Thursday, July 31, 2008

hmmmm, Macao oh Macao..

Yesterday, in HKG, a long tiring but interesting day. Tried out the FREE ferry ticket from HKG to Macau. It works....

The Venetian, one of the biggest Casino operator here also runs a Macao-HKG Ferry Service. If you join their Rewards Club (free membership) you can than get FREE tickets on their Ferry. Normal tickets costs around HKD148 (RM60) one way. Only condition is, cannot pre book and only available two hours before the departure.

As it was a weekday, no queue and thus it is practical. I can just imagine the long, long queue at weekends....:-)

This morning, I went to open an account at the bank. However, the banks here have very strict requirements for opening bank accounts, especially when it is for Foreigners. I find this most "unfriendly" and not customer orientated seeing that Macao's economy is completely relying on foreigners.

I went to 3 banks and only one showed any sense of good customer services. Disappointing really. Of course, being me, I made noise, and only than one gets some semblance of sense and service! Gosh, Macao, oh Macao...you have a long way to go....

:-)