Birth, Marriage and Death

While in Scotland I asked E the likelihood of "getting" a Scottish death certificate. E said "less then 20%" - not a slim chance by any measure in light of the fact that we have been living in Hong Kong for 33 years since we were born. We had thought that it might be a good idea to buy a second home and spend more time in the UK after our retirement. We returned from London to Hong Kong on 11 June and the very first news story which I picked up on the Airport Express was a "blunt reminder" issued by Beijing on the correct understanding of one country two systems. The long and short of this reminder, dubbed a "white paper", is that the Chinese Communist Party is the boss of Hong Kong. Nothing new perhaps. In the following week Apple Daily was hacked and inaccessible for the best part of the day. While moving to another country will be the last resort, it seems to be high time to prepare for this possibility.