Bamboo

Why is Hong Kong last frontier for bamboo scaffolders?

9 Mar 2013

In Hong Kong - the last frontier of bamboo scaffolding - where tall, skinny buildings shoot up daily, more than five million bamboo rods, each six to seven metres long, are used every year by the...

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Briefs, December 23, 2012

23 Dec 2012

An anthology of 100 bamboo-themed Chinese poems has been published that features a foreword and a poem by former president Jiang Zemin.

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Christmas gifts: ideas that keep appreciating

26 Nov 2012

With Christmas fast approaching (have you noticed how that process somehow accelerates in November) the time has come for the financially minded to focus on gifts that will not only please but...

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Sprout it from the rooftop

3 Jun 2012

It's simply called Green School (without 'the'). The name, imposed over stylised bamboo shoots on its logo, even links the two words together. Nestled in rainforest beside a burbling river in Bali...

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Innovative products show no lack of imagination

20 Apr 2012

Exquisitely crafted fine-bone china porcelain, a decadent reversible dog coat with removable faux chinchilla fur collar, and a fat-free potato crisp maker are just a few of the innovative new...

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Amanfayun, Hangzhou

4 Dec 2011

What is it? Luxury hotel group Aman has got its hands on a village near Hangzhou and turned it into a five-star resort - in a good way.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Cane and able

Taiwanese designer and founder of the avant garde Dragonfly Design Centre, Jeff Shi is in town to speak at Business of Design Week. Shi is part of a growing group of Chinese contemporary designers...

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Making a design statement with eco-friendly bamboo

Julia Washbourne recalls a life-changing moment in Ivory Coast five years ago, when she was on her way to visit a coffee plantation. Her vehicle was bumping down a dirt road towards a huge 'tunnel...

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Shop Window: Green choices

Early climate consciousness

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Planting ideas

The little pots containing four small bamboo plants tied together with a red ribbon - a common sight - are often assumed to relate to wealth.

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Make a statement with chic, eco-friendly fashion

Glamour and eco-consciousness shared the runway at the EcoChic Asia fashion show, hosted by the non-profit Green2Greener and Messe Frankfurt at the Interstoff Asia Essential textiles fair....

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Forces of Nature

The Rotunda
April 19 to 30

For a fortnight starting next Monday, five veteran local visual artists will bring to Central's pulsating financial district a touch of Zen and...

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