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As many of you know all Hong Kong mobile networks charge an arbitrary monthly MTR / Tunnel / MTR fee which for some reason isn't quoted on their headline rates, but is mentioned in the small print. Why this just isn't shown as part of the phone tariff
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Can't take credit for finding out about this deal, it was from here originally: Business as Usual: LastPass Premium - Free for 1 Year Appsumo are offering LastPass premium for one year free, that's a saving of US$12. Originally it seemed the deal was available
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Back in February I wrote about a couple of options of live TV streaming: Live TV in Hong Kong, a whole new level. I had compared two boxes, the Maige box and an Android box. Since February, at home we had pretty much settled for the Maige box and it
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It's the start of May and its time to clean out some stuff that I've been meaning to sell for a while. More complete details of the stuff I'm selling, including photos, are linked below. Unless I know you well, no shipping, and everything
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A few weeks ago I had written about looking into buying a TV streaming media box. I decided against the UKTV box, basically due to ongoing costs. Through the helpful people on the Hong Kong Geoexpat forum another media box was brought to my attention, basically an Android media box.
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[Before anyone gets their knicker's in a twist, this is just a tongue and cheek view]. So people in HK are getting all hot and bothered about the sheer number of vistors coming from the PRC either as tourists, parallel goods traders, school children or hospital bed users.
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I have recently successfully applied for permanent residency in Hong Kong as a non-Chinese citizen based on residency, and thought it would be useful to go over the process I experienced. I'm not going to discuss in any great details the eligibly criteria, its all set out in
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A few years ago I ditched cable TV in Hong Kong because it was frankly not the best. Both the selection of channels and the quality of the stream was bad. I missed my UK and US TV choices (yes, I know, total first world problem). Since then I'
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Before I start, I just want to caveat that pretty much anywhere in the world consumer banking is not the best. I reckon the people in the majority of countries in the world will have a story about receiving crappy customer service and/or having to deal with double speak-bureacracy
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Google is rolling out even more integration with with Google+ allowing anyone in your Google+ circle to email you, even if they don't have your email address: Google further blurs the line between Google+ and Gmail Some people may like this feature, but I'm pretty sure
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Recently I've been looking into different shaving methods. Like probably most people, for the longest time I had just used Gillette razors and shaving gel. I've moved away from shaving gel to shaving oil. Now I'm trying out shaving with a double edged razor.
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So Got a bit of cash sitting around and am thinking its time to plan for the future to make sure I can have the rock star retirement lifestyle. I've already got suckered into one of these IFA 20 year mutual fund things (luckily, I think, its a