how signing up to such a plan could possibly make you feel any more secure about breathing in the noxious fumes and vapours, or eating at various outlets around Hong Kong, but it supposedly does.
If you want to get the hot oil, (or to prove to yourself that this is not a crank post...), the number to call is (852) 3174 5505.
I am just guessing here, but I doubt the same plan is being offered in Australia, New Zealand or Canada.