WHEN it comes to salacious political sex scandals, Hong Kong pales compared to Britain. There, they have what the tabloid press has dubbed the 'Minister of Fun', 'Paddy Pantsdown' and . . . Cecil Parkinson.
Here, the closest we got was a senior government official who claimed he was blackmailed by a couple of rent boys he met in a Central public toilet. His identity was never disclosed publicly - how boring.
Out of Order is, therefore, the sort of story the local press would kill for to lighten up our otherwise dull political scene. Staged and presented by the Conrad International Playhouse, this comedy by Ray Cooney is a delightful and hilarious satire on the saucy side of British politics.
Richard (Dickie if you are naughty) Willey, a junior minister in Britain's Conservative government, has used the excuse of an all-night parliamentary sitting to hire a hotel suite so he can enjoy an illicit romp with a pretty brunette from the leader of the opposition's typing pool.
The adulteress, Jane Worthington, in turn tells her husband she will spend a night with an aunt in Felixstowe. But just as the champagne and oysters arrive, the couple discover a dead body jammed in the large window behind the drawn curtains.
Realising that being caught in such a compromising situation would probably cost both his marriage and career, Willey summons his wimpy parliamentary private secretary, George Pigden, to remove the body from his room.
