THIEVING SCOUSE BASTARDS

The Guardian

Credit card users are being urged to spend up big in return for the chance
to win tickets to watch Michael Owen's Liverpool take on David Beckham's
Manchester

The prize is being offered to the biggest spending Hong Kong residents who
sign up for an official Liverpool football club credit card, despite a
problem with personal debt in the former colony.

Beckham and Owen are the biggest soccer stars in the Far East and have
found themselves at the centre of a war between credit card companies eager
to attract new customers.

A pair of tickets is on offer to watch the England idols meet in the Premiership,
plus complimentary travel and hotel accommodation, to the card holder who
spends the most or makes the most transactions with a minimum purchase
price of £18 between the start of September and end of October.

There are an estimated 9.5m credit cards in Hong Kong among 6.8m
residents, many of whom have been bitten hard by an economy in recession.
Credit card debt write-offs rose 47% in the second quarter of this year to
about £200m.

What's next a seson ticket for the fan who can rob the most car stereos?