DIARY: Stories we could tell ... Territorial Harrow, a mini movie maker

<p>Never mind that clients are chopping and hoarding budgets. Never </p><p>mind that ad sales have hit the floor and are unlikely to scale last </p><p>year's lofty heights for a long time to come. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>It's that time of the year again when the media industry can behave </p><p>publicly the way we presume it does privately the rest of the year. </p><p>Check out back issues of media if you're new to the antics of Hong </p><p>Kong's media and advertising set. Yes, we're speaking of the SOPA Ball, </p><p>or as it should be renamed, the Sodom and Gomorrah bash. This year's </p><p>theme is Bollywood, after Bombay's over-the-top movie-making </p><p>machine. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>But it's The Economist team, led by Rupert Harrow - how does he manage </p><p>to look dashing even if he's wearing what appears to be a woman's </p><p>sari? </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>- that has the head's up on SOPA. Their CD invitation for the November </p><p>10 gala is something of a mini Bollywood production. Harrow has roped in </p><p>ad industry mates - from OMD's turbanned Mike Cooper and Euro RSCG's </p><p>David Morgan to M&C Saatchi's Ian Thubron incarnated as Durga, the </p><p>multi-arm goddess - in starring roles. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Then again, no one would ever accuse Harrow of doing things by </p><p>halves. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>On a recent outing, we hear the man bounded up Kota Kinabalu in a flash </p><p>and then proceeded to mark his territory. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>