08-10-2014, 08:55 AM
Hi Jonathan,
What a wonderful opportunity to study for a year in Hong Kong! I wish you
every success in your studies, of course, but don’t forget to enjoy it, too. It’s a fascinating place, and you will leave with memories to last you a lifetime.
Yes, the Live Games were showing on Chessdom, including your last game, though I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, being preoccupied with another thread. What I also noticed was that the event was generously funded by the Kasparov Chess Foundation Asia-Pacific. I mention that specifically to be able to cite Helen Milligan, who features in that Foundation. And, I do all that to illustrate how the tendrils of the Scottish diaspora zig-zag across the globe!
I also noted that the venue was located above Western District, overlooking the harbour. I know the harbour* has changed enormously over the years as containers became ever more dominant, but my wife and I lived near Pokfulam Road in the early 1970’s and watched in horror as the Seawise University burned out of control. That ship was more famously known as the Queen Elizabeth, which retired from transatlantic service in the late 1960’s before eventually being bought by a very well-known Hong Kong businessman, C Y Tung, who renamed her, intending to convert her to a floating University. And the Scottish connection? Well, it was built in the 1930’s by the famous John Brown shipyard at Clydebank - just up the river from where I live now!
What a small world we live in! Have a great time in Hong Kong.
George
* Hong Kong in Chinese means Fragrant Harbour
What a wonderful opportunity to study for a year in Hong Kong! I wish you
every success in your studies, of course, but don’t forget to enjoy it, too. It’s a fascinating place, and you will leave with memories to last you a lifetime.
Yes, the Live Games were showing on Chessdom, including your last game, though I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, being preoccupied with another thread. What I also noticed was that the event was generously funded by the Kasparov Chess Foundation Asia-Pacific. I mention that specifically to be able to cite Helen Milligan, who features in that Foundation. And, I do all that to illustrate how the tendrils of the Scottish diaspora zig-zag across the globe!
I also noted that the venue was located above Western District, overlooking the harbour. I know the harbour* has changed enormously over the years as containers became ever more dominant, but my wife and I lived near Pokfulam Road in the early 1970’s and watched in horror as the Seawise University burned out of control. That ship was more famously known as the Queen Elizabeth, which retired from transatlantic service in the late 1960’s before eventually being bought by a very well-known Hong Kong businessman, C Y Tung, who renamed her, intending to convert her to a floating University. And the Scottish connection? Well, it was built in the 1930’s by the famous John Brown shipyard at Clydebank - just up the river from where I live now!
What a small world we live in! Have a great time in Hong Kong.
George
* Hong Kong in Chinese means Fragrant Harbour