Slashdot just linked to a BBC article praising the Hong Kong Cyberport. Now we await several hundred geeks complaining about how the US never does anything as great as our glorious Cyberport.
What a joke! The Cyberport was nothing more than a big fat gift to Li Ka Shing (or more accurately his son) of a large luxury development plot. Had the Cyberport been built (or attempted) in England or America we’d be hearing uproarious accusations of wasted public money and government feeding property cartels. However, when Tung Che Hwa is stupid enough to go ahead with the plans people in the west lap it up! How advanced we are bobbing along in the South China Sea with our shiny new housing complex! What next? An exposé of the executive brilliance that led to our partially state-owned Disneyland?
You guys can have Tung if you like him so much, seriously! Take him! Please!
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 28, 2004 08:02 PM | TrackBack