The model is Hong Kong, which introduced a currency board, tying its dollar tightly to the American dollar, amid a panic in 1983.

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She was a DePaul MBA candidate on break working as a Ford fashion model in Hong Kong when she decided that entrepreneurship was the best way for her to make a difference.

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According to its About screen, this "DVT-1" (a late milestone) device packs 128GB of memory -- twice as much as the largest available capacity option right now (remember that 64GB iPhone 4 prototype in Hong Kong?) -- as well as a model number "MC550LL" which isn't far off from those of the fourth-gen iPod touches ("MC54xLL"), though this similarity doesn't help prove its authenticity nor indicate whether it'll make it to the market.

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But the Hong Kong Philharmonic is at least as plausible a precedent and a role model for Kuala Lumpur.

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The multiple banknote-issuer model is already in use today, in places like Hong Kong.

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The Peninsula Tokyo (whose parent company is based in Hong Kong) has been successful, Thompson explains, by incorporating deep Japanese hospitality into its model.

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Their model is Shenzhen, the grandfather of Chinese boom towns, on the border with Hong Kong.

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