Friday 3rd September, 2010

• Kim Kardashian poses with two nude hunks for mag photo shoot

  Hong Kong News.Net

  Actress Kim Kardashian has appeared on the cover of Hong Kong mag Prestige with two nude hunks.

• Under secretaries to visit Shanghai

  news.gov.hk

  At the invitation of the State Council's Hong Kong & Macau Affairs Office, Chief Executive's Office Director Raymond Tam will lead 16 Under Secretaries and Political Assistants to visit Shanghai f...

• Nature education centre geo-hub opens

  news.gov.hk

  The Lions nature education centre geo-hub opened today, merging the Geopark visitor centre and Rock Academy, a rock classroom and preparation room for rock, mineral and fossil specimens. The visito...

• Primary 1 application forms available

  news.gov.hk

  Application forms for primary one places in government or aided schools under the Primary One Admission system will be available from September 6 to 30. Hong Kong children born on or before Decembe...

• Report AIG Files Application to List AIA on Hong Kong Exchange

  Insurance Journal

  American International Group Inc filed an application with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to list its Asian life insurance unit, AIA Group Ltd, a source familiar with the matter told

• Hong Kong Government: To Auction Kowloon Tong Site Oct 12

  General Sources

  Dow Jones )- The Hong Kong government said Friday it will put up a residential site on the Kowloon Peninsula for auction on Oct 12. The site has an area of 2,808 square meters and maximum gross floor ...

• Hong Kong Stocks Advance, Led by Developers; Esprit Declines

  General Sources

  Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks rose, led by developers, as Sino Land Co. reported better-than-expected earnings and after home sales in the city jumped to the highest in almost three years.

• Miner digs underground home

  People's Daily

  Left: Chen Xinnian on Tuesday shows how he managed to build the underground apartment. Right: Chen Xinnian (left) and his wife Liu Shula dance in their underground apartment in Zhengzhou, Henan provin...

• Rush of visitors to Expo in a lull

  People's Daily

  The Expo Garden has seen a sharp decrease in the number of visitors this week, but organizers said the drop is temporary and visitors would increase again with the National Day holiday around the corn...

• Gen p-'80 incapable of supporting parents, finds survey

  People's Daily

  A vast majority - a staggering 90 percent - of the post-1980 generation believes it is incapable of supporting parents, according to a recent survey, which polled 1,612 people born in or after 1980. T...

• Gold price opens higher in Hong Kong -- Sept 3

  China Daily

  /enpproperty--> HONG KONG - The gold price in Hong Kong went up HK$20 to open at HK$11,580 per tael on Friday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society. The price is equivalent to $...

• Hong Kong stocks close 0.97% lower -- August 31

  China Daily

  /enpproperty--> HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks closed down 200.73 points, or 0.97 percent, at 20,536.49 on Tuesday. Turnover totaled HK$56.89 billion compared with Monday' s HK$49.25 billion.

• Auxiliary Police chief named

  news.gov.hk

  James Yiu has been appointed Auxiliary Police Force Commandant, succeeding Arthur Kwok from September 10. Mr Yiu, 55, is the managing director of a local capital management consultancy firm. He ...

• Chinese medicine exam application to start

  news.gov.hk

  Applications for the 2011 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination will open September 16. First-time applicants should submit their forms by October 29. Listed Chinese medicine practit...

• Kowloon Tong lot triggered for auction

  news.gov.hk

  The Lands Department announced today a lot for private residential development at 3 & 5 Ede Road in Kowloon Tong has been triggered for sale on a minimum guaranteed bid of $1.053 billion. The a...

• Pain or glory awaits hub point man

  General Sources

  If you ever go to any of the public consultation sessions to air your views about the West Kowloon arts hub, or just to gain a better idea of what it is going to be like, there's someone there who's h...

• Fake gold heist backfires badly

  General Sources

  Two employees of a jewelry chain were busted for staging a HK$300,000 gold robbery when one of them tried to sell stolen bars back to their employer. Kwan Chung-ting, 21, who was employed at the Tseu...

• Hong Kong Private Sector Growth Picks Up

  General Sources

  (RTTNews) - Hong Kong's private sector growth accelerated in August, extending the period of expansion to 13 months, new survey data showed on Friday.Markit Economics said the HSBC purchasing managers...

• Hong Kong police to study bullets in Manila hostage crisis

  The Gazette

  A member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Scene of the Crime Operations (SOCO) inspects the damage to a tourist bus during their forensic examinations in Manila August 24, 2010. Philippine auth...

• Taiwan planning to sell eggs to Hong Kong

  Taiwan Headlines

  The Council of Agriculture said Friday that Taiwan is planning to sell eggs to Hong Kong in an attempt to alleviate the impact from an oversupply in the domestic market. Hsu Kuei-sen, head of the COA'...

• New look for Gov't youth portal

  news.gov.hk

  The Government youth portal has launched a revamped homepage to better cater to young people and offer them a more user-friendly information platform. Set against an off-white background, it featur...

• 22 beaches rated 'good'

  news.gov.hk

  The Environmental Protection Department says 22 beaches are rated as good, 10 fair, while Big Wave Bay Beach is rated as poor. Compared with last week's rating, Kiu Tsui, Kwun Yam, Middle Bay and U...

• Hong Kong Shares Up Modestly, Led By Ping An

  General Sources

  Wall Street and on caution ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the day, with Ping An Insurance Group Co. extending gains on its proposed plan to buy a majority stake in Shenzhen Development Bank Co. Shar...

• Hong Kong to revisit SARS horror through Soderbergh's new film

  General Sources

  Hong Kong - Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh is set to stir up painful memories of the SARS outbreak by shooting scenes for his new film in Hong Kong, a news report said Friday.The plot for Co...

• Hong Kong stocks extend gains; Chinese insurer Ping An up

  General Sources

  HONG KONG, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares rose for a second session on Thursday, spurred by gains in other Asian markets, while Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance <2318.HK> was up after r...

• Route 3 tolls remain unchanged

  news.gov.hk

  The franchisee of Route 3 (Country Park Section) will keep its actual tolls at the current levels, despite new statutory tolls being gazetted today. The Transport & Housing Bureau said Route 3 ...

• 4 arrested for drink-driving

  news.gov.hk

  Police have arrested four drivers for drink-driving related offences during a four-day crackdown, which ended today. A total of 1,476 drivers took random breath tests and four failed the evidential...

• Hong Kong Air Pollution `Very High' at All 3 Monitoring Roadside Stations

  General Sources

  Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index reached “very high” levels above 100 at all three roadside monitoring stations this morning, the Environmental Protection Department said on its website. It wa...

• Hong Kong's 'Milkshake Murderer' to ask for freedom

  General Sources

  HONG KONG - American Nancy Kissel, who won a retrial in the killing of her high-flying investment banker husband, will ask a Hong Kong court to dismiss the charges and set her free, her lawyer said Th...

• Hong Kong shares edge higher after U.S. gains; Hang Seng Index up 0.2%

  General Sources

  HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares opened modestly higher Friday in the wake of an overnight rise on Wall Street and on caution ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the day, with Ping An Insuranc...

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