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To: tonto who wrote (36277)1/13/1998 9:24:00 AM
From: Buster  Read Replies (1) of 55532
 
To anybody who's interested,

I asked a few questions regarding bottled water to a friend that
has been living in HongKong for over 5 years. Remember that this
is only one person's opinion...

>I have a quick question. How is the tap water in Hong Kong and do you
>drink it?
>Is bottled water expensive or hard to get there? Where does most of the
>bottled water come from?
>I've been reading this investor thread on the net and people claim that the
>water is of poor quality in Hong Kong and bottled water is booming in Hong Kong.
>Thanks for your help.

>As for bottled water, the water in Hong Kong is definitely drinkable.
>However, because a lot of the buildings are old here, that means the pipes
>are old too so a lot of people think the tap water doesn't taste nice.
>There are a lot of brands here already, including Volvic, Evian, Perrier,
>Arrowhead, etc. I don't know if there's anymore shelf space in our crowded
>little grocery stores for more brands!! I think if you were to bring
>s'thing out here you would have to commit to a lot of advertising etc to
>get shelf space (that's my guess) out of the grocery stores.
>
> A few years ago a friend of mine wanted me to look into bringing bottled
>water from San Diego into HK and I met with some people in the
>food/beverage business and they told me it is extremely difficult to get
>shelf space here. I never went through with it cuz I got a job here =)

Buster
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