Lang Kwai Fong – the area in Hong Kong where you go to drink before you hit the really seedy bars – used to be a good gauge of how happy and confident expatriates were. According to an Australian banker, in the 1990s it was busy during the good times and quiet during the bad. These days, though, expats have changed their drinking habits.
“In 1998 during the financial crisis you could fire a gun down the street and not hit anybody, it was so quiet,” says the banker.
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