Mr Lee had provoked these outbursts with an affidavit submitted to a court in connection with a series of defamation suits against Tang Liang Hong, a Singaporean opposition politician.

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The China Club, near the Forbidden City and owned by the well-known Hong Kong entrepreneur David Tang.

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Woods was three shots off the pace at the World Golf Championships event, tied for fifth with fellow U.S. Ryder Cup star Anthony Kim, their compatriot Ryan Moore, world No. 4 Paul Casey and Hong Kong Open champion Wen-tang Lin.

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Still, you would think that Hong Kong would go to say a Hong Kong-born label like Shanghai Tang, a brand that patterns itself after Ralph Lauren, for its uniforms.

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At the moment Dr Haller, who is now at McGill University in Montreal, is collaborating with Wenbo Tang of Arizona State University and Pak Wai Chan of the Hong Kong Observatory to apply Lagrangian theory to the problem of aircraft taking off and landing in difficult circumstances.

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Despite its makeshift location, Shanghai Tang is not poverty-stricken -- it has seven other outposts in Hong Kong, not to mention plenty of business savvy and a powerful owner (the Richemont Group, a Swiss company that also controls other high-end brands like Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, Piaget and Montblanc).

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