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Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong
The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be due to climate change, bird experts here have said.
Big News Network.com |
Hong Kong to finally get a competition policy
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- As Hong Kong moves closer to implementing a competition policy, the tycoons who dominate big business in the city-state will be watching closely.
Market Watch |
Tencent, Chalco added to Hang Seng Index
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and telecom group PCCW are to be removed from the Hang Seng Index to make way for two incoming companies -- Aluminum Corp of China Ltd. a...
Market Watch |
Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong, watchers say
Hong Kong - The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be down to climate change, bird experts said Saturday. The birds - a great frigate and the white-tailed tropicbird - were ...
Earth Times |
Hong Kong woman kills baby and jumps to her death
Hong Kong - A woman killed her 14-month-old baby and then jumped to her death with the child in her arms from the 37th floor of her apartment in Hong Kong, police said Saturday. The 31-year-old woman ...
Earth Times |
Hong Kong jeweler Tse Sui-luen gets 39 months in jail
Hong Kong's billionaire Tse Sui- luen, founder and ex-chairman of the Tse Sui Luen Jewelry empire, was sentenced to three years and three months in jail on Friday for offering illegal kickbacks to tra...
People's Daily |
Reception held in Hong Kong to mark Europe Day
A reception highlighting the cultural diversity of the European Union (EU) member states was held Friday night to celebrate the Europe Day, which falls on May 9 this year. Dozens of consul generals in...
People's Daily |
Hong Kong stocks close lower on mainland market fall
Hong Kong stocks went down 386.62 points, or 1.52 percent, to close at 25,063.17 on Friday, on the fall of mainland and regional markets. Turnover rose to 77.26 billion HK dollars (9.92 billion U.S. d...
People's Daily |
Hong Kong shares end morning sharply lower on regional weakness, oil price rise
HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - Hong Kong shares finished the morning session sharply lower on Friday following a slump in major regional bourses as investors were spooked by runaway crude oil prices,...
Congoo |
Hong Kong man in court after teen
Hong Kong - A 24-year-old man suspected of killing and dismembering a teenage girl after he had sex with her appeared before a Hong Kong court Friday. No plea was taken, and the case was adjourned unt...
Earth Times |
Classified Hong Kong
Hong Kong - A government investigation was underway Friday after it was revealed that confidential files from the Immigration Department had been mistakenly leaked on to the internet. The list, which ...
Earth Times |
Tokyo, Hong Kong stocks pace losses
Last Update: 11:49 PM ET May 8, 2008 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Most Asian markets fell Friday, with Japanese stocks extending their decline on Toyota Motor Corp., after the automobile giant reported ...
iwon |
Hong Kong immigration "watchlist" partially leaked onto web
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities came under fire on Thursday for the leak of classified data including individuals on an immigration watchlist, as the city's tougher immigration policies in...
Reuters |
Computer server with client data missing at HSBC Hong Kong
The Hong Kong branch of banking giant Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has lost a computer server with client data involving about 159,000 accounts, the bank confirmed on Wedne...
People's Daily |
HSBC admits the loss of data of 159,000 accounts in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Banking giant HSBC was on Thursday under fire after admitting it had lost the data of 159,000 accounts from a Hong Kong branch. The data was held on a internet server which is understood t...
Earth Times |
Shanghai, Hong Kong Shares Slump
By Chris Oliver Asian shares ended mixed Wednesday as Japanese shares gave up some of their earlier gains, and shares in Hong Kong lost ground on worries about higher interest rates. Commodity...
Smart Money |
Hong Kong warns of record cases of deadly virus from China
Hong Kong - Hong Kong health officials on Wednesday warned of a record number of cases of the hand-foot-mouth disease which has so far killed 28 children in mainland China. Controller of the Centre fo...
Earth Times |
Hong Kong stocks plunge 2.48 per cent on fears over US economy
Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks dropped by 2.48 per cent Wednesday on further fears over the US economy and soaring oil prices. The Hang Seng Index closed at 25,610, a drop of 651 points. Turnover was 10...
