After yet another year of wild weather, this week the Tripperhead Gazette teams up with Turquoise Sustainability to learn more about environmental issues, social issues, and corporate governance (ESG). Read more later in the TG.
NEWS
• Tropical Storm Tapah dropped by Sunday evening to cancel schools on Monday and make landing at HKIA a bit of a nightmare.
Another runway trifecta ending in a visit to Kaohsiung.
This HK Express flight landed in one try, but then got a bit wayward.
Meanwhile, local companies are now well versed in T8 notifications and marketing, but a few struggled on Sunday. Uber decided to call the T8 one hour before HKO…
…and Pizza Hut REALLY wanted to close their stores, so they just made it a T10 instead.
• The T3 on Sunday that became a T8 ended a perfect quadrella for the AIA Hot Air Balloon Festival, with all four days a schmozzle.
One irate mother has gone viral for an interview she gave to local news over the whole affair. Firstly, the original in Cantonese.
And for the non-Canto speaking folk, AI-generated English.
Perhaps under pressure from naming sponsor AIA, the organisers eventually (and seemingly very reluctantly) have now offered everyone a full refund. Yay! But not really yay, as to get a refund you have to send them your bank account details.
That’s a hard no from me. I’d rather lose the price of one ticket than have my bank account details on file with people who couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel.
• The hot air balloon snafu was a double-edged sword moment for the HK Government; on one hand they promoted the event internationally and it was awful, but on the other hand it stopped everyone talking about the water-bottle contract controversy.
Glass half full I guess.
• On the subject of the water-bottle contract saga, Basel Kirmani from Turquoise Sustainability (as mentioned at the top) penned a opinion piece for HKFP on how the government could have approached the situation taking into account ESG and saved money.
The Turquoise Sustainability team will be holding a seminar this month to explain more about ESG, so if you and/or your company are interested in learning more, you can sign up here or scan the QR Code below to save $500.
SPORT
• An impressive feat from Ladies Recreation Club swimmer Shauna Krkalo at the recent World Aquatics Masters Championships.
Love the quote. Take that kids.
Good post and interesting to learn about Turquoise Sustainability