The name of this blog is misleading; it has an identity problem. At one time, the name was catchy and fitting, now it's ill-suited. Its name, HONG KONG OR BUST, has such an American ring to it and suggests that a non-hongkonger is writing this blog; but actually its blogger, Richard, is a native-born local who writes in colloquial British English. Richard is the second administrator of this blog; the original one went back home to England after a stay in HK from Beijing. This current blogger is a graduate of Chinese(Mandarin) language studies, and has resided in Beijing for a time.

        This blog was billed as "high adventure in Hong Kong", but you will not find Richard talking like a loud, foul-mouth chap in some of those flashy nightspots in Wan Chai or Lan Kwai Fong. Being born in HK, though Richard does not speak the local dialect, Cantonese(not uncommon for his background), he is familiar with this city; its reality, the sentiments of various segments of the population, and the complex labyrinth of its business-interest dominated politics. Because of its unintentional inappropriate name, this blog could have been overlooked by many potential viewers. It deserves another look if you have not read it since the new blogger assumed the writing.

        Sham-Shui-Po Boy says, read this blog; this blogger has a quiet sense of humour, and the perspective of both a local and an observer who's coolly looking in from outside.