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"Hong Kong has a stair culture which is typified by a certain slowness and rhythm that has defined a way of life and attitude in the areas of the city with steep topography, " said Melissa Cate Christ, an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Hong Kong.
Wayne Kong Yuk-shan, a branch officer at an Aeon office in the Central business district, says some 100 people, a number of them male, queued every day to apply for the pastel-pink card - and choose their free gift from a selection of Hello Kitty appliances. (These days, the giveaways are Kitty cup noodles and a cushion.) "Hong Kong people are very influenced by Japanese culture, so they like Kitty, " says Kong.
"I know it's a big risk to do this, but I still want to try to spread the cycling culture to the Hong Kong people, " Fu said.
Hong Kong sets the bar for China's culture vultures generally, and its gustatory influence is pervasive.
Kenny from Hong Kong, owner of the Yinyang Club, introduced club culture to Shanghai a few years ago.
In the end, it may be culture that poses one of the greatest challenges for Hong Kong's movie industry.
For cosmopolitan cities such as Hong Kong or Singapore, where wine made its way into the dining culture (albeit in a small way) starting in the 1970s and 1980s, wine preferences followed those of the expatriates and foreigners who were more familiar with the beverage.
The group has listed over a dozen entities in China and Hong Kong, mostly in transportation, and its bank wins plaudits for its service culture and IT savvy.
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Chi Lo, China economist for HSBC in Hong Kong, says consumer loans are still brand new to the cash-based Chinese culture and have not been embraced by either lenders or borrowers.
In Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, tens of thousands of young engineers have created a Silicon Valley-like youth culture in the high-tech companies that thrive in China's southern Guangdong province.
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