[QUOTE=Chantik;1610509]Navy is in town. Must be a big ship.[/QUOTE]OH. Ok! That explains the come hither looks I was getting....
from a group of young filipinas; a rarity in HK nowadays. LOL.
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[QUOTE=Chantik;1610509]Navy is in town. Must be a big ship.[/QUOTE]OH. Ok! That explains the come hither looks I was getting....
from a group of young filipinas; a rarity in HK nowadays. LOL.
[QUOTE=Dude1979;1610816]What places are good on Sunday night? Beside New Makati.[/QUOTE]Time you made a report my friend.
Looked at your last dozen or so posts. All questions.
We do try to help but only to those who try themselves.
[QUOTE=Chantik;1610509]Navy is in town. Must be a big ship.[/QUOTE]Word is that it is 3,000 from 4 ships.
Marines.
[QUOTE=Jackthelad2;1610826]Time you made a report my friend.
Looked at your last dozen or so posts. All questions.
We do try to help but only to those who try themselves.[/QUOTE]Fair point, apologies. Always thought I was a lurker, didn't realize I was actually a leacher. I do a lot of preparation, and rarely end up doing anything worth reporting.
But point taken, will report next week.
[QUOTE=UncleGoober2;1611122]Word is that it is 3,000 from 4 ships.
Marines.[/QUOTE]3 warships, according to [URL]http://www.mardep.gov.hk/en/pub_services/vlinport.html[/URL].
Up to 4 k people.
USS Makin Island typical crew 1 k + 1. 5 k marines.
USS San Diego crew max 800.
USS Comstock crew 800.
[QUOTE=Jackthelad2;1610826]Time you made a report my friend.
Looked at your last dozen or so posts. All questions.
We do try to help but only to those who try themselves.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dude1979;1611209]Fair point, apologies. Always thought I was a lurker, didn't realize I was actually a leacher. I do a lot of preparation, and rarely end up doing anything worth reporting.
But point taken, will report next week.
3 warships, according to [URL]http://www.mardep.gov.hk/en/pub_services/vlinport.html[/URL].
Up to 4 k people.
USS Makin Island typical crew 1 k + 1. 5 k marines.
USS San Diego crew max 800.
USS Comstock crew 800.[/QUOTE]Dude, not sure if you got JTL's point. Read his posts. FYI, most posters in this section actually do not welcome the the ships overcrowding and soiling their little sandbox. (Like the 7's) Luckily, parts of HK are not yet on our Northern neighbor's shopping trip agenda.
You will find part of what you are looking for in posts #8533 and #8504. #3246 might also be of interest. Follow the posts and you will find what you want.
[QUOTE=Boarer;1611270]... FYI, most posters in this section actually do not welcome the the ships overcrowding and soiling their little sandbox...[/QUOTE]Yes, I would be way more interested in a link to show when they leave.
They are still in Wanchai tonight making lots of noise. Unusually the boys haven't been out till late afternoon. At least its quiet at lunchtime. The ships usually stay 4 to 5 days. So that means the streets will still be busy on Saturday and maybe Sunday. They'll definitely be gone by Monday.
[QUOTE=Chantik;1611436]They are still in Wanchai tonight making lots of noise. Unusually the boys haven't been out till late afternoon. At least its quiet at lunchtime. The ships usually stay 4 to 5 days. So that means the streets will still be busy on Saturday and maybe Sunday. They'll definitely be gone by Monday.[/QUOTE]Saw the ships leaving through the Lamma channel this morning (Saturday) :-)
[QUOTE=Tiger888;1611321]Yes, I would be way more interested in a link to show when they leave.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Chantik;1611436]They are still in Wanchai tonight making lots of noise. Unusually the boys haven't been out till late afternoon. At least its quiet at lunchtime. The ships usually stay 4 to 5 days. So that means the streets will still be busy on Saturday and maybe Sunday. They'll definitely be gone by Monday.[/QUOTE]Chantik. I am sorry to say. As you read these lines, courses to HK are being plotted and entered. ;-D I will be heading down to Wanchai tonight and later on next week. LOL.
[QUOTE=ZuzonX;1611650]Saw the ships leaving through the Lamma channel this morning (Saturday) :-)[/QUOTE]Thank god a quiet weekend then. Wanchai was back to normal this afternoon.
Good luck for the guys and bad luck for the ladies. I don't think I've ever gone with a Navy guy. Three days is a short visit but guess there will be many happy people in HK.
[QUOTE=Chantik;1611849] Three days is a short visit but guess there will be many happy people in HK.[/QUOTE]And may happy people now sailing the high seas!
The good news: only 16% of new cases came from heterosexual sex. The article does not specify how those people contracted the disease.
From SCMP:
Tuesday, 26 August, 2014,3:23 pm.
'Alarming' increase, driven by growing number of cases involving gay men and young people, prompts calls for improved sex education.
The number of new HIV cases recorded in the city is set to hit a record high for the fourth year running and may pass 600 for the first time, a government consultant says.
Some 304 new cases were diagnosed in the first half of the year, Dr Wong Ka-hing said, well up on the 262 new cases reported in the same period last year. There were 559 new HIV cases in the whole of last year.
The figures, and the fact many young people were among those affected, have raised concerns that the message on the importance of safe sex is not getting through.
Wong, a Health Department consultant, said that gay men made up the biggest group of new patients, in line with international trends.
"It is worrying. It is likely that the annual figure will surge past 600, which will be the highest figure in Hong Kong history," Wong said yesterday.
Of the 150 new cases reported between April and June, more than 80 per cent were men, of whom more than half had had sex with other men. Some 16 per cent of cases involved heterosexual sex, while 2. 7 per cent were contracted through injections. More than a quarter had an undetermined cause.
A department survey last year found that only 70 per cent of gay men wore a condom during sex, compared to 90 per cent for female sex workers, another high-risk group.
"The trend for HIV to infect men who have sex with men has increased significantly in recent years, while the figure for the heterosexual group remains stable," Wong said.
Last year's figure of 559 was a nine per cent increase on the 513 cases in 2012.
The new cases this year bring the total number reported since records of HIV cases began in 1984 to 6,646.
Two Aids concern groups expressed particular concern at the number of young people contracting HIV; 59 of the 150 patients diagnosed in the second quarter were aged 29 or younger.
Aids Concern said the number of young HIV patients was "alarming". It plans to conduct 60 sex-education workshops for young people.
Ah! A number of new Indonesian ladies advertising on CL. Some familiar faces.
The Junk Pub will close Monday -Believe its another case of increased rental. Think the rent is 93 K per month.