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Richard Fox (1) has lived / has been living (live) in Hong Kong for around seven years and for the past two years he (2)  has shared / has been sharing (share) a flat in Wan Chai. He originally (3) came (come) here on holiday but (4) decided (decide) to stay on when he heard that it was easy to find a job as a teacher. He (5) has worked (work) for three different schools over the years and (6) has just started (just/start) work for his fourth employer.

He likes Hong Kong because of its convenient location in Asia which (7) allows / has allowed (allow) him to visit a lot of countries in the region. To date he (8) has been to (go) to China, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. He (9) hasn’t been (not/go) to Macau as he says he’s not interested in gambling. 

He likes the food in this part of the world and (10) has tried (try)a lot of dishes that he (11) had not heard of (not/hear of ) before he (11) came (come)  here. While on holiday in China a couple of years ago he even (12) tried (try) dog, which he describes as ‘quite tasty’. He (13) has not sampled _(not/sample) monkeys’ brains yet, but says he’ll give anything a try...once.

He says that living in a city like Hong Kong is very different to the small town in England where he (14) was brought up (bring up) and (15) has given (give) him a broader outlook on life. He (16) never had to / had never had to (never / have to) learn a foreign language before he (17 came here (come) here. Nor (18) had he met (meet) many people from Asia.

He still finds communication with local people difficult at times and he (18) has been (be) lazy about learning Chinese. However, he (19) has at last enrolled (at last / enroll) for a course in spoken Cantonese which starts (20) next week.