His latest venture, tiny tapas restaurant 22 Ships in Hong Kong's Wan Chai neighbourhood, has been attracting hours-long waits (due to its no-reservations policy) since its October opening.

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The 63-year-old is hoping she and her two grandchildren can get out of the cubicle apartment they share in their Wan Chai neighborhood, but she has no idea how long it will take.

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Switches with built-in routing, also known as Layer 3 switches, are expected to catch on as router replacements once the boxes are equipped with WAN interfaces and support for multiple protocols -- two features backbone routers have long had.

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