Silly, perhaps, but in a town known for spa stodginess, a little frivolity goes a long way.

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London - When push comes to litigation, it's often smoother to patch things up outside the stodginess of the courtroom.

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Rising prices in higher-value properties, coupled with higher volumes in lower-priced ones, may be disguising stodginess in the middle of the market.

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One of the territory's biggest landlords, Wharf had a reputation for stodginess before Peter Woo Kwong Ching took over as chairman in 1991 from his father-in-law, the late shipping tycoon Sir Yue Kong Pao.

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