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Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s European tour with Jaap van Zweden makes up for lost time

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This European tour, the longest in the orchestra’s history, was now being billed as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. The Hong Kong Philharmonic performed in Singapore to warm up for the European tour. Photo: Aloysius Lim The plan was to begin with a warm-up performance in Singapore, from where the orchestra would fly to … Read more

‘It’s a cancer’: why Naples is the fake designer goods capital of Europe

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Men arrive hauling overstuffed blue plastic bags, from which emerge Gucci baseball hats, Fendi wallets, Hermès belts and bright orange Louis Vuitton shoeboxes, sold from rickety tables at a fraction of the price of their originals. An officer of the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian police in charge of financial crime and smuggling, checks trucks … Read more