December 02, 2003

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The price of petrol

Petrol is extremely expensive in HK. I have no idea why this should be the case, except that no doubt the Government taxes the bejesus out of it. That said, I don't think it will ever get to this:

A Cambodian man who found he had no money with him when buying petrol ended up paying with his nephew...The boy's uncle filled up the bike with three litres of petrol at a roadside stall before realising that he had forgotten his wallet...

He succeeded in convincing the old woman who sold him the petrol to take his nephew as a deposit while he went off to get the $1.50 he owed. But he never returned. Nearly two years on, the petrol vendor has decided to keep the boy.

And that was for 3 litres. Imagine if he'd filled the tank.

(Coutesy of Giles. Who's still going on about the friggin' Rugby.)


posted by Simon on 12.02.03 at 10:13 AM in the




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Comments:

When I fill up my tank it costs me about HK$350. Over $200 of that is tax.

posted by: Phil on 12.02.03 at 10:27 AM [permalink]

i haven't mentioned the rugby at all today. you're the ones who keep going on about it - sore losers!

posted by: giles on 12.02.03 at 11:02 AM [permalink]

Giles, if you bring up the rugby one more time...

posted by: Simon on 12.02.03 at 11:17 AM [permalink]

Did someone mention the rugby?

posted by: Chris on 12.02.03 at 07:42 PM [permalink]

I thought you were talking about me! I've only met one other Giles before, not many of us around...

posted by: Giles (2) on 12.02.03 at 11:05 PM [permalink]

Gas costs around CAN 0.70 (=USD 0.47 or so) here in SW Ontario (Hamilton).

posted by: Tim the Michigander on 12.03.03 at 09:36 AM [permalink]

So there's more than one Giles in HK. Who would have thought?

Tim, you're just teasing us. In HK petrol costs your monthly salary.

posted by: Simon on 12.03.03 at 09:39 AM [permalink]




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