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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by gemini573
You can say that again. If you've ever been to HKG, you should see the Louis Vuitton store over by Ocean Terminal. There is a long queue made up of mostly mainland Chinese and they shop!!!!

A friend of mine who works for HSBC would tell me stories about how they'd come down to HKG and buy condos and pay it all upfront in cash.
It's pretty crazy... That's why those new casinos in Macau have luxury shopping malls akin to what Casesar's Palace and the LV Wynn have, to try and capitalize on that.

In respect to Chinese visas, it used to be $75 for 2 entries. Now it's $100 but multiple entry. That's an enhancement to be, and welcome paying $25 more for that.

Brazil is the same way, I got a 5-year visa, as do most people who apply, I don't mind that, whether its tit-for-tat or not.
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