I just successfully finished apartment hunting in Hong Kong. I arrived in town on 6 December. My company paid for 30 days at a serviced apartment in Wan Chai. Jonaca and I are taking a short trip through Thailand and Laos on 2 January. That left me with just a few weeks to find a place and move into it.
Things were a bit challenging. To explain the avoidable pressures I was under, I have to start with some characteristics of the local real estate market.