Both come complete with a king-size bed or double beds, breakfast buffet for two, high-speed internet access, self parking, airport shuttle and transportation to the nearby International Mall and Westshore Plaza.

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The Kwoks' developments include Hong Kong's three tallest towers: Central Plaza, the International Finance Center and Hong Kong's tallest building, the 1, 588-foot (484-meter) International Commerce Center.

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But such efforts can fail to uncover some dangers: At least two garment factories at Rana Plaza had passed international labor and safety standard audits under a European trade organization which addressed specific safety concerns at the factories but didn't assess the stability of the building that housed them.

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In September, 1985, a group of international financial heavyweights gathered at the Plaza Hotel on 59th Street in New York and hammered out a currency agreement.

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