HKtraveller

In Cantonese it is perfectly ok to say 加油 for filling up at a PFS (for the Americans: PFS = petrol filling station).

percysmith

Yes but all you have in a petrol station is "oil". We can't even ask for ethane yet.

tentseller

Petrol in Canto after the Japanese occupation was called "electric oil 電油". Topping up the petrol or fueling up was 加油. And in Chinglish slang it is "add oil".

Aiyah! it is just like Singlish or Tinglish it does not make sense to outsiders, lah!

percysmith

Exactly. Sibehh sialaan ah!

Marco Polo

South China Morning Post
Police can arrest protesters who obstruct bailiffs, High Court rules
Monday, 10 November, 2014, 8:20pm
News›Hong Kong
OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 44
Chris Lau, Julie Chu and Clifford Lo
Mong Kok and Admiralty occupied zones could be cleared within days, after High Court ruling
Police can now arrest Occupy Central protesters who defy bailiffs trying to clear their sit-in sites in Mong Kok and Admiralty, the High Court has ruled.

The court's authorisation for the bailiffs to get help from the police if necessary is a new addition to three interim restraining orders - on behalf of drivers' groups and the owner of a commercial building - in force for the past three weeks.

With the court's permission, the force could start removing barricades and defiant protesters from their occupied zone in Mong Kok as early as tomorrow, according to a police source.

The Department of Justice said yesterday that while the police would provide assistance in respect of the enforcement of the injunction orders, the Secretary for Justice might also "consider taking appropriate action against persons who may have committed the offence of criminal contempt".

In his judgment yesterday, Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung extended the orders and said officers could remove or arrest people who ignored or insisted on breaching them.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/a...r-court-renews

kirkwoodj

Had no problems throughout several day stay.

txflyer77

Same, other than the airport express bus for the Conrad being suspended. I can see the protestors from my hotel room and walked around the Occupiers in Central last night. Very calm, very peaceful (though based on Marco Polo's post that may change?).

evergrn

So how was it staying at Royal Plaza? I'm hoping to hear you say that it was no different than any other visit.

I've got bookings at Royal Plaza for a week at the end of the month. We usually stay in Admiralty or TST. This time, I thought we'd save money by staying at Royal Plaza. It's so much cheaper than our other choice on TST waterfront. But I don't want us to be inconvenienced in any way on this trip, and don't want to expose our small kids to any of the protest activities.

kaka

Wow thats one very protective parents. Take the train below the hotel and nth on the street level would annoy you. Watch out for chinese scammers from the other side of the border. And watch out for their non-etiquette of sh!tting and p!$$ing in the platform.

evergrn

I'm just wondering if things will be more or less the same in that area as in any other time. We go to HKG every year, so obviously we know the place well. Just last year we took our little kids to Flower/Bird Mkt and Grand Century Place and that neck of the woods, so I'm not worried about the kind of things you're saying. But if there's going to be blockades, worse than usual traffic, and political demonstrations, then I want to know because then I'd rather stay away from that area. Call me protective or call me what you will, but those are personally my concerns.

rkkwan

There is no issue with staying at the Royal Plaza. It is far from the occupied area. Langham Place is much closer, and no issues whatsoever either. Basically, unless you walk all the way out to Nathan Rd, you won't even notice there is anything different from other days. And during day time and most of the night, it is safe to go through the "occupied area" and check out the protesters' tents, make-shift shrines and all the stuff. If you are Caucasian, you'll likely be even more welcomed.

All MTR exits at Mong Kok are open. People go to all the shops and restaurants and buildings to work nearby every day. Except the big HSBC branch remains closed.

percysmith

Nathan Road still blocked south of Argyle Street.

I'm not sure if cabbies are happy to take you to Royal Plaza, but I'll let MarcoGT comment on that. For me, I always ride the MTR into Mong Kok since Occupy started.

P.S. HSBC Mongkok Building branch (the big branch( reopened three days ago http://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/ne...50/latest-news

evergrn

Okay, that's all very encouraging. Thanks!

evergrn

Nathan Rd and Argyle... wow, that's like right at the MTR station and right by the mall. All of Langham Place Mall is business as usual?

txflyer77

I walked through the Central protest area two nights ago and no one seemed to care. Very calm, a few police off to the sides mostly joking with each other. Some impromptu speeches down in the tents.

Some photos I took: http://imgur.com/a/MTk0M