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Inside Mustiques US$200 million mega mansion, up for sale: the most expensive home in the Caribbe

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The property tops the list of expensive private homes in the Caribbean, according to Edward de Mallet Morgan, the head of international super-prime sales at Knight Frank, the property agency managing the listing. “If Mustique is the quintessential private island paradise, The Terraces, being the largest and most visually prominent property on the island, is not just one of the Caribbeans foremost houses, but arguably one of the world’s foremost homes,” de Mallet Morgan said in a Knight Frank press release. Read More...

Member of Hong Kong leaders policy unit denies involvement in Vietnams biggest fraud case

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A member of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group in Hong Kong who is wanted by the Vietnamese government has denied his involvement in the country’s biggest financial fraud after real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death for plundering more than US$12.5 billion from a bank using ­hundreds of ghost companies. The fraud also involved embezzlement, bribery and banking regulation violations, according to the court. A state-run newspaper said the public security ministry had issued an arrest warrant for Lee George Lam, a former board member of Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB), on October 29, 2023, for “abusing his authority to actively assist Truong My Lan in embezzling money from SCB”. Read More...

Study Buddy (Explorer): How a Hong Kong couple opened a casual Asian bao burger restaurant in Vancou

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[1]When Hongkonger Jay Yip Kin-heng and his wife, Jessica Hui Mung-sze, arrived in Vancouver, Canada, in 2020, they never thought that they would open their own business just two years later. But last December, they launched Petite Bao. The shop serves Asian-inspired burger fillings between two Chinese-style steamed buns, or bao. [2]The restaurant has fitted right into its location in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood. This area has many small, independent businesses. Petite Bao has won over residents with its Asian burger concept and vegan options. Read More...