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https://scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1425913/meetupcom-helping-hong-kongers-shared-interests-get-together
Lifestyle

Meetup.com is helping Hongkongers with shared interests get together

Meetup.com puts people with a common interest in touch for friendship - and maybe a little romance, says Charley Lanyon

Meetup.com is helping Hong Kongers with shared interests get together

I don't fit the profile of a thirty-something with a full head of wavy hair, deep blue eyes, the body of a pro athlete, nor do I enjoy paying HK$1,000 for a bottle of champagne."

From the self-deprecating way freelance consultant Bill Neuguth describes himself you'd expect a shy, awkward man. But on Tuesday nights in the basement of the Hong Kong Brew House he is brash and gregarious, greeting people as they arrive, flirting, his booming voice filling the room.