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Hong Kong children can now learn about financial literacy before it’s too late

With all the inducements to buy, buy, buy as the holiday season approaches, there’s no better time to start teaching your children about financial literacy

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Nipple stickers at the ready, we try Hong Kong’s first cryosauna – at minus 130 Celsius

Polaris Wellness offers cryotherapy sessions that it claims reduce post-exercise soreness and speed up recovery. Health editor Jeanette Wang puts its super chilled chamber to the test

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Airbnb finds love in Lisbon after cold shoulder from other European cities

Portuguese capital loosens the reins to keep tourist dollars flowing as it combats stubbornly high unemployment

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Zootopia's mayor was originally a woman – and a pig

Original versions of the Disney hit had a sow named Mayor Swinton running the city

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Four of Hong Kong's best new seafood restaurants, and the people behind them

From lobster rolls to salt-crusted sea bass to line-caught tuna, new restaurants are catering to the city’s love of fish and seafood with sustainable options

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My 20 years in Kennedy Town, a Hong Kong dump turned destination

From the waves that used to strike the Praya to the barbers and their 100-year-old chairs, Fionnuala McHugh reflects on the vivid life and changing face of a gentrifying neighbourhood and the symbolism of the fight to save its 'temporary' garden

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Christie's Hong Kong spring auction sales fall 13pc; Chinese works of art fare poorly

One sale sees fewer than half the lots knocked down, and at others a quarter or more fail to find buyers; auction house’s global president confident that sale volumes have bottomed out

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Suede extend love affair with Hong Kong as they return for sixth concert

The best-loved Britpop-era band in city play AsiaWorld-Expo in August as part of global tour to promote their album Night Thoughts

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Prison food never tasted so good: the Cape Town restaurant staffed by inmates

The Pollsmoor prison restaurant in South Africa offers the public good food and MasterChef-level presentation at prices far more competitive than the exclusive wine estate across the road

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Why immigrants are US trump card versus fast-greying China

China's rapidly ageing population and shrinking workforce could prevent it becoming an economic and military superpower, while America's growing workforce should keep it No. 1 - provided it doesn't turn against migration - writes Howard French

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Why China's new guidelines on eating less meat could be good for health and the planet

Environmentalists say government’s reduced lower limit for daily meat consumption, if followed, would cut greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and help meet global climate change goals

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Paul McCartney invites virtual reality users into his studio

Former Beatle is the subject of six VR mini-documentaries promoting his new, 67-song retrospective album Pure McCartney. They offer a rare peek into the musician’s private domain

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HK$12b transformation of Hong Kong's Central waterfront: what's about to happen

Issue of where to rebuild Queen’s Pier has deflected attention from plans for Victoria Harbour promenade and several new buildings that mean big changes to one of the world’s great waterfronts

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Cloud business software giant NetSuite eyes Hong Kong for regional data centre operation

Hong Kong looks set to burnish its credentials as a regional data centre hub on plans by NetSuite, the world’s leading provider of cloud-based business management software, to step up its infrastructure expansion across the Asia-Pacific.

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Hong Kong's best-kept secrets: where to get a first-hand taste of virtual reality

While VR is taking off, the equipment is still too expensive to be accessible to most. At JetOne you can try the latest tech, explore virtual shipwrecks and immerse yourself in a futuristic firefight

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Why rush hour on the MTR is a metaphor for life in Hong Kong

The competition for seats, jostling for position, the mavericks who take direction signs as merely a suggestion, the efficiently crammed coaches – this is laissez-faire Hong Kong in motion