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A weighty issue
Hong Kong women are popping thousands of slimming pills a day, despite the danger to their health.
In 2004 the Hong Kong Association of Obesity made an interesting discovery: it found that the men in Hong Kong had been getting fatter since the early 1990s, while the women had been getting slimmer. Three years later it finally discovered why. It seems that Hong Kong women are addicted to popping pills to lose weight and some have carried it to a dangerous extent.
Seducing the Indians
Mills & Boon's passage to India is not simply a holiday romance.
"I'll be your mistress – for a million dollars."
For years, model Briana Davenport fought temptation – in the form of a six-foot, blue-eyed seducer. Jarrod Hammond was her employer's sworn enemy and as such off-limits to her… and her bed.
Ho Ching: Investor
Wife of SINGAPORE's Prime Minister
On the afternoon of July 20, Lee Hsien Yang, brother of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and CEO of its biggest listed company, Singapore Telecom (SingTel), walked into a hastily convened press conference and dropped a bombshell.
Past wives of Asia
Jiang Qing – Murderess Most Foul?
Jiang Qing, who ruled China when her husband Mao Zedong was in his dotage, does not exist officially. The current crop of Chinese leaders blames her for helping Mao launch the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), which led to the deaths of untold millions.The other women
Angela Leong and Mona Fong share similar pasts and futures.
One is the second wife of a former movie king, Run Run Shaw. The other is the fourth wife of a former casino king, Stanley Ho. The husbands, at 100 and 86 respectively, are long past their prime. The time has come for the wives to show their stuff.Kim Seung-noun
Will Paris Hilton's money buy her out of a 45-day jail sentence? A similar question is piquing the minds of many in South Korea, though the star in question isn’t the partying hotel heiress but the chief of one of the biggest conglomerates in the country.
Family feud: Richard Li and Li Ka-shing
The sale of PCCW brings out the bad blood between Richard Li and Li Ka-shing.
