NO sooner had I heard that a fung shui man had been seen loitering with intent in the corridors of Metro Broadcast's Hunghom base than I guessed FM Select's morning show host, Teresa Norton, must have had something to do with it.
Teresa, who is a martyr to the cause of fung shui (so much so that I'm told almost everything in her home is shifted around with alarming regularity much to the consternation of her amah), had invited her (resident?) fung shui man to come and check out the Metro studio.
''The first month after Chinese New Year is an auspicious time to call in the fung shui man,'' she cooed.
''And since this is Hongkong we were following local tradition.'' Make what you will of this, but I am reliably informed that as the Chinese sage poked and pried his way around, he cast worried glances in the general direction of the studio from whence ''Mother'' Teresa was delivering her daily homily to the nation (ok, ok, territory).
Also, at one stage the fung shui man went into a near trance and had what amounted to some nasty vibes. It probably was no more than coincidence that at this point he was standing right outside the office of Metro boss, piano-thumping Craig Quick.
And the fung shui man's final verdict? Well, the large wall map in the newsroom had to go as it apparently reflected the red shop signs outside the building (or could it have been because it still depicted the British Empire in all its imperial glory!).
