Tropics

Study finds people in tropics die younger

20 Nov 2012

People living in tropical areas are likely to die more than seven years younger than those in other regions, the first findings of a global research project show.

4:18AM

BLT Steak

12 Mar 2009

G62, Ocean Terminal
Tel: 2730 3508
Open: noon-10.30pm (last order)

Cuisine: Steakhouse Price: It would have been about HK$700 per person without drinks and before adding...

5:53AM

Land grab

31 Aug 2008

Foreign buyers have been snapping up bargains in cash-strapped Florida, and Hongkongers are not excluded.

12:52PM

Sighs of relief as England avoid slipping up against Canada

29 Mar 2008

As if slippery conditions underfoot were not enough of an obstacle, four-time champions England had to be wary of 'banana-skin' opponents Canada, who made life difficult for the crowd favourites...

11:48PM

Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics

19 Jun 2005

Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics

by Alexander Frater

Picador $120

9:40AM

Beauty Flash

20 Feb 2005

Hand cream heaven

2:22AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Florida

Planning

If you're planning a two-week jaunt to Florida, I would suggest one week at the theme parks and one week chilling out in Miami and the Florida Keys.

4:20PM

Best buy

Piles of durian (right) are heaped up in the markets at present - and you can smell them a block away. This fruit seems to inspire a 'love it or hate it' reaction.

9:02PM

Titanic battle in Jumbo pageant

Weighing in at more than 100 kilograms with a 127-centimetre waist, Chordoa Chanthanuraks is no Celine Dion.

But that did not stop her belting out the Titanic theme song at full...

6:13AM

Hvide wins docking contract

Hvide Marine Corp of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has won a contract to build two ship docking modules for Halter Marine Group at a cost of about US$4.75 million per vessel. The vessels are to be...

11:45AM

Durian will get 'higher'

LOVE it or hate it, Hong Kong's favourite, but smelliest, import from Thailand may be more expensive next year.

Flooding has destroyed part of the current durian crop, which means...

9:09PM

Art Deco - the in-words for trendy Miami Beach

AT a sidewalk table below the Waldorf Towers, a well-tanned male orders 'masses of coffee,' stretches like a cat, then punches digits on a cellular phone.

Seated above, a New York...

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