Little miracles, large expense: Asia’s multibillion-dollar baby-making industry
From Singapore and Malaysia to Australia, New Zealand and the China-focused clinics of Thailand, would-be parents are finding fertility treatments can take their financial, physical and emotional toll. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tK%2FMqWWcp51kxKaxymaYrKGRZLWmrcutn2adnqu2s7vNppynrG%2BYrq68wKKep3VpmLKkgpifmmaeZ2V9bn2QnpxmcZNqrm6tlXCca5ppZq%2Blg5hfpKicpaGyfo2omImem5%2Biuqa6w56bmJ6fp6y6u9SYgKdlmKTCtLGFqZ6tsaCairSxwq2gqKY%3D
Moralioglu was charmed by her eccentricities, the coats conjuring up an idiosyncratic image of certain quirks in British style which are rooted in the idea of combining luxury with countryside pragmatism.
Aside from plundering the Chatsworth archives, Moralioglu partnered with Barbour, the 130-year-old, family-owned brand synonymous with the British countryside, to make these hybrid wax coats. It’s a collaboration that continues into the autumn and is a way for a traditional heritage brand to refresh its ideas.
High demand for licence plates that allow vehicles to travel across the Hong Kong-mainland China border are driving prices up to as much as 1.1 million yuan in Guangdong’s black market, the Shanghai Morning Post reported on Thursday.Some sellers even tout the great "investment opportunity", claiming the price will only rise in the future.
Duo licence plates, issued by Guangdong's Traffic Management Bureau, are difficult to obtain because of high standards on applicants, said the report.
“People feel stuck,” says Wang, the founder of The Kingdom Healer, which specialises in tarot, astrology and numerology.
“Before the strict quarantine restrictions, Hongkongers were big travellers,” he says. “It kept us mentally sane, a little escape from our dramas and a time to recharge.
“But that’s not happening now, and it’s taking a toll on people’s mental health, which is such a big issue not just in Hong Kong but globally,” says Wang, who incorporates mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy into his sessions.
However, tragedy struck the group when Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, 56, the director of the Kedah state civil defence agency, died in the so-called death zone, an 8,000-metre high point, where the pressure of oxygen is insufficient to survive for an extended time.
Malaysian authorities confirmed his death in a statement on Saturday. The cause of death was not revealed.
On Monday, Special Duties Minister Armizan Mohd Ali in Kuala Lumpur said Awang Askandar’s remains were being brought down to the Everest base camp.
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To get here, I wove through the commuters and shoppers on the Mayfair pavements and through the hotel’s lobby, lively with guests. But past the reception desks and having descended in a newly built lift, all that’s forgotten.
At the entrance is a soothing installation featuring a suspended Japanese glass work that’s part art, part water feature. It’s all unmistakably Eastern.
“[Claridge’s] vision was to create an experience that was authentic to spa culture [so] we opted to create an experience that is rooted in the spirituality of the East,” Fu says.
Additionally, despite China’s reopening after the pandemic, South Korea’s trade deficit with China in the first quarter of this year amounted to US$7.8 billion – the first such deficit since the two countries normalised diplomatic relations in 1992 – causing Korean businesses to reconsider the importance of maintaining a China focus.
Against this backdrop, India has emerged as an attractive destination. Its population is expected to surpass that of China by mid-2023, making it the most populous nation on Earth.
Which is the brand making high-quality woven plastic bags like the Chinese ones I used to buy in local homeware shops? Not the soft ones Céline copied, but the harder basket type. Plastic Fantastic, Caine Road
The Dictator rules: I hate to break it to you but plastic is not so fantastic, especially if you care about the ocean and prefer your beaches clean. Anyway, those bags are hardly unique to Hong Kong or a single brand.
According to concern groups, buyers are often unaware of the dark side of the pet industry, where cats and dogs are kept in cramped quarters and treated like “baby machines”. The animals endure incredible suffering as breeders churn out puppies and kittens to meet demand.
ADP Pentagon Pets, which operates the Q-Pets and Red Carrot chains, has now partnered with the Non-Profit Making Veterinary Services Society to co-host adoption days and help rehome unwanted animals.