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New Quarantine Hotel List Announced: 1 December 2021 – 28 February, 2022

An updated list of 40 designated Hong Kong quarantine hotels for the period 1 December 2021 – 28 February 2022 (sixth cycle) has been released.

The list of designated hotels in the sixth cycle features 11,500 rooms and related details such as room rates have been uploaded to www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/designated-hotel.html, or download the pdf here.

New hotels for this cycle are: iclub Fortress Hill Hotel; O’Hotel; Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West (Tower 1); Lanson Place Causeway Bay; Holiday Inn Golden Mile.

Rates for many hotels have risen sharply for this sixth cycle!

There is an excellent google docs form here about the various hotels including room prices, contact details, restrictions.

A facebook group exists Transfer HK Quarantine Hotel Reservations to connect those who have a reservation and can’t use it with those looking for a room.

Central and Western District
1. Best Western Plus Hotel Hong Kong
2. CM+ Hotels & Serviced Apartments
3. Grand City Hotel
4. JEN Hong Kong by Shangri-La
5. Lan Kwai Fong Hotel @ Kau U Fong
6. One-Eight-One Hotel & Serviced Residences
7. Ramada Hong Kong Harbour View
8. The Landmark Mandarin Oriental
9. Courtyard by Marriott Hong Kong
10. Ovolo Central

Hong Kong Eastern District
1. iclub Fortress Hill Hotel
2. Ramada Hong Kong Grand View

Islands District
1. Four Points by Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung
2. Regal Airport Hotel

Kowloon City District
1. Bridal Tea House Hotel Hung Hom Gillies Avenue South
2. iclub Ma Tau Wai Hotel
3. Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong
4. Metropark Hotel Kowloon Hong Kong
5. Regal Oriental Hotel
6. O’Hotel

Kwai Tsing District
1. Dorsett Tsuen Wan

Hong Kong Southern District
1. Nina Hotel Island South (Formerly L’hotel Island South)
2. Ovolo Southside

Tsuen Wan District
1. Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West (Tower 1)
2. Silka Far East Hotel Hong Kong

Wan Chai District
1. Best Western Hotel Causeway Bay
2. Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong
3. Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island
4. Mira Moon Hotel
5. Lanson Place Causeway Bay
6. Eco Tree Hotel Causeway Bay
7. Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay
8. Empire Prestige Causeway Bay
9. Empire Hotel Causeway Bay

Wong Tai Sin District
1. Pentahotel Hong Kong

Kowloon Yau Tsim Mong District
1. Bridal Tea House Hotel Yau Ma Tei Wing Sing Lane
2. Dorsett Mongkok Hong Kong
3. Ramada Hong Kong Grand
4. Silka Seaview Hotel Hong Kong
5. Holiday Inn Golden Mile

Women’s Rugby Fixtures: 9 October, 2021

A full house of women’s rugby this weekend!
Entry is Free!

image: hkrugby

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5

Perhaps the most legendary of Bond‘s cars the DB5 is now on display at The Peninsula Hotel until 29 October and it can be yours for £2.75 million.

The DB5 on display is an Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger part of a limited production of 25 which are authentic reproductions of the DB5 seen on the screen. This includes functioning modifications such as the revolving number plates, retractable bulletproof rear shield, pop-out machine guns and more, which were made famous in Goldfinger.

Women’s Rugby Results – 2 October, 2021

Premiership

HKFC Ice 25-10 Kowloon
@ HK Football Club, Kick-off: 13:30

USRC Tigers 14-15 Valley Black
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 18:00

CWB Phoenix 0-61 Gai Wu Falcons
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 18:00

National League 2

CWB Lammergeier 0-12 Kowloon
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 13:30

Typhoons Thunder 0-40 Gai Wu Hawks
@ Kowloon Tsai Sports Ground, Kick-off: 15:00

City 10-5 Tin Shui Wai
@ Tai Hang Tung, Kick-off: 16:30

Police Sirens 27-0 Revolution Serenity
@ Police Recreation Club, Kick-off: 18:00

Disciplined Services RFC 5-0 Tai Po Dragon
@ Happy Valley, Kick-off: 18:00

Image: hkrugby

Women’s Rugby Fixtures: 2 October, 2021

More exciting Women’s Premiership rugby this weekend!
Entry is Free!

image: hkrugby

Tiananmen Square Massacre Online Museum Blocked in Hong Kong

The physical version of the June 4th Museum was shut down by HK Police a couple of months ago for allegedly operating without the correct licences.

To preserve the history of Beijing’s bloody crackdown on peaceful Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989, a group of people created an online museum at 8964museum.com.

Today the website is inaccessible via several of Hong Kong’s telecom providers, the first obvious example of China’s ‘great firewall’ making it’s appearance locally.

8964museum.com is an archive and historical record of the key events and figures in the peaceful student-led demonstrations that spread across China in 1989. Protests that ended in a hail of People Liberation Army bullets – leaving thousands, of civilians dead and injured.

With all references to the Tiananmen Square massacre censored in mainland China. The annual Victoria Park candlelight vigils to remember those killed in the crackdown were seen by many HongKongers as a symbol of the city’s promised freedoms and autonomy under the one country two systems.

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Cathay Pacific Vaccination Draw Scam

With little confidence in the government’s Covid-19 response, too many HongKongers have still not got vaccinated. Quite why, when the Pfizer/Biontech Comirnaty vaccine is produced and tested in the regulatory intense European Union and is free, I don’t understand.

Rather than make vaccination mandatory pressure was put on companies to ‘bribe’ HongKongers with lucky draws and prizes for getting vaccinated. Among those deciding to participate was Cathay Pacific who offered “25,000 free tickets to over 50 destinations. You can enter the lucky draw between 16 September and 30 September, 2021.”

Not one to turn down the chance of a free flight ticket I entered. With the entry closing date the 30 September 2021 and the Cathay website indicating “The results will be drawn on 5 October, 2021 and announced on the Cathay website.”

So I was more than a little surprised this morning (29 September) to receive an email from Cathay informing me that I was not a winner, but that they would keep sending me promotional material – something I specifically opted out of.

unfortunately, you weren’t chosen as a winner on this occasion.

“weren’t chosen” in the email also seems to imply that the draw is not random, but prizes are issued to Asia Miles members (needed to enter the draw) with accounts that Cathay wants to reward.

bc has approached Cathay for comment and will update this article if one is recieved.

The draws maybe a scam for your personal data, but getting vaccinated will reduce your chance of getting Covid-19 and reduce in most cases the seriousness of the infection. Get Vaccinated!!

Women’s Rugby Results – 25 September, 2021

Premiership

Gai Wu Falcons 7-18 Valley Black
@ Shek Kip Mei, Kick-off: 18:00

CWB Phoenix 0-50 HKFC Ice
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 18:00

USRC Tigers 21-7 Kowloon
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 18:00

Image: hkrugby