🌊Goodbye Mido

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Jul 19, 2022

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On Today’s Tide

Culture | Goodbye Mido
COVID
We are good at stuff |
- Hong Kong wins Math Olympiad Gold
- Gold in Snooker - World Games
- Silver in fencing
Event | See your fav consulates at the book fair

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So long, farewell, auf widerseh’n, goodbye Mido

Hong Kong’s ‘oldest traditional cafe’ (according to SCMP) has closed with a hexalingual (yes that’s the right term, I checked) note saying “So long farewell, adieu, ciao, sayonara, adios” - a reference to the comedic musical hit “See you later” by local group Trial and Error.

The restaurant, oldest or not, has been around for 72 years and is considered a Yau Ma Tei landmark. It’s curved exterior - common for buildings of the period - tiled floor, eclectic blue and green colour scheme alongside a traditional Cha Caan Teng menu of baked rice, instant noodles, pork chops, spaghetti and strong milk tea made it a regular for locals and tourists.

Countless films, ad campaigns and photography sets have been shot there including Hong Kong ballet’s 2018/19 season photoshoot which combined elements of past and present for their then tagline - “Never Stand Still”.

The cafe was closed for 2 years due to COVID but reopened in May. The sudden closure two months was a shock to many regulars - the note which also read that it’s “time to take a break” is ambiguous enough to warrant hope for a second coming.

Till then - here’s our very meme send off. Go to the second slide for the full goodbye note.

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We’ll miss you Mido.

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

The Centre for Health Protection says it is looking into 3,019 additional locally acquired #COVID19 cases, of which 1,217 were directly identified through nucleic acid tests and 1,802 via rapid antigen tests that were verified

news.gov.hkHK logs 3k COVID-19 casesThe Centre for Health Protection says it is looking into 3,019 additional locally acquired COVID-19 cases, of which 1,217 were directly identified through nucleic acid tests and 1,802 via rapid antigen tests that were verified.

New cases: 3256 (237 imported)
Total cases: 1,301,028
New deaths: 4
Total deaths: 9,444

Just for fun, here’s a twitter thread showing the food at different quarantine hotels:

Aaron Busch @tripperhead

⚠️🏨🧑‍🍳🧵 A thread on the food you can expect at the three Community Isolation Facilities (Novotel Citygate, Ibis North Point and Penny's Bay) for inbound travel persons who have tested positive. Dinner, July 19th 2022 (📸: Penny's Bay @patcherific, Novotel/Ibis anon)

Hong Kong is good at things

Over the past few days, HK won awards at several international competitions in recent days. Here’s a run down:

At the 63rd International Mathematical Olympiad and the 52nd International Physics Olympiad
- one gold
- seven silvers
- two bronze
Hong Kong attended online due to COVID risks.

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

Two teams of Hong Kong students win one gold, seven silver and two bronze medals as well as one honourable mention in the 63rd #InternationalMathematicalOlympiad and the 52nd #InternationalPhysicsOlympiad news.gov.hk/eng/2022/07/20…

Vivian Kong won the Bronze in Women’s Fencing at the World Championships.
Kong is currently suffering from torn ligaments which makes this even more impressive.
Cheung Ka-wai won the gold at snooker at the World Games

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

Hong Kong #billiardsports athlete Cheung Ka-wai wins a gold medal in the men's snooker event at the #WorldGames2022

news.gov.hkHK wins World Games goldHong Kong billiard sports athlete Cheung Ka-wai wins a gold medal in the men’s snooker event at the World Games 2022.

Only 23, this is Cheung’s first excursion to the World Games. Good job!

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Story time with the EU Consulate Generals

The EU Office to Hong Kong and Macao is participating in the annual HKTDC Book Fair opening tomorrow!

May be an image of book and text that says "The European Union itand and what it does"

‘Book Reading by the Consuls General of the European Union’ will also be hosted. Representatives from Germany, Ireland, France, Italy, Poland, and Finland will share interesting stories from their countries. Don’t miss out!

Where: Cultural Event Stage (Outside Hall 1A)
When: 20th July, 4pm-5pm

Craft Logic 1 Year Anniversary

Our HT x partner Craft Logic celebrates their one year anniversary later this month on 24 July. Free craft beers and rare bottle sharing, lucky draws, discounts on other products.

And best of all - supporting local businesses and supporting us local media.

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