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Jump to full article: Wall Street Journal Blogs, 2010-03-25
Author: Dean Napilotano China Real Time Report
Intro: As every smoker in Hong Kong is painfully aware of, the government implemented a law — that went into effect Jan. 1, 2007 — banning people from lighting up in most public places. It’s now a common sight around the city to see office workers duck out for a quick drag, gathering around the outdoor ash trays that rest atop public trash bins. (They’re colloquially referred to as a “hot pot.”)
It’s in this chummy environment where co-workers bond while swapping bits of office gossip.
Pang, who also wrote the script, came up with the idea after visiting a smoker friend who seemed to know all the women in the office building where he worked. “I was jealous,” the 36-year-old director said in an interview. . . .
“Love in a Puff” opens for general release in Hong Kong on March 25 and Singapore on April 22.
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