HONG KONG — More than five years after her initial conviction, a new trial for a U.S. woman charged with killing her wealthy husband is scheduled to begin here Tuesday, placing another spotlight on the lifestyles of the affluent in this Chinese territory.
Beside the building is a board announcing the subject of that Sunday's sermon: 'Are We All Prostitutes?' This remarkable film is set in a similarly self-righteous American township and it also recalls the affluent exurban New England territory explored by New Yorker writers like John Cheever and John Updike.
Coping with being out of work -- the emotional fallout, the financial pressure, the frustration of looking for a new job, even the unexpected benefits -- is new territory for many, particularly in the affluent suburbs.
In an age gilded by 10 years of prosperity, there seems to be no shortage of affluent travelers who want to cover as much prime territory as they can in the most expedient -- and most comfortable -- way possible.
The three clinics selected to recruit patients for interviews were not randomly selected and were geographically situated in the New Territories of Hong Kong, which is generally a less affluent area than Hong Kong Island.
Then again, Mr. Corzine was not exactly in hostile territory, since Livingston, which leans Democratic, is an affluent and educated community in Essex County.
Figures compiled by the Observer show a widening gap between house prices in the alpha territory – those London neighbourhoods inhabited by the very affluent such as Knightsbridge and Mayfair – and the rest of the city.
The Northern Territory (NT) of Australia consists of a combination of affluent, urban residents, as well as residents in remote communities, who are predominantly indigenous Aboriginals with high levels of poverty and overcrowding.
Evidence cited for this from their study includes the fact that over 80% of migrants with FEP living in the most affluent tertile at baseline will move into a more socially disadvantaged health territory during the follow-up period.
The poorer southern towns, in which families of Mizrahi immigrants Middle Eastern Jews, who are generally less affluent and less well educated than Jews of European descent predominate, are almost entirely Likud territory, as they have been for generations.
