HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's key stock index rose Monday as traders snapped up bargains and China-related stocks. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 220.6 points, or 1.59 percent, to 14,108.84. "The market is recovering from its bottom in the bear market ...
1 Dec 2008
MUMBAI, India (AP) _ India has formally demanded that Pakistan take "strong action" against the people behind the Mumbai attacks. Foreign Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash has told reporters Pakistan's high commissioner to India was summoned and told ...
1 Dec 2008
SYDNEY, Australia - Weeks after being released from jail, former Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Chris Munce has been banned from riding for 30 months by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Munce participated in a hearing via video link Monday from Sydney and ...
1 Dec 2008
HONG KONG, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China Investment Corp, the country's sovereign wealth fund, has appointed a former China head of investment bank UBS AG (UBSN.VX: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) (UBS.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ...
1 Dec 2008
If you love countdowns then turn up on Friday at the Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui when the clock will start ticking for the 2009 East Asian Games. One year from Friday, Hong Kong will stage its first multi-sports Games. And by all accounts it ...
1 Dec 2008
Customers of Kong Chow who were saddened to see the landmark restaurant close two months ago will have a chance to frequent a new Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant next month. The as yet-to-be-named restaurant will occupy the same space as the former ...
1 Dec 2008
HONG KONG : The economic downturn has dampened enthusiasm at art auctions. Almost half of the lots in a Christie's sale in Hong Kong went unsold on Sunday night.
1 Dec 2008
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- A 12-bottle lot of 1961 Chateau Latour , prized for its complexity and graceful aging, sold for a record HK$1.32 million ($170,320) at Christie’s International first wine auction in Hong Kong in seven years, as the company’s billionaire owner Francois Pinault watched from the front row.
1 Dec 2008
SINGAPORE : Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is visiting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from December 1—3.
1 Dec 2008
Hong Kong's key stock index rose Monday as traders snapped up bargains and China-related stocks. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 220.6 points, or 1.59 percent, to 14,108.84.
1 Dec 2008
Hong Kong's key stock index rose Monday as traders snapped up bargains and China-related stocks.
1 Dec 2008
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s retail-sales growth slowed to the weakest pace in five years as the global financial crisis damped confidence and spending.
1 Dec 2008
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's key stock index rose Monday as traders snapped up bargains and China-related stocks. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 220.6 points, or 1.59 percent, to 14108.84. "The market is recovering from its bottom in the ...
1 Dec 2008
As reported by Bloomberg, figures compiled by Centaline on price per square foot of 30 major luxury residential projects in hogn kong showed a 17.7% drop from June to November this year. “The luxury market has turned quiet since the ...
30 Nov 2008
Hong Kong’s Mega Ice Hockey League Gears Up for Season’s 2nd Half. The popularity of ice hockey is growing in Asia, and Hong Kong is leading the way thanks to Mega Ice.
30 Nov 2008
Thai Rath reports that convicted and exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is in the Cambodian border town of Koh Kong (hat-tip Bangkok Pundit). Last week, journalist Thomas Crampton interviewed Thaksin in Dubai. ...
30 Nov 2008
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSkFgA1SJrk Here's a video from the Samsung Pixon M8800H launch in Hong Kong. Fast forward to 0.44 in the video for.
30 Nov 2008
Perennial newsmaker Damien Hirst will have an exhibition to cap things off this year at the Fabrik gallery in Hong Kong. The show will feature new works by the contemporary artist and it will end the year quite nicely for the Hong Kong ...
30 Nov 2008