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After the recent exposure and publicity about rich kids’ life, deliberately published on Instagram to show off their wealth, the trends have been gaining momentum. If the “Rich Kids of Instagram”, “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” or “Rich Kids of New York” didn’t raise your eyebrows, how about exploring into the “untouchable and unimaginable” territories […]
... written on Oct 08 2014Hilton Worldwide Holdings has just sold the famous Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York for a whopping US$1.95 billion (£1.2 billion; RM6.3 billion) to China-based Anbang Insurance Group. That’s a new record in the American hotel industry, if not for the world. Prior to the sale, the most expensive single-hotel deal was the sale of “The […]
... written on Oct 07 2014Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd is both Hong Kong and world’s biggest listed jewelry chain, with a market capitalization of a whopping US$15.78 billion (as of May 2014). The jewellery retailer is owned by Cheng Yu Tung, Hong Kong’s fifth richest person with a net worth of US$15.5 billion. The empire has 36,100 employees, […]
... written on Oct 06 2014The next time you plan to fly in or out of Australia, it’s advisable to arrive at the country’s airports earlier than you usually would. This is especially true at Melbourne and Sydney airports. Reason – Tony Abbott administration has agreed on Friday in joining US-led military coalition bombing mission targeting ISIS in Iraq. Australia’s […]
... written on Oct 06 2014In what appears to be another copycat stunt, Hong Kong government under chief minister CY Leung has shown what he was capable of, when his power and wealth are threaten. Just like Malaysian government’s SOP, as can be seen in the past rallies where UMNO provocateurs were unleashed to instigate fights, it seems CY Leung […]
... written on Oct 05 2014She is perhaps the bravest traffic offender on planet Earth. Between July 2009 and December 2013, she had been travelling on EastLink and CityLink without paying a penny. Meet 27-year-old Isabelle Mares Weir, an Australian driver who had accumulated a jaw dropping 1,196 infringement warrants for total fines of $342,050 (£212,000; RM1.1 million). Her warrants, […]
... written on Oct 03 2014United States Secret Service Director, Julia Pierson, was grilled during a hearing by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Next, she was shown the door. Interestingly, Obama administration told the world they had full confidence in her less than one and a half year ago, when Barack Obama appointed the first woman to head the […]
... written on Oct 02 2014Ahead of Hong Kong’s national holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, there’re still thousands of Hong Kongers on the street; camping and sleeping in the middle of the road. Here’s the problem – Hong Kong is ready for democracy but China isn’t. And Beijing’s stone age mentality is such that Hong Kong is another mischievous kid, just like […]
... written on Oct 01 2014ATM thefts have gone high-tech, and judging by how the police and banks are running around like a headless chicken trying to piece together the puzzle, the local authorities and financial institutions were obviously not ready for such an attack. And it’s not hard to understand why – the police and banking institutions were trapped […]
... written on Sep 30 2014Hong Kong, Asia’s top financial centre was paralysed after what appears to be the most violent political protests since the 1997 handover exploded. The third largest financial centre in the world as of 2014, behind only to New York and London as measured by Global Financial Centres Index, was in total chaos after pro-democracy activists […]
... written on Sep 29 2014
