<![CDATA[Tripperhead Gazette]]>https://www.tripperhead.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wlFg!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5e98770f-e1d1-4d2c-97e4-8b51fdc0a4c0_400x400.pngTripperhead Gazettehttps://www.tripperhead.comSubstackMon, 03 Aug 2026 10:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[TG(IF) July 31st, 2026 ]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tgif-july-31st-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tgif-july-31st-2026Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:02:27 GMT• We’ll have to wait until Monday’s TG for the official figures, but Joel has crunched the numbers, and says this July was the 2nd wettest on record.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Thursday July 30th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-july-30th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-july-30th-2026Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:03:49 GMT• Former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach and the Hong Kong government are back at it, after Roach penned a new opinion piece titled “Yes, the Hong Kong of old is over”.

Stephen Roach and his opinion on whether Hong Kong is “over”; a timeline:

  1. June 2024, Financial Times: “It pains me to say Hong Kong is over”

  2. June 2025, Bloomberg: “It’s too early…

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]]><![CDATA[TG Wednesday July 29th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-wednesday-july-29th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-wednesday-july-29th-2026Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:27 GMT• The BBC has made five journalists working in Hong Kong redundant (which they’re entitled to do), and made them sign redundancy settlements under the threat of losing pension payments (which they might not be entitled to do).

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]]><![CDATA[TG Tuesday July 28th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-july-28th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-july-28th-2026Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:41:52 GMT

• UK Border Force, with all the consistency of a chameleon on a patchwork quilt, has now said former Hong Kong democracy activist Wu chi-wai can stay in the UK for 6 months.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Monday July 27th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-july-27th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-july-27th-2026Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:18 GMT• Severe Typhoon Noul made landfall Sunday morning around 80km north-east of Hong Kong, with HKO raising the T9 in the early hours.

According to SCMP, 80km from Hong Kong was the 3rd closest typhoon this century, and if you read the sub-heading, it is also why you never trust a journalist to file your tax returns.

1st: Saola

= 2nd:Hato & Wipha

4th: Noul

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]]><![CDATA[TG(IF) July 24th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tgif-july-24th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tgif-july-24th-2026Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:50 GMT• The latest update from HKO (5pm Friday evening) says soon-to-be Typhoon Noul will cross the coast ~110km east of Hong Kong on Sunday (very early) morning.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Thursday July 23rd, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-july-23rd-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-july-23rd-2026Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:01:10 GMT• HKO has finally chipped in with a typhoon tracking forecast, and as it stands, ICON’s forecast from yesterday seems to be the winner.

Current forecast has the storm crossing the coast ~225km east-north-east of Hong Kong through Huilai County.

nwp

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]]><![CDATA[TG Wednesday July 22nd, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-wednesday-july-22nd-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-wednesday-july-22nd-2026Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:04 GMT• Latest forecast modelling puts the unnamed tropical storm approaching this weekend east of Hong Kong.

It’s going to be wet wherever it lands. The following forecasts are from 7pm 22nd July.

ICON: This was the model that forecast the eye over Lantau yesterday, and has now moved 265km north east.

GFS: Yesterday GFS had the storm hitting Hainan, now forecas…

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]]><![CDATA[TG Tuesday July 21st, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-july-21st-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-july-21st-2026Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:01:11 GMT• Possible Tropical Storm alert! Depending on which forecast model turns out to be correct, Hong Kong could see the first TS of the year passing over Lantau next Monday.

Icon model:

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]]><![CDATA[TG Monday July 20th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-july-20th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-july-20th-2026Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:14 GMT• The US Government has let lapse sanctions on HK officials, including Justice Secretary Paul Lam.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Tuesday July 7th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-july-7th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-july-7th-2026Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:00:13 GMT• While the government’s attempt to mandate recycling (remember that?!?!) failed at launch, Hong Kongers continue to recycle of their own accord, with urban solid waste continuing to fall.

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]]><![CDATA[TG(IF) July 3rd, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tgif-july-3rd-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tgif-july-3rd-2026Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:06:27 GMT• Drama for one Legislative Council member this week, when William Wong was arrested on Monday at CUHK on suspicion of drink driving after colliding with two parked cars.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Tuesday June 30th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-june-30th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-june-30th-2026Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:03:30 GMT• While we need to wait until Friday to get the official numbers, suffice to say, June was wet.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Tuesday June 23rd, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-june-23rd-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-june-23rd-2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:02:21 GMT• CPI heading up.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Thursday June 18th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-june-18th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-june-18th-2026Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:03:25 GMT• Hong Kong copped a drenching on Thursday, with the 2nd Black Rainstorm Warning issued, stranding school children at school.

The Black Rainstorm Warning was issued at 12.55pm, and wasn’t lowered to Red until 3.05pm, which wasn’t lowered to Amber until 3.40pm, meaning most kids had to hang around a while after classes ended.

Some pictures from around Hong…

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]]><![CDATA[TG Monday June 15th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-june-15th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-june-15th-2026Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:03:14 GMT• With the football world cup underway, HK Customs are on the lookout for fake goods, grabbing HK$150 million in a sting last week.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Thursday June 11th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-june-11th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-thursday-june-11th-2026Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:03:37 GMT• No surprise that Uber users think the 10k cap on licenses is too little.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Wednesday June 10th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-wednesday-june-10th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-wednesday-june-10th-2026Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:34 GMT• Police and ICAC have arrested seven people, laying charges such as manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, attempting to pervert the course of public justice and tax evasion, over the Tai Po inferno.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Tuesday June 9th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-june-9th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-tuesday-june-9th-2026Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:06 GMTVideo heavy TG tonight which means it’s more optimal to read it in the Substack app or web browser. Which is where you’ll end up if you click the video anyway.

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]]><![CDATA[TG Monday June 8th, 2026]]>https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-june-8th-2026https://www.tripperhead.com/p/tg-monday-june-8th-2026Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:07 GMT• The Hong Kong government continues to try to plug what they see are holes in the NatSec law, asking LegCo to amend the law so that charges that are not under NatSec can be designated so.

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