Comments on: Book Review: ‘No Minister & No, Minister’ by Mike Rowse http://biglychee.com/blog/2009/11/04/book-review-no-minister-no-minister-by-mike-rowse/ Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city - with a dash of Hemlock Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Peter Braybrook http://biglychee.com/blog/2009/11/04/book-review-no-minister-no-minister-by-mike-rowse/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Peter Braybrook Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:59:33 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=360#comment-125 I can't wait for the movie! It MUST have Danny de Vito cast as "Mickey" Rowse It will be a smash hit with great box office support for revealing the global sleaze of politics. I can’t wait for the movie!

It MUST have Danny de Vito cast as “Mickey” Rowse

It will be a smash hit with great box office support for revealing the global sleaze of politics.

]]> By: perhaps, but http://biglychee.com/blog/2009/11/04/book-review-no-minister-no-minister-by-mike-rowse/comment-page-1/#comment-46 perhaps, but Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:09:10 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=360#comment-46 You could also mention the fact that the Harbour Fest was schedule the same weekend as another music festival in HK, that had been months and months in the planning, that had jumped through all the regulatory hoops (hence the months of planning), managed to actually get some great (current) bands to HK, not had the support of government $$'s and indeed had been denied the right to sponsorship as they were using govt land (Victoria Park) despite the fact that Harbourfest was sponsored like nothing else. You could also discuss the fact that once Harbourfest was placed on the same weekend the pressure from the powers that be was tremendous to move/delay/cancel so as not to interferr with the precious Harbourfest. Then you start to wonder if Rouse is the victim. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockit_Hong_Kong_Music_Festival You could also mention the fact that the Harbour Fest was schedule the same weekend as another music festival in HK, that had been months and months in the planning, that had jumped through all the regulatory hoops (hence the months of planning), managed to actually get some great (current) bands to HK, not had the support of government $$’s and indeed had been denied the right to sponsorship as they were using govt land (Victoria Park) despite the fact that Harbourfest was sponsored like nothing else. You could also discuss the fact that once Harbourfest was placed on the same weekend the pressure from the powers that be was tremendous to move/delay/cancel so as not to interferr with the precious Harbourfest.

Then you start to wonder if Rouse is the victim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockit_Hong_Kong_Music_Festival

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