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    @100LL - Nice watch.


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    Some of us may be inclined to call it discreet wealth transfer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by emx:
    I find it hard to believe that 5 guys can move & load 81 x 1kg of gold bars in 20 seconds.
    The robbers were gifted with gold bars in bags on a trolley, easy peasy LOL

    The robbers struck outside Heraeus Technology Centre in On Chuen Street when a man, 33, was unloading bags of gold bars from a delivery van onto a trolley shortly before 9am.
    Three men wearing hoods and wielding knives got out of a golden Toyota Camry, sprayed the victim’s face with an unknown liquid and grabbed the trolley, which had three bags on it. They pushed it into an alley before jumping into a white Toyota Previa in Kui Sik Street to make their getaway.
    Hong Kong police hunt robbers in HK$22 million gold bullion heist | South China Morning Post

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    That's what I was wondering. Why was the security arrangement so sloppy?

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    Security and Insurance cuts into the profit margin LOL

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    Had to be a *gold* Camry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    And this guy ... walking around casually with HK$ 8M in gold...
    That'd be about 20kg. Probably was just doing a workout and didn't have other weights at hand....
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    Lee retired as a player in 2007 and coached several local teams. Since then, he has worked as a football commentator, a cabbie and a driving teacher.
    Also, the taxi cartel's profits are really getting out of hand.
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