You've got to hand it to cuteness: it does sell. A string of shopping malls across the city have adopted cute cartoon characters for their summer campaigns, which feature shopping privileges,...
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At the age of 37, Hello Kitty is losing her cool in her home market of Japan.
However, the mouthless cartoon cat with a red bow is still popular among the youth in China, where...
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Puss, the scene-stealing feline of the hugely successful Shrek series, is back in a 3D animated spin-off. With his musketeer boots and pleading saucer eyes, he's now a star in his own right.
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It's never a good idea when your company's sales rely too much on a single product. And when that product, however popular, is in its fourth decade, you are tempting fate.
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What's not to love about Hello Kitty? Everything seemed lovable about the Japanese cartoon character at a packed launch party in the Four Season's ballroom.
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It was bound to happen. Combine Hongkongers' love for cute Japanese cartoons and kitsch mall promotions, and it's heaven for Hello Kitty fans with the approach of 2010 - the 50th anniversary for...
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Cats
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions
Lyric Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts. Until June 21.
Reviewed: May 16
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Nineteen-year-old Sam Marks has performed in Cats, the musical, a couple of hundred times, but his most memorable show was last month in Singapore.
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These modern productions are all very well', proclaims a ratty, old tom named Asparagus with disdain, midway through the musical Cats. 'But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell, that...
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Hello Kitty may not have a mouth, but she is helping to sell a lot of lipstick.
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This week A poem about a criminal cat that the police just cannot catch
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