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ORENCE *OHNSTON SAYS HIS LOVE OF BOOKS BEGAN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND THE ATTACHMENT WAS NUR TURED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER AN ENTHUSI ASTIC BOOK COLLECTOR WHO ALLOWED HIM TO BORROW HER BOOKS TWO AT A TIME AT MOST ON THE STRICT CONDITION THAT HE RETURNED THEM AND IN THE SAME PRIME CONDITION IN WHICH THEY LEFT HER SHELVES &AST FORWARD TO A YEAR OR MORE AGO ,ORENCE NOW PURSUING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CAREER WAS SHARING A SINGLE MALT WHISKY OR TWO WITH A BUSINESS COLLEAGUE 0HILIP 6AN 2EMOORTERE IN THE LATTER S FURNITURE SHOWROOM ON (OLLYWOOD 2OAD /VER DRINKS THE IDEA AROSE THAT
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THE LOVELY LEATHER BOUND ARMCHAIRS MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY 0HILIP WOULD BE IDEALLY COMPLEMENTED BY SHELVES FILLED BY ,ORENCE WITH LOVELY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS PLUS EXPENSIVE FIRST EDITIONS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS h4HE MORE ) TALKED ABOUT IT THE MORE IT MADE SENSE (ONG +ONG DOESN T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS v SAYS ,ORENCE !ND UNLIKE SO MANY FABULOUS SEEMING SCHEMES THAT ARE BORN IN THE BOTTLE AND EVAPORATE GENTLY n AND OFTEN THANKFULLY n OVERNIGHT THIS ONE SURVIVED THE FOLLOWING DAY S HANGOVER h)T STILL FELT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT v 4HE RESULT IS ,OK -AN 2ARE "OOKS A CHARMING ESTABLISHMENT EXUDING A CLUB LIKE ATMOSPHERE AT THE 3HEUNG
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7AN END OF (OLLYWOOD 2OAD PRINCI PALLY SELLING ,ORENCE S BOOKS BUT WITH 0HILIP S B&ELIX BRAND FURNITURE TO RELAX ON AND FOR SALE TOO h4HE WHOLE APPROACH TO RETAIL IS CHANGING IN (ONG +ONG 0EOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM JUST THE SUPERMAR KETS THE STORES AND THE BRAND NAMES TOWARDS SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE MORE DEPTH v SAYS ,ORENCE $URING HIS CAREER ,ORENCE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OR SET UP MANY BUSINESS ES "UT THE RARE BOOK TRADE WAS ONE HE KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT h) THREW MYSELF INTO THIS DID A LOT OF RESEARCH SPOKE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS ) COULD TRAVELLED ABOUT VISITED BOOK DEALERS IN ,ONDON !T THE SAME TIME ) HAD TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF BOOKS ) WAS GOING TO SELL )T S A PRETTY VAST AREA v (E DECIDED TO START BY SELLING BOOKS THAT HE HAD READ AND BY AUTHORS HE LOVED n A POLICY THAT HE RECOMMENDS TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN BOOKS EITHER AS A COLLECTOR OR AN INVESTOR h) M NOT THE WORLD S BEST SALESMAN BUT ) CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ) KNOW ABOUT THAT ) HAVE A PASSION FOR 4HEN IT SHOULD REALLY SELL ITSELF v "Y RELYING ON WORD OF MOUTH WITH NO MONEY SPENT ON ADVERTIS ING THE BUSINESS HAS HAD A SLOW TAKEOFF "UT ,ORENCE SEES THIS AS AN ADVANTAGE HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH MAKING MINOR MIS STEPS INEVITABLE WHEN FEELING ONE S WAY DURING A NEW VENTURE WITHOUT SUF FERING DRASTIC STUMBLES THAT COULD SPELL DISASTER (APPILY SINCE OPENING JUST OVER A YEAR AGO ,OK -AN HAS MADE SIG NIFICANT STRIDES h4HE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD 7E ARE REACHING THE STAGE WHERE YOU CAN CALL IT A FULLY FLEDGED BUSINESS v (IS SHOP S SHELVES NOW HAVE ABOUT VOLUMES n A FRACTION OF WHAT ONE FINDS IN REGULAR BOOK SHOPS BUT HOLDING VASTLY MORE IN VALUE !S WELL AS SELLING THE BOOKS HE HAS IN STOCK ,ORENCE IS MORE THAN READY TO ASSIST IN BUILDING COLLECTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS (E IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SOURCING BOOKS FOR A CUSTOMER WHO
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SUCH AS THIS REVIEWER n WHO HAS COM MENTATED ON BUT WORKED MORE OR LESS OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM n IT IS INTERESTING AND PERHAPS A LITTLE STARTLING TO LEARN THAT THERE ARE SOME EQUITIES ANALYSTS OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT EXACTLY BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT hEQUITIES RESEARCHv ACTUALLY IS AND THAT THERE ARE DIFFERING PARAMETERS WITHIN WHICH THIS TERM FALLS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES "OLLAND NOTES THAT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE 53 IN TENDED TO SET OFF A DOMINO EFFECT OF DEBATES OVER THE NATURE SECURITIES RESEARCH AND GENERAL ETHICS 4HIS BECOMES A FOCAL POINT FOR SOME SERPENTINE DISCUSSION IN THE BOOK AND LEFT THIS READER A LITTLE PERPLEXED "UT LESS A CRITICISM OF THE BOOK ITSELF SUCH CONFUSION IN FACT ACTS TO UNDERLINE ITS VERY EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS
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4HE #HINA BOOM CANNOT GO ON FOREVER "UT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE IT WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER A STEADY STREAM OF BUYERS FROM THE -AINLAND WHO WILL EXERT UPWARD PRESSURE ON (ONG +ONG REAL ESTATE PRICES (ONG +ONG S GROW ING INTEGRATION WITH #HINA S ECON OMY IS ENRICHING LOCAL PEOPLE AND ATTRACTING EXPATRIATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD MANY OF WHOM PREFER TO LIVE IN (ONG +ONG !LL OF THESE FACTORS BENEFIT OUR PROPERTY MARKET
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