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James Tak Wu, GBS, (Chinese: 伍沾德; pinyin: Wǔ Zhāndé; 1922 – 29 October 2020) was a Hong Kong businessman who co-founded Maxim's Catering (now a major subsidiary of Dairy Farm International Holdings) and co-founded a chain of restaurants, nightclubs, fast-food outlets, cake and coffee shops, institutional catering units and theaters throughout Hong Kong.
Between 2010 and 2012, Maxim eliminated two issues, going from 12 issues a year to 10, and decreased its circulation numbers by 20%, from a reported 2.5 million to only 2.0 million. [10] The Argentinian edition of the magazine Maxim stopped circulating in March 2013 in Argentina and its last cover was the Argentinian model Valeria Degenaro.
Maxim's have been targeted by campaigners regarding the company's support of shark finning. [10] On 10 June 2017 dozens protested at their flagship 'Maxim's Palace' restaurant for selling threatened and endangered shark species. [11] 50 protestors attended a demonstration at Maxim's branch at The University of Hong Kong on 10 February 2018. [12]
Maxim's was mentioned in three episodes of Bewitched, "Paris Witches Style", "The Joker is a Card" and "Serena Stops the Show". In the first episode of the 1978 series of the Morecambe and Wise Show, some scenes play in a replica of Maxim's. Maxim's was mentioned in the Ivor Novello song "and her mother came too".
Get a free one-year subscription to Maxim magazine when you sign up for Rewards Gold, an online rewards program where you can earn points for filling out surveys, testing products, entering ...
Dairy Farm acquired a 50% interest in Maxim's at the same time from Hong Kong Land. The 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Hong Kong and Singapore was acquired from Jardine Matheson in 1989. Since 1999, Dairy Farm has continued to expand its footprint by acquiring supermarket and other retail operations in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and ...
The men's magazine known for sexy cover photos and lists of the hottest women is experimenting with a new direction -- and it might be saying "bye-bye" to those bikinis. "Celebrating sexiness is ...
A Russian man who has lived in Hong Kong has been taken into U.S. custody and charged with smuggling large quantities of American-made, military-grade microelectronics to Russia, the U.S ...