Last week’s big media news in Hong Kong was the South China Morning Post’s move to buy Asia City Media Group including HK Magazine. This move brings the SCMP Group (which also publishes Hong Kong editions of Cosmopolitan, CosmoGirl and Harpar’s Bazaar) closer to a monopoly of Hong Kong English language publishing (and print advertising). [...] Read full article
Social Media Week Singapore
February 18-22 will be Social Media Week here in Singapore. I didn’t attend Social Media Week last year, but looking at the schedule of over 30 events this year, a few items caught my attention. I will be attending, Opening Keynote: Damien Cummings, Samsung Asia & Laura Balkovich, Google – could be awesome, or not. [...] Read full article
Postcard From Hong Kong
There’s something about visiting a place where you once lived that can make you feel like a ghost. That’s certainly how I’ve felt for much of the past 24 hours here in Hong Kong. It’s as if I’m chasing the shadow of the life I lived here. It’s been nothing if not eventful since I [...] Read full article
Hong Kong Revisited
This time tomorrow I will be heading to the airport to board a flight back to Hong Kong, almost eighteen months to the day since I moved away. This will be my second journey back since leaving and I’m really looking forward to it. My last visit was a rushed working trip over a year [...] Read full article
One Year In Singapore
Thirteen months ago, to the day, I closed the book on five years in Hong Kong and took a one-way flight to Singapore. Since then I’ve tried to resist the urge to compare Singapore to Hong Kong or become too critical of my new hometown. But, anniversaries do have a way of teasing out critical [...] Read full article