Earth Times |
Deutsche Bank plans to triple Hong Kong staff to 4,000
) has leased additional floor space in Hong Kong as part of plans to triple its local staff to 4,000 as the German bank attempts to grow its Asian presence, according to a local newspaper report. De...
Market Watch |
Hong Kong clamps down on visitors who may
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will not welcome any visitors who are looking to "damage the solemnity of the Olympics," the government said in a report, raising fresh concerns it was clamping down on free spe...
Inquirer |
Hong Kong getting tougher on foreigners in run-up to Olympics
Hong Kong - Hong Kong has said it would not welcome anyone who planned to disrupt proceedings or "damage the solemnity of the Olympic Games," an official document revealed Wednesday. The admission, re...
Earth Times |
Hong Kong aid worker killed in car accident in Inner Mongolia
Hong Kong - A 26-year-old Hong Kong aid worker has died in a bus crash in Inner Mongolia which also injured 10 other volunteers, a news report said Wednesday. The accident happened when the volunteers...
Earth Times |
Asia Takes Profits, Hong Kong Gains
By V. Phani Kumar Most Asian markets ended lower Tuesday, with Australian shares dropping on financials after a weak earnings report from St. George Bank and a decline on Wall Street. Shanghai...
Smart Money |
Hong Kong saversseek yuan protection
By Olivia Chung HONG KONG - The strength of the Chinese currency, the yuan, and higher bank interest rates are prompting a growing number of people in Hong Kong, Macau and even Taiwan, where t...
Asia Times |
Maid had sex with Hong Kong employer
Hong Kong - An Indonesian maid had sex with her employer's 14-year-old son after the pair watched pornographic movies together, a news report said Tuesday. Suwartin, a 45-year-old divorcee and mother ...
Earth Times |
Hong Kong, Shenzhen join DuPont to push solar energy research
The cities of Hong Kong and neighboring Shenzhen agreed on Monday to work with chemical industry giant DuPont on the establishment of a solar energy research and industrial platform at the Hong Kong S...
People's Daily |
Hong Kong stock index drops
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong stocks dropped Monday as profit-taking offset gains by property developers.The blue chip Hang Seng index fell 57.07 points, or 0.2%, to 26,183.95, after gaining 24% over th...
CNN Money |
Hong Kong stocks drop
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong stocks dropped Monday as profit-taking offset gains by property developers.The blue chip Hang Seng index fell 57.07 points, or 0.2%, to 26,183.95, after gaining 24% over th...
CNN Money |
Hong Kong Interests Buy New Zealand Power Firm
A Hong Kong company bought the power network of New Zealand's capital, and South Korea and India faced high inflation rates in April. Claudia Blume in Hong Kong has more on these and other business st...
VOA |
Hospitals in Hong Kong lose data on 3,000 patients in thefts
Hong Kong - Data on more than 3,000 patients in Hong Kong public hospitals has been lost through the theft of computer memory sticks, officials said Monday. Nine memory sticks have been stolen from fi...
Earth Times |
Beijing green-lights fund companies to open Hong Kong units
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's securities regulators will allow fund management companies from the mainland to establish offices in Hong Kong effective immediately, according to a weekend report b...
Market Watch |
Jet Airways and Cathay Pacific enter into Frequent Flyer Programme Partnership
Jet Airways and Cathay Pacific have entered into a reciprocal frequent flyer programme partnership which comes into effect as of May 1. Jet Airways’ Jet Privilege (JP) members may now earn an...
Travel Blackboard |
Raunchy cardboard cut-outs of Madonna stolen from Hong Kong shops
Hong Kong - Cardboard cut-outs of pop diva Madonna in provocative poses used to advertise her new album have been stolen from music shops across Hong Kong, a news report said Sunday. At least 10 of th...
Earth Times |
Olympic Torch Comes Home to Hong Kong
The torch, once a symbol only of the historic games, has now become a symbol of growing tensions between China and Tibet, with the rest of the world rallying behind Tibet. This weekend, the torch c...
