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Well, as you all may or may not know, I was a sell side equity analyst.

And when you are a sell side analyst, you get to meet clients who you want to entice into making certain actions such as buy, sell or hold.

Sometimes, depending on the client, your pitch will vary. As some clients are more prone to certain types of suggestions.

For example, I have sold PetroChina back in 2004 as

1. A never expiring call warrant on oil price
2. Proxy for betting on an ever more powerful People's Liberation Army
3. Dividend play

Three different types of clients, three different pitches. There is no point arguing against the bias of the client. If the client didn't care about dividends but was a clear fanatical patriot who believes in a rising PLA, well, you can't make him buy PetroChina by talking to him about dividends yields...

Anyhow, I wrote a piece recently, titled 沙士重臨 必襲長洲 ...

And boy... did I shock these people...

First up... Was Mr. Market himself 市場先生... Who can't believe, just CAN'T BELIEVE that anyone could be THAT ignorant, and claim that because the integrity, purity and operational freedom of 太平清醮's 搶包山 was compromised, it will lead to pestilence on the island of 長洲. That no god could be that wicked and vengeful...

Then... There were 小混混Cory, 珀塞爾 and Rampei

1. 小混混Cory - Thinks that my column helps Apple Daily as an inclusive publication to "regress to the mean" by providing the counter balance to 方卓如.

2. 珀塞爾 - Well, he thinks that MPF is "德政"... Which basically reduces all desire for me to critique his comments. But he is a fan of my silver analysis, so I do bear grudging admiration for him. Anyhow, he says I was mean to make fun of those who took a vow of chastity. I shall address that here...

Being chaste is a personal choice. Being public about such a vow is nothing but a publicity stunt. Such a stunt can then be construed as a judgment on those engage in premarital sex - that it is WRONG to do so. Then having this one guy at the event who says "after succumbing to the temptation, I fell in love with pornography" Does that make everyone who watches porn a sexual deviant? Sad... If you want to judge others do it like me, publicly, openly and be ready for people to challenge you and defend yourself on reason. And not some holier than thou event...

3. Rampei - Thinks that I am 嘩眾取寵... hahahaha of course! I didn't quit being an equity analyst because I enjoy bland style of writing. I work in the media after all... Inform others while entertaining them too... keep reading my friends...

Ok, now that I have summed up all of that views. Here is my response on why I wrote 沙士重臨 必襲長洲

搶包山 is an example of how a private event has been hijacked and rendered completely sterile by our anally retentive "school prefect run" government.

I have written in Apple Daily's editorial expressing my disappointment in the HK govt not letting "boys be boys" even "girls be boys". It is highly insulting to the people of 長洲 that the government thinks they do not know how dangerous 搶包山 is.

The point is this, if people knowing how dangerous an activity is, but still CHOOSES to participate, as long as they are adults, LET THEM BE! 搶包山 is a prime example.

Anyhow, I was thinking to myself... how can I help push along the people of 長洲 to resist further sterilization of 搶包山? If telling them to resist for cultural freedom doesn't work, then maybe appeal to their superstition. If resisting not for the personal freedom of Hong Kong, then resist the government for their own health, for the gods to protect them. Just like when I was selling PetroChina... There are many ways to sell "resist advances in government controls!"

So thats why I wrote that piece. And thats why I think I won't be travelling to 長洲 for a while. Just in case I get beaten up hahahahaha. So 市場先生, 小混混Cory, 珀塞爾 and Rampei don't be mad, I wasn't trying to curse them... I was just trying to protect the people of Hong Kong from the onslaught of the Hong Kong Government = )