The Peak magazine

Excerpted stories published from The Peak magazine

Victor Sanz, creative director of Tumi spends around 100 days per year on the road. Photo: Handout

Top luggage designer shares tips on packing and dressing for travel

In the fast-changing world of travel, Victor Sanz strives to push the limits by blurring the line between engineering and design

11 Apr 2018 - 7:03am

Allan Zeman: the ‘father of Lan Kwai Fong’ and ‘mouse killer’ who beat Disney

Allan Zeman: the ‘father of Lan Kwai Fong’ and ‘mouse killer’ who beat Disney

10 Apr 2018 - 5:35pm 2

Simone Sammuri, Asher Goldstein and James Ward, the trio behind Francis, a restaurant featuring Tel Aviv cuisine with European influences. Photo: Handout

These chefs are redefining Middle Eastern cuisine with a fresh take

10 Apr 2018 - 3:20pm 1

Mainland Chinese yacht maker Heysea says to get business in China, one needs to build superyachts. Photo: Handout

China’s yacht makers make comeback by selling superyachts

8 Apr 2018 - 11:02pm 1

Mugs with the signature moustache of the Sarkies brothers from the E&O Hotel. Photo: Handout

Behind Asia’s heritage hotels, there is a Sarkies

7 Apr 2018 - 7:30am

A bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong. Photo: AP

Take stock, but bitcoin has a future, says crypto exchange founder

23 Apr 2018 - 5:43pm 3

Goxip founder and CEO Juliette Gimenez pictured at her office. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong e-tailer aims to be more than its Goxip name

5 Apr 2018 - 1:00pm

A family negotiates their way through caked mud around a dried up section of the Theewaterskloof dam, Cape Town’s main water supply. Photo: Reuters

Cape Town contemplates water-scarce life when taps are turned off

5 Apr 2018 - 8:32am

Qi Baishi's Twelve Screens of Landscapes was sold to a Chinese buyer at a record US$141 million in 2017. Photo: Felix Wong

Can digitalisation, millennial shoppers sustain luxury market’s rebound?

4 Apr 2018 - 9:30am 1

With below five per cent vacancy rate, analysts are upbeat about the Manila office market. Photo: Shutterstock

Is Manila the next best location for property investment in Asia-Pacific?

4 Apr 2018 - 1:18pm 1

Kohanaiki, aerial view

A luxury island life? Try Hawaii real estate

4 Apr 2018 - 7:02am

Hermes CEO Axel Dumas is the sixth generation of the family to run the company.Photo: Handout

Can Hermes translate its super exclusivity model online?

3 Apr 2018 - 8:02am

Zeman, a self-professed perpetual optimist, says if China kept going the way it is, it will rule the world – not in a negative way – in 20 years. Photo: Stars Production

The Hong Kong entrepreneur who is more than a ‘mouse killer’

10 Apr 2018 - 6:26pm 4

Leon Jakimic, founder and CEO of Lasvit, discovered he had entrepreneurial talent, following a career-ending injury that brought his tennis aspirations to an end. Photo: Handout

Czech Leon Jakimic’s strange journey to becoming an entrepreneur

19 Mar 2018 - 5:09pm

A model of a submersible vehicle at a university in Shanghai. China is spending 10 times what the US spends on deep diving technology. Photo: Xinhua

Your next adventure holiday could be along the ocean floor

11 Mar 2018 - 5:05pm

Reg Armstrong, on a Norton, winner of the Trophy race of 1952, (Senior) is seen here tackling a corner on the course. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

Meet the saviour of the storied Norton motorcycle

11 Mar 2018 - 12:02pm

The initiative faces many challenges. For instance, Gwador Port, a key part of the BRI in Pakistan that connects to Xinjiang in western China, was attacked by terrorists last October. Photo: Reuters

Is Belt and Road Initiative worth the risk for foreign investors?

11 Mar 2018 - 11:13pm 3

The Lalbagh botanical garden in Bangalore, which is also known as India’s Silicon Valley. The city generates 92,000 metric tonnes of e-waste annually. Photo via Newscom

In Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, unbridled growth froths up

11 Mar 2018 - 10:01am 2

You can trek up to Everest Base Camp from Lukla and take a flight back. Photo: Steve White

The high life: how to do Mount Everest without being a pro

11 Mar 2018 - 9:00am 1

The Serpentine Galleries in London. Photo: Courtesy of John Offenbach

Yana Peel draws up plans for deeper artistic engagement with Asia

19 Mar 2018 - 3:03pm

Representations of the Ripple, bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies. While developed economies are slower to act, smaller and emerging economies are fashioning themselves as crypto-friendly hubs. Photo: Reuters

How we regulate cryptocurrencies and ICOs is key to their success

10 Mar 2018 - 2:31pm

A statue from an exhibition of Chinese antiquities at the International Museum of the Horse in Lexington, Kentucky. More than 10 million Chinese antiques are currently overseas, according to official figures quoted by China Daily. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong must shut the door on illicit trade in antiquities

10 Mar 2018 - 11:04am

David Zwirner is known for his love of challenging artists. Photo: handout

New king of gallerists brings his act to Hong Kong

10 Mar 2018 - 11:04am

Pablo Picasso’s ‘Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter)’ at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. People looking to buy art want to go online for the transparency, says Brian Shipman, chief information officer at Heritage Auctions. Photo: Nora Tam

Art of disruption: tech to shake up sector resistant to change

19 Mar 2018 - 3:01pm 1

Hong Kong toy industrialist Lam Leung-tim came up with the rubber duck toy in 1948 invention rubber duck toy. Photo: Nora Tam

At 94, is Hong Kong’s rubber duck man the oldest start-up guy?

9 Mar 2018 - 10:23pm 1

Amsterdam's canal houses are a Unesco World Heritage Site. Photo: SCMP handout

Amsterdam property market draws new money

7 Mar 2018 - 4:11pm 1

Thanks to street rallies, the Birkin bag’s purveyor got prime Hong Kong real estate for a bargain

Here’s how Hermes got prime Hong Kong retail property for a steal

9 Feb 2018 - 10:10am

In the San Francisco Bay Area, getting your hands on bitcoin is as easy as a trip to an ATM. Photo: Dreamstime/TNS

Is a nibble still the best approach to get a taste of a cryptocurrency?

21 Jan 2018 - 12:12pm 4

Macau Studio City, illuminated by Illumination Physics, founded by Simon McCartney and Peter Kemp. Photo: SCMP/MY LIFE POST MAGAZINE, Courtesy of Simon McCartney

Introducing Melvis, the digital butler for Lawrence Ho’s resorts

8 Dec 2017 - 3:54pm

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25 Apr 2018 - 4:31pm 14

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25 Apr 2018 - 5:14pm 54

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24 Apr 2018 - 11:11pm 54

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25 Apr 2018 - 8:23pm 41

Ma casts aside suggestions of a conflict of interest as he pitches rail extension to Kwai Tsing and the creation of a ‘Hong Kong Town’ on the mainland as solutions to the city’s land shortage

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MTR proposes ‘Hong Kong Town’ on mainland to ease housing crisis

24 Apr 2018 - 11:01pm 44

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25 Apr 2018 - 10:44pm

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23 Apr 2018 - 7:58pm 63

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New unofficial boundary of Chinese waters in South China Sea draws on ‘historic rights’

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