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LIFE IN LIVING COLOUR

Denise Lau was only a child when she knew she would one day join the family business. Founded in 1970 by William W. Lau, the B.S.C. Group is one of the city’s leading contractors of interior furnishings and suppliers of building materials – counting hotels such as the Mandarin Oriental, the Ritz-Carlton, and Rosewood; residences, including the Austin and the Hermitage; and iconic landmarks such as Prince’s Building, the Landmark, and more recently, K11 MUSEA among its projects.

After studying at the London School of Economics, and Cass Business School, the younger Lau first went into corporate banking, then found her way to the company her father built.

But she was there to build something new, too. Heading the company’s distribution arm, Lau expanded the family’s business from supplying developers with materials for their projects to supplying discerning Hongkongers with interior inspiration for their homes.

In 2000, coinciding

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