HK? You mean you support breaking a contract? The lease was up and the landlord wanted the property for another use. You should have evacuated everyone and torn down all the buildings. Let the landlord have back what he gave you.

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Gary, well, isn't that what both Spain and the Argentine want to do -- break existing international law? So I suggested, what if the UK 'pulled a Spain'.

HK? You mean you support breaking a contract? The lease was up and the landlord wanted the property for another use. You should have evacuated everyone and torn down all the buildings. Let the landlord have back what he gave you.

Chris, next thing you know, Great Britain will get the Spanish disease and demand Hong Kong back from China (the residents there would likely be as happy the residents on Gibralter or the Falklands about being attached to the UK).

Losing "Honkers" to China for those of my age group, was a rather sad thing. In my view it should never ever have happened. I believe that there were over riding reasons to let it go, but I have not yet found any of them that stand up to scrutiny.

Oh boy this is gonna be interesting....

It would be nice to have your own opinion for a change rather than just quoting others headlines ....

WHY? You only rubbish them with silly replies!

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Said like a resident of a 19th century empire <smile>.

Nice climate and Port Wine, just a shame about the Spanish.

So I suggested, what if the UK 'pulled a Spain'.

The Uk considers itself a 21st Century Country, unlike the other one that still lives in the middle ages. Throwing live goats out of bell towers, stampeding frightened animals through the streets for entertainment, and deliberately torturing other animals to death in front of thousands of spectators, for public amusement.

Nice climate and Port Wine, just a shame about the Spanish.

Thank you for confirming my suspicions! You can run down any nation but intensly dislike anyone running down "your" country? Tut, tut.

BTW, what is an "Uk"? Some form of unknown Spanish animal?

Back to the Premier Oil situation. I'm pretty sure that once that oilfield is fully developed & the "Argies" attempt an invasion, just watch the Yanks giving better assistance than they did in 1982!

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Gary, well, isn't that what both Spain and the Argentine want to do -- break existing international law? So I suggested, what if the UK 'pulled a Spain'.

Argentina and UK have an issue in that the same property has two addresses and two different agreements. Which is valid? It comes down to possession is 9/10's of the law.

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I always find this sort of dispute reminding me of the two fleas on a dog's back, and arguing as to "who owns the dog".

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues