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Drug overdose in Perth, Australia | South China Morning Post

Police say the drug that caused a mass overdose in Perth, Australia has been identified as a prescription medicine used for travel sickness. Police say tests show Hyoscine is the only identifiable drug detected in the sample from th house where nine foreign backpackers aged in their 20s were found delirious or uncon…

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Hong Kong designer recreates cosy vibe in move to flat three times as big | South China Morning Post

Suzy Annetta’s Southside bolt hole on Hong Kong Island couldn’t be more different from her previous home – a cockloft in Sai Ying Pun that had few windows, low ceilings and barely a third the space of her present, 1,500 sq ft place. But the Australian interior designer and publisher has fond memories of the home she…

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Yolanda Choy-Tang of Central Weddings tells of her love for lace | South China Morning Post

We all have a penchant for something, and perhaps a not-so-secret collection of treasured items. For Central Weddings founder Yolanda Choy-Tang, it’s lace. When STYLE met with Choy in her Central boutique, she gave us a history lesson on the use of lace in wedding gowns, revealing the trend’s Western roots. “The fir…

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Victoria Harbour lights up with largest and most expensive fireworks display since 1997 | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour was on Saturday lit up by the largest and most expensive fireworks display since 1997 – when the former British colony was returned to Chinese sovereignty – to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover and the inauguration of the city’s fourth chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.

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