Is this how Stanley Ho and Li Ka-shing line their pockets?
Profiteering on such petty items as beer and chips on Macau ferries tells you a lot about the tycoon mentality, writes Mischa Moselle
How much money does Stanley Ho Hung-sun need? Macau gaming revenues might be a little dented but surely he's made enough to retire in comfort?
Apparently not.
Having spent a day discovering just how bad public transport in Macau now is and then sitting on a ferry that initially would not start, on the journey home I really needed a beer and packet of crisps.
A small can of Blue Girl on one of Ho's ferries costs HK$40 (yes, four zero) and the Hot & Spicy crisps are a gobsmacking HK$25. The same beer costs about HK$10 and three packets of these crisps are HK$12.50 in my local supermarket.
Clearly what Ho is losing on the gaming chips he's making up for on potato chips.