Not Equal Opportunities Commission (or EEOC, as it's known in the US), but Equal Opportunities Crime.
That's what gives Hong Kong its edge, I reflected, as I listened to another news report of white collar crime (this one resulting in annual profits of HK$600,000 a year by lending money at interest rates in excess of 500%) which involved equal numbers of men and women; actually, four men and three women, in this case.
As I thought a little more, I realised that this phenomenon isn't limited to Hong Kong but pretty much a characteristic of modern China as a whole. How many times do you hear of snakeheads in Fujian smuggling people into the European Union in closed container trucks and women are not well represented among the organisers?
And what of those who don't quite make it as career criminals? Well, there's always the entertainment industry or the chair of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
That's what gives Hong Kong its edge, I reflected, as I listened to another news report of white collar crime (this one resulting in annual profits of HK$600,000 a year by lending money at interest rates in excess of 500%) which involved equal numbers of men and women; actually, four men and three women, in this case.
As I thought a little more, I realised that this phenomenon isn't limited to Hong Kong but pretty much a characteristic of modern China as a whole. How many times do you hear of snakeheads in Fujian smuggling people into the European Union in closed container trucks and women are not well represented among the organisers?
And what of those who don't quite make it as career criminals? Well, there's always the entertainment industry or the chair of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
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