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July 05, 2004

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Red is not green

It was like the old morality question: if you see money on the ground do you pick it up?

Of course the answer is yes. I was in the car park of Pacific Place, amongst HK's most expensive shopping centres. Betwitx my humble family car and the gleaming new 7 series BMW was a red note. I quickly glanced around to make sure I was alone as I have a phobia of being caught on a "Candid Camera" style show. Without a second glance I picked up and stuffed it in my pocket, thinking about the nice lunch I'll be shouting Mrs M with our new found wealth.

Once safely out of the car park I retrieved the note from my pocket to glance at my serendipity. It was 100 Renminbi, not 100 Hong Kong dollars. The notes look nearly the same and have almost identical value but are useless in Hong Kong. Damn the colour red and the unimaginative skills of Hong Kong's currency printers. Just another reason to hate banks. "May you all rot."

 posted by Simon on 07.05.04 at 01:08 PM in the




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The girls in Temple Street will take them. Or at least the ones who speak Mandarin...

 posted by: Eric the Idle on 07.05.04 at 10:06 PM [permalink]

Strictly for the sake of helping a fellow blogger of course, I hereby volunteer to take the 'Red note'.
Just doing what I can and all, you know, to make the world a little better.

 posted by: Guy on 07.06.04 at 01:45 PM [permalink]




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