Whether living in a Cheung Kong apartment, switching on a Fortress appliance powered by Hong Kong Electric, buying groceries at Park 'N Shop or toiletries at Watson's, listening to Metro Radio, or, soon, connecting via a PCCW-HKT line, people in the Special Administrative Region are a captive market.

CNN: From Ports to Portals

After paying bills and buying food I find it difficult to even buy toiletries let alone any new clothes and that's before this is introduced.

BBC: Council tax rise for low-income families

Their suitcases are full of clothes and toiletries they need for the week -- but it's the invisible suitcase of pain and rejection that is the heaviest to carry up the stairs to their assigned room.

CNN: 'They call me burnt toast'

Military officials descending on China's capital for the country's biggest political event have been told to bring their own toiletries.

NPR: No More Lobster: China's Politicos Pare The Pomp