HK men measure up to best in west

Scientists have finally proved what many a surreptitious glance towards the next urinal has failed to adequately reveal. When it comes to their private parts, Hong Kong men really do measure up.

A team of scientists led by Union Hospital Urology Centre director Chan Leung-wai yesterday issued the results of a study tackling the stereotypical belief that Chinese men were a little lacking below the belt compared with westerners.

'Basically, our conclusion is that the size of Hong Kong men's penises are not worse than our western counterparts,' Dr Chan said. 'It has always been said that Asian people's penises are smaller, and therefore their sexual performance is worse. Now we have measured it.'

Funded by the Chinese University, Dr Chan's team recruited 148 volunteers - all ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong - and sized them up.

'We basically used a ruler, a flexible one, and pressed it against the pubic bone then measured down to the tip of the penis.'

They found that in a warm and comfortable environment, the average Hong Kong man's member measured 8.46cm, with a mid-shaft circumference of 8.26cm in its 'resting state'.

This compared favourably with results from studies overseas, which found German men were on average about 8.6cm in length, Israelis 8.3cm, South Koreans 8cm, Turks 7.8cm, and Filipinos 7.35cm.