ABC News |
Cheers outweigh protest at Hong Kong
(AXcess News) - Hong Kong, China - After a global tour dogged by controversy, the 2008 Olympics torch was paraded in Hong Kong Friday in its first tour since returning to China, drawing elated crowds ...
Axcess News |
Olympic torch reaches Hong Kong
's Cultural Centre started the event to mark the occasion.The chief executive of BOCOG then took over the torch, before handing it to another Chief Executive, Donald Tsang. Later in the event the torc...
Wikinews |
Equestrian struggling to gain foothold in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Reuters Hong Kong has one of Asia's top horse racing cultures but its love for the animal has yet to translate to equestrian, with the city set to host Olympics show jumping events for the...
Turkish Daily News |
Trouble-free Hong Kong relay ends
HONG KONG: The Olympic torch made a trouble-free journey on Friday through the streets of Hong Kong, kicking off the final Chinese leg of a worldwide journey marred by angry protests over Tibet and...
Times of India |
Hong Kong Olympic torch protesters removed
Police remove Hong Kong torch protesters 'for own protection' Police remove human rights protesters as anger of pro-China supporters flares on first day of Olympic torch's domestic journey...
The Guardian |
Hong Kong torch relay ends
The Olympic torch has completed the first leg of its relay through Chinese territory amid cheers and jeers from supporters and protesters in Hong Kong.
Al Jazeera |
Olympic torch protests in Hong Kong
Patriotic crowds heckled protesters and police briefly detained eight activists along the Olympic torch route through Hong Kong. Security around the flame was tight, with roads closed, crowds kept a...
ITN |
City players threaten Thailand, Hong Kong boycott
The turmoil at Manchester City deepened as it emerged that players at the club threatened to boycott a planned trip to Thailand and Hong Kong in support of manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, seen here in Ap...
Soccer Way |
HSBC Holdings keeps Hong Kong best lending rate on hold - UPDATE
HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - HSBC Holdings said on Friday it has decided to keep its best lending rate unchanged at 5.25 percent instead of following the rate cut by the local de facto central bank...
Congoo |
Police remove Hong Kong torch protesters
A China supporter argues with pro-democracy protesters at the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP Police removed human rights protesters from the streets of Hong Kong this mo...
The Guardian |
Hong Kong cheers Olympic torch
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- The Olympic flame wound its way through Hong Kong Friday -- carried mostly on foot, but at times on horseback and via boat across Victoria Harbor -- in its first stop on the ...
CNN Asia |
Protesters outnumbered in Hong Kong
Runners carried the Olympic flame through Hong Kong in a steady drizzle today, as large groups of flag-waving supporters shouted insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters, forcing them to seek ...
Breaking News.ie |
Torch Parade In Hong Kong After Chaotic Global Relay
The Olympic flame will be paraded through Hong Kong on Friday to a largely welcoming public and isolated protests, its first leg on Chinese soil after becoming a beacon of controversy on a 20-nation w...
Stuff |
Heavy loss of life in Hong Kong tour bus crash
HONG KONG (AP) - A horrifying bus crash in Hong Kong has killed at least 17 people and injured dozens more. The driver survived and is under arrest for dangerous driving. Hong Kong police say the to...
WISH TV8 |
Hong Kong hosts torch relay
NEW: Five to seven people detained as torch relay under way Hong Kong stop serves as stage for possible protesters The flame had easy jaunts in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, and Pyongyang, North Korea The fla...
CNN |
Mia Farrow in Hong Kong
Mia Farrow questioned before being allowed into Hong Kong during torch relay Officials were concerned she was going to disrupt the relay Decision seen as indication of how free city will be while host...
CNN Asia |
Mia Farrow in Hong Kong as city prepares for Olympic torch
(AP Photo/Wally Santana)Internationally famed actress and activist Mia Farrow speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press upon her arrival to Hong Kong, Thursday, May 1, 2008. Farro...
Examiner |
Hong Kong ready for torch tour
The authorities in Hong Kong have denied access to some activists planning protests during the Olympic torch relay in the territory. The actress and campaigner, Mia Farrow, was allowed in, but othe...
BBC |
