OLYMPIC and world champion figure skater Dorothy Hamill loves Hongkong for two rather unusual reasons.
The weather is cool, and she does not get recognised in the street.
''At my home, in Palm Desert, California, the temperature can climb to 115 Fahrenheit - that's a blistering 46 degrees Celsius, so this [weather here] is pleasant, although it's more humid, of course,'' she said.
''It is also a great pleasure coming to a place where I'm not so well-known. It's not that I mind stopping and talking to people, but it just makes everything take twice as long,'' she added.
The days when Dorothy had to resort to a blonde-wig disguise to slip away unnoticed after her sell-out shows may now have passed, but the elfin looks and bubbly personality remain unchanged.
Back home, her popularity is unchanged, too.