It is reassuring to know that the staff at the 56th floor bar of the Island Shangri-La Hotel value the health of their patrons so dearly. Very dearly, in fact. After a customer ordered two drinks, he was told he could not have tap water.
'We only serve distilled or mineral,' the waitress said.
After insisting on seeing the manager, the customer was told: 'Because of the water quality in Hong Kong, for health reasons we serve distilled water - unless the customer asks for tap water. Then they can have it.' Hey presto, along came filtered tap water for no charge, and the customer lived another day - and that much healthier in the pocket.
Smoking fix Nicotine-needy passengers are being starved of a fix after arriving at the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.
But at least some staff have sympathy with those addicts suffering clear withdrawal symptoms at 7am, following a train ride from Central.
One exasperated passenger who expressed amazement at the no-tobacco policy in all the airport restaurants was initially met with the stoic 'no smoking' decree by a restaurant manager.