Hong Kong

This has been pending since last November. It was a hasty arrangement by bosses for myself, Will & Hiraoka to make a 3D2N trip to Hong Kong to study their newly integrated operational system in airfreight forwarding & look if can be adapted to our local environment. Arrived on Sunday evening to check into our rooms in Park Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui. A standard HK-sized but cosy & comfortable.

Cosy room

Walked to the tis Japanese restaurant Tonikaku nearby, highly recommended by tis Jap colleague of us. He ordered the food as if there's no tomorrow but I must admit they were good, especially the fresh sushi. And the bill came up to four figure sum of HK dollars (although I dont see exactly how much). Surprisingly, no one seems to know what to do next, especially the Jap who make countless trips to HK already. Being a self appointed tour guide, I took initiative to take them to Avenue of Stars, approx 20 minutes by walking. Too bad, we missed the Syphony of Lights show but at least got to enjoy the beautiful HK skylights at night. The weather & the setting around was just perfect that u just wanna sit down on the bench & watch people passing by. Went back for early nap, knowing the next day will be packed with activities.

This plate of sushi costs RM 240.00 !!!!

Beautiful HK skylights along the Avenue of Stars

You just wanna sit down & admire the scenery like this

The next morning, we walked to our HK branch HQ located nearby the hotel for initial discussion with the people concerned (with only me & Will being the only non-Japanese!!!) Had a dim sum lunch in tis reataurant. I must say the "ha kao" was one of the best tasted so far, 2 BIG prawns wrapped in a thin layered smooth rice flour. Later, we made a visit to our airport warehouse & operation office located in this Hutchison Logistic Centre nearby Kowloon border. Still a distance from the Chek Lap Kok actually but it was strategically situated between airport & sea port. Gasped, looking at the total volume of their cargo handling. Besides servicing the local HK area, others nearby such as Macau, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Dongguan & even Guangzhou were included in area of servicing. Naturally, their volume was probably 5-6 times bigger than our KLIA branch.

After trip & discussion in airport, we went back to HQ for another round of discussion before having dinner in a Szechuan restaurant. The night was way too young to call it a day after dinner. The Jap went for his own plan while Will & I made a trip to the Mongkok/Yau Ma Tei area for night shopping. Cant remember how many streets we prowled..Ladies Market, Sai Yeung Choi Street, this street, that street...even walking along the same street twice or thrice !!! Ended the shopping trip with a supper meal of smooth "flavoured tau fu fa" with fresh polo buns in one of many desert stalls nearby. On the last day, Had one more endless round of discussion in HQ to wrap up the whole program before taking train to the airport

KL team & HK colleague on the left

Ladies Market

With image like this in billboard along the busiest street in Hong Kong, it's no wonder traffic jam is sooo bad

Mango tau foo fa