Fancy a laugh?
— September 9, 2015Local favourites joined by overseas comedians for ninth annual show
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Hong Kong Retailers Feel Rent Squeeze
— September 9, 2015Executives of luxury companies ranging from LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to Tod’s Group all have addressed the rent situation in Hong Kong.
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Enchanted Isles
— September 1, 2015When you come from a land where we politely refer to smog as fog and have to have our stomachs pumped if we fall in the harbour, the Galapagos Islands are quite simply a paradise
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Dark gold of the Amazon
— August 19, 2015Recently confirmed as the global birthplace of chocolate, Ecuador is also seeking to regain its laurels as the world’s finest producer.
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Queen of Hong Kong’s street art scene
— August 9, 2015Self-taught artist had only been working for a year when she won Hong Kong Secret Walls contest. She’s already making a living from her art thanks to commissions from shops and restaurants
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Hong Kong Fashion Week Sees Fewer Overseas Buyers
— August 6, 2015This city’s fashion week wrapped up with attendees lamenting the quality of the event, which is essentially a trade show with a smattering of runway shows for emerging brands.
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Wayne’s world
— September 8, 2015With 95 food outlets across Hong Kong and Vietnam, Parfitts’ empire is a real family affair. Starting with a pizzeria in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, the Parfitts have built a hospitality empire in the city and in Vietnam. Now Wayne Parfitt is helping the next generation learn the business
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That floating feeling
— August 26, 2015High in the Andes sits Lake Titicaca. Kate Whitehead meets the floating inhabitants of this remote location
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Li-Ning Losses Narrow in First Half
— August 13, 2015HONG KONG — Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning on Thursday reported a narrower first-half loss and said it is aiming to return to profitability by the end of the year, marking a reversal of fortunes following three consecutive years of losses.
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Paul Zimmerman on dodging the military
— August 9, 2015The Southern District councilllor and co-founder of Hong Kong’s Civic Party tells Kate Whitehead about his activist childhood, arriving in the city in 1984 and June 4’s significance for him
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Design duo
— August 1, 2015Coming from two different countries, trained in the US and practising in China with global clients, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu show that design has no borders.
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— May 20, 2014As the trend for massive open online courses gathers pace, universities from Britain and around the region are looking at ways to stamp their educational brand on the world
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My life: Ma Jian
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Witnesses to anarchy
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