Park Island, Ma Wan, Hong Kong

A few days ago, I noticed a police van outside the Blue Blue club. I did not really think much of it, but today I found out what happened. Apparently a women swimming confronted a man who had "patted her bottom" in the indoor pool. The man (a middle aged Chinese male) then moved to the outdoor pool. The woman called the police, complaining of an indecent assault. When the police arrived, she described the culprit as a Chinese man, around 50, wearing swimming shorts. The suspect was spotted, and then exited the pool. You can imagine these scene and "loss of face" as a male resident was surrounded poolside by two or three police officers, 2 life guards, the alleged victim, etc. The male suspect was then taken to the police for questioning. I was not there, so I did not see what occurred, but one theory is that the woman became angry at the man swimming in "her lane" so when the inevitable happened, which was a collision between two swimmers, she pulled t

These photos of the ocean around Ma Wan as viewed from a Park Island apartment were taken by me from the balcony of an apartment where I went for drinks recently. I really enjoy seeing both the large boats across the ocean, the bridge, and the buildings of Hong Kong island in the distance.

Well, summer on the island seems just fine. Everyone is out enjoying the sun, swimming, and tourists are coming over in the weekends to enjoy the beaches. The Indian Restaurant (Moguls I think the name was) near the beach is closing. Word is that is will be replaced by a Japanese restaurant. My view is that if they do really good Japanese food, they will do well. On the other hand though, it is hard to do good Japanese food, so my advice from the new restaurant is that you had better provide great quality food from the outset. If the food's no good, that reputation will quickly spread. On the other hand, if its good, word will also spread and you will have a business that does well. Rumor of the month is that a young couple were caught joining the Ma Wan Ferry mile high club (is there a name for the ocean version of this?) a few weeks ago, on one of the last ferry's coming back to Ma Wan from Central. Apparently the performance continued for quite some time, before a boatsman

Here's the link to the Ma Wan park, which is next to Park Island, in case anyone has not been and wants to visit: http://www.mawanpark.com/eng/home.php There is also information about weddings on Ma Wan, which apparently are quite popular.

Ma Wan Ferry Terminal This photo is taken from the hill around to the left of the Ma Wan Ferry Terminal, near where the Phase 6 Park Island villas are. Not many people go here, except a few local guys who like to go fishing off the rocks. HK island is off in the distance under the bridge. Here is another photo taken from the same spot with the camera point more to the left.

Thank you Cafe Roma :) Pizza and a burger from Cafe Roma

Latest graph here. No signs of a slowing property market on Park Island it seems..