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Japanese jeweller Ginza Tanaka has unveiled a Christmas tree made of pure gold worth 1.95 million dollars. The golden Xmas tree is about 2.4 metres tall and 12 kilograms in weight. It’s currently displayed at the company’s main store in Tokyo.
As expensive as it is, the golden piece is way “cheaper” than the most expensive Christmas tree (~$11mil) which was showcased at a luxury hotel in UAE last year.
A Chinese state-owned drug manufacturer has been criticised over their lavish office decoration which mimics the Palace of Versailles in France.
The Harbin based drug firm posted some photos (now taken down) on their official website a few days ago, which caused an immediate uproar online for their luxurious interior design – with chandeliers, marble deco and (seemingly) gold plated walls etc.
Canton Road is a luxury brands shopping street in Hong Kong, which houses flagship stores of Hermes, Chanel, Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada etc. The Chinese economic boom in the past decade has provided plenty of semi-rich customers who flocked to Hong Kong for these luxury products.
A rich dude in China’s Qingdao City smashed his US$500,000 (including tax) Lamborghini Gallardo sport car in front of dozens of spectators, including some invited press, following series of unresolved disputes with the car dealer.
It’s claimed that the car dealer sold him a faulty sport car and couldn’t fix the problem and refused to take up responsibility, thus he’s smashing the car on the World Consumer Rights Day (March 15) to show his strong dissatisfaction.
Lamborghini China responded that they have never given up on fixing the car and expressed their regrets for the inconvenience cause and the smashing of the car.
UAE investors increasingly look towards space for investments as the $7.5 billion USD space tourism industry is set to take off.
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) and US-based Bigelow Aerospace recently signed a memorandum to establish a commercial human space flight programme for Dubai and the UAE.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, which is partly owned by Abu Dhabi based Aabar, also plans to bring space tourism to the UAE by building a space port in Abu Dhabi as soon as it gets approvals from US authorities.
At the moment the cost of a return ticket to outer space for the first flights is between $95,000 and $200,000, depending on the flight provider, but these prices are expected to fall as capacity increases. Some experts estimate that the typical price to fly into space by 2030 will be around $25,000. More on Gulfnews.
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