Butler

4 Oct 2012

Vatican police testifying at the trial of the pope's former butler have told a court they found coded Vatican correspondence in his house alongside documents on which the pope wrote "to be...

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Butler Paolo Gabriele says he didn't steal - but did betray Pope's trust

3 Oct 2012

Pope Benedict's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, testified at his Vatican trial yesterday that he was innocent of a theft charge but guilty of abusing the trust of a pope whom he loved like a father...

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Trial of pope’s ex-butler in ‘Vatileaks’ case opens

29 Sep 2012

Pope Benedict’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, went on trial on Saturday for one of the most embarrassing episodes in recent Vatican history.

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The St. Regis Bangkok

10 Sep 2011

As far as luxury city hotels go, the new St. Regis Bangkok is as good as they get.

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For just HK$1 million, you can really impress your Valentine's date

20 Jan 2011

There are millions of ways to impress a girl on a Valentine's Day date, and one of them costs a million bucks.

InterContinental Hong Kong has a HK$1 million Valentine's Date at...

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Ritz-Carlton has lofty ambitions

24 Sep 2010

Opposite the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre stands the 282-room Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, boasting more than 1,319 square metres of meeting and conference space, including nine function...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Too busy to make that personal call? Let the 'Bangalore butler' do it

In a new twist on outsourcing, an Indian company is offering busy executives in the west a 24/7 personal assistant at a cut-rate price.

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What the Butler Saw

Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre

Kwai Tsing Theatre

Reviewed: Aug 25

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Robert Watson

'When you buttle, your life mirrors that of your employer. In the morning you are up an hour before him and you don't go to bed until at least an hour after he has retired.

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Passing on an english tradition

Butlers are more in demand than ever, according to Robert Watson of the Guild of Professional English Butlers. The seasoned valet has been at the Island Shangri-La Hotel refining the service...

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Richards Butler names partners

International law firm Richards Butler has appointed three partners. Florrie Cheng specialises in corporate finance and has been involved in mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, stock-...

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Strategist to leave Barings

With the stock market in turmoil, Hong Kong is about to lose one of its most well-known market watchers.

Neither a bull nor a bear, but a tiger, Alan Butler-Henderson is leaving the...

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