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Monday 23rd November, 2009

  • China's Hong Kong expects to increase legal co-op with Vietnam

    People's Daily

    China's Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung said Monday that Hong Kong is discussing with Vietnam on three legal agreements to expand judicial cooperation. The agreements cover the mutual le...

  • Hang Seng Bank: May Take Part In Industrial Bank's Rights Issue

    Morning Star

    ) to supplement its working capital. The medium-sized Chinese bank said it will issue 2.5 new shares for every 10 shares held by shareholders in a rights issue. However, the bank's shareholders, the...

  • Hong Kong stocks close 1.41% higher

    People's Daily

    Hong Kong stocks jumped 315.55 points, or 1.41 percent, to close at 22,771.39 on Monday, the first gain in five trading days. The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened 86 points higher and waved within a n...

  • China's Tunnel To Hong Kong Stocks?

    Forbes

    HONG KONG -- China's second-biggest brokerage, Haitong, agreed to buy Hong Kong's Taifook Securities in a $234 million deal that could provide a channel for some of China's excess liquidity to be inv...

  • Hong Kong stocks close 1.41% higher Monday

    China Daily

    Hong Kong stocks jumped 315.55 points, or 1.41 percent, to close at 22,771.39 on Monday. Turnover continued to shrink, totaling HK$51.9 billion ($ 6.71 billion) from 60.50 billion HK$ of the previous...

  • Hong Kong public says pollution worse but won't pay for cleaner air

    Earth Times

    Hong Kong - Half of Hong Kong people believe the city's air pollution is getting worse but most do not want to foot the bill for a cleaner environment, a survey found Monday. Almost 50 per cent of peo...

  • China broker eyes Hong Kong rival

    BBC

    China's Haitong Securities has said it will buy a 53% stake in Hong Kong's Taifook Securities for 1.82bn Hong Kong dollars ($235m; £142m).This would represent the first step in the first takeove...

  • China broker eyes Hong Kong rival

    BBC

    China's Haitong Securities has said it will buy a 53% stake in Hong Kong's Taifook Securities for 1.82bn Hong Kong dollars ($235m; £142m).This would represent the first step in the first takeove...

  • Hang Seng Index gains 1.4pc

    The Standard

    (19 mins ago) Hong Kong shares snapped a four-session loss to end 1.41 percent higher, spurred by gains in mainland financial issues on optimism that Beijing will extend its loose monetary policy unt...

  • Chinese migrants change names to be 'more Hong Kong'

    Breitbart

    An increasing number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination in the former British colony, a report said Monday. Lawyer Raymond Ta...

  • Chinese migrants change names to be 'more Hong Kong'

    West Australian

    HONG KONG (AFP) - An increasing number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination in the former British colony, a report said Monday....

  • Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong consider mass resignation

    Earth Times

    Hong Kong - Pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong were Monday considering mass resignations to force what they claim would be a de facto referendum on universal suffrage. One legislator from each of ...

  • China’s Haitong Securities buys Hong Kong rival

    Financial Times

    China’s Haitong Securities buys Hong Kong rival By Justine Lau in Hong Kong Published: November 23 2009 04:51 | Last updated: November 23 2009 05:24

  • Mugabe bodyguards may face prosecution in Hong Kong over visas

    Earth Times

    Hong Kong - Two bodyguards protecting Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's student daughter in Hong Kong could be prosecuted for working in the city on tourist visas, officials confirmed Monday. The t...

  • Shanghai's Haitong buying majority of HK's Taifook

    Market Watch

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Shanghai's Haitong Securities Co. will pay 1.82 billion Hong Kong dollars ($234.8 million) for a majority stake in Hong Kong's Taifook Securities Group, according to a stock...

  • Hong Kong stocks rebound on commodity producers

    Market Watch

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares staged a modest recovery early Monday after dropping in the previous four sessions, with gold miners leading commodity stocks higher as the yellow metal's p...

  • Hang Seng Poised To Extend Losing Streak

    Quote.com

    (RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower now in four straight sessions, plunging nearly 500 points or 2.3 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index ended just above the 22,450-point...

  • Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong warns of bubble, does nothing

    Market Watch

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- It appears Hong Kong's new monetary chief is reading from the same hymn sheet as his predecessor, as he repeated a bubble warning last week. Next year, the Hong Kong Mo...

  • China Longyuan Power Seeking Up To US$2.5 Billion In Hong Kong IPO - Source

    Morning Star

    . Longyuan is China's largest producer of electricity generated by wind power. It is the renewable-energy arm of China Guodian Corp., one of China's five biggest state-owned power generators by capa...

  • China Longyuan Power Seeking Up To US$2.5 Billion In Hong Kong IPO - Source

    Morning Star

    . Longyuan is China's largest producer of electricity generated by wind power. It is the renewable-energy arm of China Guodian Corp., one of China's five biggest state-owned power generators by capa...

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