His many old friends and cronies will be happy to learn that Paul Marriage, one-time Business Editor of the Sunday Morning Post in the '80s-'90s, and habitué of The Island Bar and other watering holes on the island, is back.

Paul, slightly out of breath/condition after his exit from the heights of Po Wah Yuen several years ago, was seen recently hauling a suitcase and backpack up the steep end of Taipeng Heights on his way to share lodgings with fitness freak Kevin Bishop.

Paul, who is now earning his keep in Australia, will be remembered by, among others, Ian Watson, Simon Twiston-Davies, Joel McCormick and Kate Forrestier. I am sure they will be more than pleased to organise a piss-up for Paul to remember old times!