In HK, Government budget surplus in times of recession has resulted in the proposal of injecting HK$6000 into the retirement savings account of each resident. However, in a perfect demonstration of the principles of discounting, the Government was soon pressurised into handing out the cash now rather than later. Economists will tell you that this is not necessarily a bad thing, as a good proportion of the money would no doubt be immediately re-injected into the local economy. Interestingly, a straw poll on family, friends and friends of family and friends soon revealed that there were really two key beneficiaries of this exercise: (1) The Hong Kong Jockey Club and (2) Apple - on the sale of iPad 2 and iPhone 4.
My $6000 pretty much all went towards a week of R&R in Penang and Langkawi with Golf Boy. We had a fantastic time exploring Georgetown and sampling all the amazing street food on offer, followed by a very relaxing time on the island of Langkawi. The highlights of the trip included: watching a family of long-tailed macaque through our balcony window, seeing dusky leaf monkeys in the wild, snorkelling around a coral nursery, visiting a bat cave and kayaking through the mangroves (in a double kayak with Golf Boy).
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Taken by Golf Boy
Clearly couldn't have been doing his fair share of paddling!
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Our January adventure ended with welcoming the Year of the Dragon with family in HK. Four consecutive nights of banqueting for 20 with the whole extended family, can't say we hadn't celebrated in style.
January photos shall be appearing soon on flickr.
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