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Five days, three cities and 10 discoveries to take home
This week The Faster Lane touched down in Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo for a bit of market surveillance, cocktailing with subscribers and friends, and even some rapid retail immersion in Aoyama with a…
A small mystery in Singapore sent my print-mad heart on an Asian odyssey
Singapore Residents and occasional visitors to the microstate might recall our little bureau/boutique/café operation in a modernist townhouse in Chip Bee Gardens. As far-flung outposts go, it still ranks as the best set-up we’ve ever…
How a chairman, a movie star and a secret made my week
Do you use your Sunday to look back over the past five or six days and take stock? Or are you one of those look-ahead types who ploughs on and does little in the…
China can build cars – but now it’s building brands
Just in case you missed it or you’re still a disbeliever, SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER. I can say this with some degree of confidence because life experience tells me so and because I just…
Repulse Bay: A new shopping destination to the south of Hong Kong Island
On the site of a faded 1920s hotel, a newly renovated mixed-use complex is luring Hong Kongers south with its mix of independent shops and nascent design talent.
