Attempt 1: “The financial community here is buried in white powder.

Attempt 2: After another shot of sake, the young stockbroker, born in Hong Kong but educated in the UK, has his answer. “I would say around 65 per cent of the people who work with me have a recreational drug habit,” he says.

Attempt 3: “Hong Kong is like London on steroids!” he says. “Look where we are,” he adds, gesturing around the tight network of streets that make up Hong Kong’s main bar area. “This is a one-kilometer-square party zone. Everything is just more concentrated here.”

Coked Up Bankers Of Hong Kong [DW]

Comments (45)

  1. Posted by Guesty Guest | November 4, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    Concentrated Party Zones are the NKI

  2. Posted by Anon | November 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    hell yes.

    -k lewis

  3. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    I was always curious about the term “recreational” when applied to drug habits. At what point does somone cross the line into “professional?”

  4. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    step into my office, let’s do some blow.

  5. Posted by UBS_HY_Research | November 4, 2010 at 2:12 PM

    By my rough calculations it is not a surprise that everyone is doing coke there. Everyone works such longs hours that they all walk around with their eyes half open.

  6. Posted by Not the UBS Sucks Guy | November 4, 2010 at 2:16 PM

    Who can blame the guy for needing to do drugs? He worked for UBS.

  7. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 2:16 PM

    yes/ but too soon.

  8. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    oh, you went there.

  9. Posted by Ghost of Rick James | November 4, 2010 at 2:26 PM

    Cocaine is a helluva drug.

  10. Posted by D. Llwelleyn | November 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    I can answer that for you once I come down.

  11. Posted by Asshole | November 4, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    did you wake up this morning thinking, “today is the day I’ll make one of the most unoriginal comments ever” or did it just come natural?

  12. Posted by David Llwelleyn | November 4, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    Sounds like Hong Kong is about 25 years behind the times. I’m into Meow Meow and Nopaine.

  13. Posted by Gozer | November 4, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    better than estimating manhole covers in manhattan

  14. Posted by taken it in the Aspen | November 4, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    And waffles

  15. Posted by Guesty Guest | November 4, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    Haha….relevent topical humor. Love jokes.

  16. Posted by Karry Ludlow | November 4, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    You’ll know, kid.

  17. Posted by Paddington | November 4, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    cuddling with teddy bears is how I get high

  18. Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 at 3:30 PM

    This whole place is covered in snow! Do you realize the street value of this??!?!?

  19. Posted by Bess 2.0? I think not. | November 4, 2010 at 3:31 PM
  20. Posted by Taylor | November 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM

    That’s been going on for a long time. I get the feeling that she and Bess are actually friends? Possibly friends with benefits?

  21. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    Word on the street is that Charlie Sheen is applying to UBS – Hong Kong office

  22. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    Word on the street is that Charlie Sheen is applying to UBS – Hong Kong office

  23. Posted by Fa'ad | November 4, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    is that like a giant cocaine covered orgy dome?

  24. Posted by Anti DB | November 4, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    Incorrect : Sequel. hookers never sleep

  25. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    is that the feeling you get? because the feeling most people get is that comstock is blodget’s attempt at cloning bess, but minus the humor, intelligence and sources.

  26. Posted by Anon | November 4, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    it’s actually embarrassing the attempt (and ensuing failure) to which BI has tried to get comstock and some of the other chicks to sound like bess.

  27. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 3:53 PM

    is it me or does bess not look like isabella soprano

  28. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    Bess slays bitches left and right. This isn’t news.

  29. Posted by Mr. Market | November 4, 2010 at 4:35 PM

    Dealbreaker was looking for its next field trip, correct?

  30. Posted by Anon | November 4, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    it’s just you.

  31. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM

    facebook profile pic says it’s just you (also, bess, call me)

  32. Posted by Ping | November 4, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    I am moving the HF

  33. Posted by PaulMooney | November 4, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    I got a question for you, where are yo teeth?

  34. Posted by Charlie Potts | November 4, 2010 at 5:38 PM

    When you start turning tricks.

  35. Posted by Guest | November 4, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    don’t recall PJ having a coke problem. stay in character, pls. TIA.

  36. Posted by Ping | November 4, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    TIA Tanaka? We’ve met.

  37. Posted by re: Asshole | November 4, 2010 at 8:05 PM

    did you wake up this morning thinking, “this is the wrong side of the bed”?
    - guy who just fulfilled his dream of making an unoriginal comment about ‘waking up on the wrong side of the bed’ in reply to a unoriginal comment comment.

  38. Posted by Lord Humongous | November 4, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    Concentrated Party Zone is how the ladies refer to my loins

  39. Posted by Lord Humongous | November 4, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    Concentrated Party Zone is how the ladies refer to my loins

  40. Posted by Medillin | November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    nothin like havin a blast with a some lymie blokes and birds. usually some kemically imbalance import from the IWM region. question is what are they using for the table?

  41. Posted by Medillin | November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    nothin like havin a blast with a some lymie blokes and birds. usually some kemically imbalance import from the IWM region. question is what are they using for the table?

  42. Posted by Medillin | November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    nothin like havin a blast with a some lymie blokes and birds. usually some kemically imbalance import from the IWM region. question is what are they using for the table?

  43. Posted by Medillin | November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    nothin like havin a blast with a some lymie blokes and birds. usually some kemically imbalance import from the IWM region. question is what are they using for the table?

  44. Posted by Medillin | November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    nothin like havin a blast with a some lymie blokes and birds. usually some kemically imbalance import from the IWM region. question is what are they using for the table?

  45. Posted by Medillin | November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    nothin like havin a blast with a some lymie blokes and birds. usually some kemically imbalance import from the IWM region. question is what are they using for the table?

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