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Hong Kong has long been one of the world's great trading centres and it's multi-cultural heritage, extremes of wealth and poverty, hi-tech and historic make this global cross-roads one of the most exciting places to visit and shop.

In this episode, Megan McCormick explores the contradictory elements that make Hong Kong so special. Having measured up for a suit at Sam's famous tailor shop in Kowloon, she takes a room and afternoon tea at the traditional Peninsular Hotel. It's a classic edifice from the British colonial days and was long known as the finest hotel east of the Suez Canal. From this base she explores the islands and mainland areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon. She meets Renee K, Hong Kong's enfant terrible of glamorous fashion design to see how western and Chinese concepts interact. She discovers the importance of Feng Shui in the design of every building and finds out how this belief even affects the success of different Hong Kong banks.

While Hong Kong's space age skyline might rely on ancient beliefs in its design, older buildings and antiques are attracting greater significance as Hong Kongers begin to think more fondly of their colonial and Chinese past. So, Megan visits Murray House on its new site, following outcry at its planned demolition and cruises the Chinese antique shops of Hollywood Road in search of investments opportunities in ancient art. She also finds a new trend in more recent "antique" furniture from the fifties and sixties, as well as fittings and fixtures from some of Hong Kong's British government buildings.

The next day, Megan catches the train to Shenzen, in China's Special Economic Zone. She takes advantage of the high-quality low priced beauty treatments available before seeking out bargains galore among the myriad clothing, home entertainment, art and jewellery stalls and shops in this packed temple to trade. Back in Hong Kong, after an open-air Tai Chi lesson on the waterfront, she stuffs herself on a delicious dim sum lunch in the City Hall and then goes to the Happy Valley racetrack for a flutter on the horses - one of Hong Kong's favourite pastimes. Then on to the best of Hong Kong's nightclubs for an encounter with, of all people, Mick Jagger. It's all part of the glamorous, crazy lifestyle that makes Hong Kong so exciting.

Ian Cross is a fairly recent convert to the pleasures of golf; he took up the game in 1994 upon turning 40 years old and soon became a keen aficionado of the sport. He believes it's a perfect recreation for men of his age as it's not too strenuous, very healthy, and good for stress-busting for the busy executive. Although Ian has discovered the game comes with its own stresses - he's occasionally lost his composure and taken it out on the greens. Whilst filming for Adventure Golf on the King's Course in Gleneagles, he met his downfall at "Whaup's Nest", the 8th, where he took 18 shots to get out of a bunker. Bunkers are his most feared golf hazard.

Ian was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Canberra where he began his sporting interests as a junior tennis and cricket champ. He began his professional career here as a cadet journalist for the Canberra Times. Ian's media career in newspapers, radio and television spans 30 years and three continents - the United States, his native Australia, and the UK where he now lives with his wife and two children. For three years he was European correspondent for ABC-TV, then in 1988 he produced the Beyond Tomorrow science series for Fox Networks in the United States.

When he's not on the course, Ian is the Managing Director of Pilot Productions, the television company he founded in 1991. Specialising in factual programming, in particular travel, Ian has been the Executive Producer of over 250 hours of quality television including 11 series of the multi-award winning adventure travel series Globe Trekker, the most watched travel program in the world, food and travel series Planet Food & World Café Asia, and Adventure Golf. The company now have offices in Los Angeles, London, and Singapore. After years spent sending film crews and presenters to some of the most exotic and intrepid places in the world, he thought it was about time he joined them on the road.

Ian is a handicap 18 golfer who leads a nomadic-cum-jet-setting golfing life; he has no homeclub but enjoys playing the game internationally - particularly in Northern France and Links Golf in Scotland and Ireland. During the first season of filming for Adventure Golf, Ian has experienced some of the greatest golf courses in the world in Scotland, Dubai, Southern California, Japan, South Africa, and Florida. He was bowled over by the high-tech and futuristic golf experience in Japan, in particular the Gotemba Course overlooking Mount Fuji.

His dream trip would be to take a year out to travel the four corners of the world, Phileas Fogg inspired, to play the world's best golf courses and explore the most exotic regions at a leisurely pace - notably Hawaii, Bali, and the little explored courses of Latin America. He enjoys international travel for work and pleasure and regularly jets off to his favorite spots of the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, skiing trips, and city breaks in Paris and New York.