Television
MTV for background relaxation, Star Sports for the bi-weekly Formula 1
fix, and CNN for news (sorry, BBC World).
Press
My favourite. Highlights include the SCMP - a fantastic source of
stories that you just could not see elsewhere, from the "moon cake
bribery case" to the "dumpling murders". The FT gives a global
perspective on business issues. The new Asiaweek is an invaluable
round-up of what's important. And Wallpaper* provides provocation and
prejudice in equal measure.
Websites
www.bmwfilms.com is simply incredible and a clear challenge to us in the
ad industry to adapt or die. Before, I'd rarely spent over an hour on
any site.
Advertising
The Cliff Freeman and Partners New York work for Fox Sports and Burnett
London's work for John West Salmon, which duelled it out for the Grand
Prix at Cannes, are both firmly in the "wish I'd done that"
category.
It's sad that Asia made little headway there this year. I thought the
judges missed an opportunity by passing over the Adfest winner from
Dentsu.
The real challenge in the region is to raise the average standard of
work, and deliver us from the nightly tortuous excesses of style over
content.
Radio
A much-loved medium when I lived in Europe, the car radio hasn't had
much exercise in Hong Kong. Blame it on the invention of the mobile
phone.
