Mr. Know- It-All, Week of August 26, 2011

For the life of me I do not know where I can buy a plastic laundry basket—the kind that you can find everywhere in the U.S. but is impossible to find in Hong Kong. Can you help?

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Published: 4:00pm, 25 Aug 2011Updated: 2:52pm, 19 Oct 2016

Dear Mr. Know-It-All,
My mom gave me a couple of her rings, but my fingers are much too large to fit into them. Where can I trust to get them safely refitted in Central or Hang Hau? — Antique Chic

You seriously want to go through all the trouble to re-size your mom’s old hand-me-down rings? If I were you I wouldn’t bother. But I guess it has some sort of sentimental value to you, so I’ll help you out. Unfortunately, there aren’t many places in Hang Hau who’ll help you re-size your rings as they only offer that service for their own products. Luckily for you, there are two places in Central that you can go to. David Kingsboro Jewelry (Shop C and D, 2/F, Entertainment Building, 30 Queen’s Rd. Central, 2522-0203) specializes in hand-made bespoke jewelry and provides professional jewelry services including ring resizing. You can also give Mr. Tam from Kok Wah Jewelry a call (Shop 107, 1/F, 97 Wellington St., Central, 9095-3022, 2544-2462). Call his mobile if you are setting up an appointment.

Dear Mr. Know-It-All,
For the life of me I do not know where I can buy a plastic laundry basket—the kind that you can find everywhere in the U.S. but is impossible to find in Hong Kong. Can you help? — Dirty Laundry

Surely you must be joking, you couldn’t have looked very far as I’m sure you would have been able to find one in any of Hong Kong’s markets or department stores. You’re either just plain ol’ lazy or maybe you’re looking for one of those overrated expensive laundry baskets in a desperate attempt to make everything in your house look “chic”. Since you asked, I’ll highlight some of the most obvious places you should have gone to in the first place. Muji (3/F, Lee Theatre Plaza, 99 Percival St., Causeway Bay, 3971-3120, www.muji.com.hk) has a range of laundry products ranging from deodorization and sterilization spray and drying racks to simple, plastic laundry baskets for $150 each. Wing On Centre (211 Des Veoux Rd., Sheung Wan, 2852-1888, www.wingonet.com) also sells them for $118. Not flashy enough for you? Well, you won’t be spoiled for choice for plastic laundry baskets, since any old basin would be fine for a normal person but INSIDE (231 Prince’s Building, 10 Chater Rd., Central, 2537-6298, www.inside.com.hk) offer some more elegant palm and rattan-style laundry baskets, which you can also order online.