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Chris Dobson

T-shirts, TV fame and now a village art takeover: Dominic Johnson-Hill’s wild ride

The entrepreneur behind irreverent brand Plastered 8 talks about serendipity, celebrity, and leaving his colourful mark on Hong Kong.

French sculptor Polo Bourieau talks about his lifelong love of stone and architecture, restoring the Louvre, working like Rodin, and his Hong Kong exhibition that got people to sit down and stare.

British journalist Christopher Dobson was given unrivalled access to cover the festivities. Sixty years later, his son recounts his father’s stay in the fledgling nation, and how the experience would last a lifetime.

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A multimillion-dollar renovation returned the grand dame to its former 1920s glory, when, as Australia’s first resort-style property, the hotel was the playground of local and international elite

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