It has been quite some time since the blog was updated here at Apple-FM. We have been busy with other projects and then there was Christmas, New Year and New Year.

Let’s see what has been happening in the meantime.

China got very cold. Well so did Hong Kong. Normally the problem is heat and getting rid of it. Air Conditioners going full blast almost all year. But this year the Cold weather warning was posted for the longest time on record. There was a lot of snow. A great deal of snow all over China. This coincided with the New Year festival when millions are on the road and train and plane back home to their villages and home towns. Rather like British Rail this was the wrong type of snow and the trains stopped. The 24 hour journey from Beijing to Hong Kong took 48 Hours and then stopped all together. This left 800,000 people outside Ghongzhou railway station waiting for trains. I hate to think what would have happened if 800,000 were outside Euston Station in London waiting to go to Newcastle or 800,000 outside Penn Station in New York waiting to get to the Pocono’s. So even though the Army may have looked a little heave handed, they were right to be or the situation could have got seriously out of hand and people could have been killed. The rush when a train did arrive could have resulted in a number of people being recruited for the Hong Kong 7’s with bags flying through the air and people climbing over each other. The government is however rethinking these long break holidays, due to the disruption to production they cause. So next time the numbers may be manageable.

This lead to the rather strange phenomena of Hong Kong (The little dot of 7 million people at the bottom of China) holding a telethon and sending money to China (population 1,321,851,888 July 2007 est.). No mention has been made of what will happen with the floods that will come when the snow melts.

We have also had a fun time with the police making up law so they can arrest people who have copies of some photos of Hong Kong celebrities without their vests on. Well Gillian does have her bikini top on in some and another is in a police girl uniform. But the police, arrested people, held them for weeks, and then had to let them go when it was pointed out that they had not really broken any laws. Well maybe copyright infringement, but as the stars were claiming that the pictures were fake, they could not pull that one. And copyright is a civil thing not criminal.

The tabloid magazine press has been filling its pages with the photos, with discreet black boxes in interesting places, and chasing the stars for comments. Members of LEGCO have been complaining about the pictures being obscene, when no one has submitted them to the tribunal to find out if they are considered obscene. Or is because they do not get invited to these types of parties?

But where is the video we have all been waiting for.

Then there was the New Year festival. We went to the Peak to watch the fireworks. First time I have looked down on a firework display. But the Peak was very crowded for the evening. Oh and Cold! Oh Dong!

On Tuesday Feb 19th Lydia Shum died. Know as “Fei Fei” to fans and as “Fat Fat” to others, she was a big star in Hong Kong, in more ways than one.

Her death was marked by over 5 hours of Obit programmes on TVB that night and more on ATV. The second night saw “The making of…..” programme about the previous nights programmes, and the third night saw extended highlights. The only place you could get away from Obit items was the McDonalds Channel.

Fat Fat leaves a 20 year old daughter called Joyce. She has grown up in the public spotlight, with comments about her weight. She is now a singer in her own right and hugely popular. She is now grieving in public, something normally reserved for royal families. She says she wants to grow up to be a strong woman, which she is already by going through these times.