In 1936, she decorated her Hawaii hideaway in this style, a process beautifully documented in the new book "Doris Duke's Shangri La: A House in Paradise" (Rizzoli), the companion to an exhibition on display through Feb. 17 at New York's Museum of Arts and Design.

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The Regent Hong Kong was rated No. 2, the city's Peninsula No. 3, the Oriental in Bangkok No. 4, Hong Kong's Island Shangri-La No. 6 and its sister property in Bangkok No. 8. (The No. 1 spot went to the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans).

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Mr Hagel's speech, at the Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore, followed the same pattern.

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