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Whether you're constantly moving flats due to soaring rent or you've finally coughed up your life savings on that perfect property, outfitting with suitable furniture is tricky. Ikea and Pricerite...

Big spender's guide to Hong Kong

Everyone knows Hong Kong is an expensive town. But you might be surprised by the total costs for even generic expenditure, such as owning a dog. The cost of owning a car or raising a child takes...

Save on grocery bills with a little legwork

With supermarkets selling overpriced groceries and local fast food joints endlessly competing with their HK$20 lunch boxes, Hong Kong is a classic example of a place where dining out is often...

Hong Kong shares rebound from one-month low, China tepid

Hong Kong shares rebounded from the previous day’s tumble to a one-month low, helped by strength in China Mobile and other defensive counters that showed investors remain cautious.

Collecting old notes and coins

"Thirty-eight hundred in the room. Four thousand on the net, 5,000, 6,000! Bid, bid, bid!" the auctioneer calls out.

Cheap fashion

Clothes certainly make the man (or woman), but the fashion faux pas of wearing the same jacket as your friend may have you wondering: "Where can I get affordable but unique luxury clothes?"

High priced fruit gifts a local tradition

If you hand a client or civil servant a HK$500 lai see packet, there might be an awkward moment. The recipient may turn it down, or ask for permission from their boss. But what if you offer the...

High-end fruit out of reach for most shoppers

For most shoppers, luxury fruit is a novelty or, at the very least, not something that can be enjoyed every day.

ANTIQUE METALWORK

Collecting: antique export silver

The market for Chinese antique export silver is having a dramatic reversal of fortune. Export silver, as the name suggests, originally catered to a Western audience, and included royalty and...