The sharks are still in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park according to a small army of shark watchers that AFCD (the government department responsible for very scary shark stories) have employed. It's good to know that the park has enough fish to support a top predator or two, but I can't help wondering if these are ordinary reef sharks or a new species, one considerably more at home with newspapers, TV cameras and hordes of people trying to get a glimpse of them. Looking at the profile, these must be 'celebrity sharks'. They're probably waiting for a TV producer to come up with the right kind of deal: a spot on 'Big Brother' or 'Survivor' perhaps. Maybe it's not a bad idea as I'm sure it would be good for viewing figures.
In a separate drama at the Marine Life Centre yesterday, the very capable computer doctor Keith Chan and myself battled to save the life of the old bomb detector PC (actually, it was brand new in December 2006!). However we failed. The fresh sea air of Hoi Ha Wan may be good for us biological machines, but the salt spray is murder on electronics. Parts of the computer frame were a little rusty and we suspect that the motherboard may have been fatally corroded. We were considering a burial for the old computer at sea with full honours, however being a green organization we can't do that! Anyway, as those in HK may remember with pictures in the newspapers of the beach at Tai Long Wan covered in computer monitors, there is far too much electronics waste in the sea in this part of the world.
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I concur that they are likely 'celebrity sharks' simply because they chose to appear at a time when the local TV stations are hosting their annual Beauty contests.
A life span of less than 6 months for the poor, not 'old', bomb detector PC, is unbelievable, even with the mix of fresh sea air of Hoi Ha Wan and the salt spray from the South China Sea. By the way, did any one check for contamination of the components? Contamination and recall are such hot topics these days!
Butler
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