really ticked that I missed it. A few years ago I went with my boss, who had never been there, so we took additional days.

We got stuck doing all the stupid tourist things, and even the food at the Sea Palace floating restaurant in Aberdeen was of low quality. The live fish were near death, the food was poorly prepared, and had gone significantly downhill since 1968, the last time I was at the restaurant.

If there was a casino in HK, we could have spent our time there. Heck, we were on our way to the PRC on business and knew we'd get high quality Chinese food there - and we did.

In HK you've got to eat either at fancy, and very expensive restaurants or local dives that cater to low to middle class Chinese in order to get good Chinese food.

Anyhow, I've been to HK more than a half dozen times since 1998 and couldn't find any gambling.