Tezuka Show at Kowloon Bay

Friday. 30 March. 2007. 9:14 am

An 80th anniversary celebration at Telford Plaza.

tezuka Tezuka Show at Kowloon Bay

We are huge Tezuka Osamu fans – MORE than just the Walt Disney of Japan – Tezuka created Astro Boy, Kimba and Blackjack to name a few. An exhibition is showing at Telford Plaza Phase 1 in Kowloon Bay until the end of April featuring artwork, toys, collectibles and all kinds of cool knick-knacks that celebrate this important pioneer of Japanese pop culture.

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The Cure Coming to Hong Kong?

Friday. 30 March. 2007. 9:10 am

Another Western act on an Asian tour, another rumor.

thecure The Cure Coming to Hong Kong?

Since Robert Smith and his band of old men are going to be in Japan and in Singapore there are rumors that The Cure – the original goth band – are looking to set a date here in Hong Kong….like July 30th.

We’ll see if this one pans out.

TMNT 3 Movie Review

Friday. 30 March. 2007. 8:50 am

To commemorate the opening of the all-new CGI animated TMNT movie that opened yesterday in Hong Kong, we bring you the amazing Angry Movie Nerd’s review and look back at the original 3 live action Ninja Turtle movies….not for the faint of heart ;-)

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Hogan Kowloon Opening Party

Thursday. 29 March. 2007. 9:30 am

Hogan launches new store with Star Ferry Pier 7

hogan1 Hogan Kowloon Opening Party

hogan2 Hogan Kowloon Opening Party

Tod Group‘s Hogan took over and transformed Star Ferry’s Central Pier No.7 into the ultimate hip party on Tuesday night.

Hogan launched their new Kowloon shop opening with a party at the top deck of the new Star Ferry Pier. The venue had good music, great decor, lots of free drinks and surrounded you with amazing lightbox display panels drawn by famous comic artist Howard Chaykin.

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Hong Kong is Media Crazy

Thursday. 29 March. 2007. 9:19 am

New survey tells us how we are.

hkmedia Hong Kong is Media Crazy

Synovate surveyed 6000 Hong Kong people aged 16-54 and breaks down a whole lot of info about yours and mine habits. To no real shock one of the key points is that Hong Kong people love media of any kind:

• 75.8% read any newspaper
• 68.1% read paid dailies
• 28% read free dailies
• 50.9% read any magazine
• 98.4% have watched TV in the past week
• 63.3% have listened to the radio in the past week
• 56.8% have accessed the internet in the past week

It goes on to say more obvious stuff like women buy more luxury goods than men, more women then men like to shop and that 1/3 of the city owns a Playstation. Read the rest of the results here.

Unlimited Yahoo! Mail

Thursday. 29 March. 2007. 9:15 am

No mailbox limit as Yahoo! celebrates 10th birthday.

yahoomail Unlimited Yahoo! Mail

Just in case 2GB of FREE webmail isn’t enough for all those digital images you send to your friends, then you are in luck because in May, Yahoo! Mail goes unlimited:

As Yahoo! Mail approaches its 10-year anniversary, I’m the lucky one who gets to announce that we will begin offering everyone unlimited email storage starting in May 2007.

If you don’t use or haven’t looked at Yahoo! Mail in awhile you should, its the best free email if you need folders to organize your email and it all runs on nifty Ajax so it seems like it runs super fast like it’s on your desktop.

New Chloe Shop in Central

Thursday. 29 March. 2007. 9:05 am

New brand name drops in SoHo.

chloe New Chloe Shop in Central

Chloe opens a new 500 sq. ft. standalone at 24 Wyndham Steet in Central mostly filled with the Spring/Summer 2007 collection.

Contact them for opening hours: 2525 0992.

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