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Former president George W Bush stocks up on suits in Hong Kong
Apr 11, 2010, 6:40 GMT
Hong Kong - Former US president George W Bush stocked up his wardrobe, buying 18 suits on a whirlwind visit to Hong Kong, a celebrity tailor said Sunday.
Bush called on the famous Sam's Tailor shop in Tsim Sha Tsui and ordered the suits along with sports jackets and other items, tailor Manu Melwani said.
Bush was in Hong Kong for a six-hour stopover Friday on his way from a speaking engagement in Shanghai back home to the US. He also met with family friend, former Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa.
Melwani, whose other celebrity customers include Tony Blair, Prince Charles and Bush's father George HW Bush, told the German News Agency dpa: 'Mr Bush is a very nice man and he seems in excellent health.
'I have made suits for him before so we had his measurements, but this was the first time he had been into our shop in Hong Kong to place an order.'
Melwani is to send the suits to Bush by post after his team of 50 tailors have completed his order in the next week.
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