Thursday 17th May, 2012

• H.K. Should End Bourse Monopoly If LME Won, Says Rival

  General Sources

  Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., one of three remaining bidders for the London Metal Exchange, should lose government protections against competition if it begins trading commodities, ...

• Carrie Lam speaks on heritage conservation

  news.gov.hk

  Secretary for Development Carrie Lam spoke on the Government's efforts and achievements in preserving and revitalising Hong Kong's historic buildings over the past five years, at a ...

• CE-elect invites political talent

  news.gov.hk

  Chief Executive-elect CY Leung today appealed to young people who aspire to join the next-term Government as an Under Secretary or a Political Assistant to submit their applications by May ...

• Hong Kong: The Most Business-Friendly City in the World

  General Sources

  With enviable geography, world-leading density, and an astonishing government surplus, Hong Kong is well-positioned to withstand a sharp slowdown from its neighbor (and sorta-kinda-owner) to the ...

• Education phone app to launch

  news.gov.hk

  The Education Bureau will launch a smartphone application tomorrow to help New Academic Structure students obtain information on programmes at local ...

• Youths to run retail businesses

  news.gov.hk

  Twelve groups of young people will run their own retail businesses at the Self-employment Experience Day "Think Big@SPRING" event.It will be held by the Labour Department's Youth ...

• Gov’t accepts LegCo ruling

  news.gov.hk

  Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam says the Government fully respects Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang's decision to end the debate on the replacement ...

• Unemployment rate falls to 3.3%

  news.gov.hk

  The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.3% in the February-April quarter, down 0.1% on the January-March period, the Census & Statistics Department announced today. The underemployment ...

• Composite interest rate down

  news.gov.hk

  The composite interest rate dropped by three basis points from 0.42% at the end of March to 0.39% at the end of April, the Monetary Authority announced today.The composite interest rate is a measure ...

• Gregory So concludes Japan visit

  news.gov.hk

  Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So concluded his five-day visit to Japanin Osaka today, encouraging Japanese firms to invest in Hong Kong.Speaking at the Think Global, ...

• Hong Kong Stocks Reverse Gains on European Debt Concerns

  General Sources

  May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Sean Darby, chief global equity strategist at Jefferies Group Inc. in Hong Kong, talks about the outlook for the global economy and equity markets, and his investment ...

• Hong Kong International art fair opens

  SINA

  An art work titled "Past Future" made from white paper cylinders by Chinese artist Qin Chong is seen at the Hong Kong International Art Fair. ...

• Liaoning poultry imports resume

  news.gov.hk

  The import of poultry products from Liaoning has resumed, the Centre for Food Safety announcedtoday.The Government decided to resume the import of poultry eggs and frozen poultry from the area as ...

• KC Chan to attend Hunan expo

  news.gov.hk

  Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Prof KC Chan will attend the Expo Central China Summit in Hunan tomorrow.He will first meet Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Chao and Deputy ...

• Hong Kong Revises Bank Market Entry Criteria

  General Sources

  Amendments to the Banking Ordinance, which seek to update market entry criteria for Hong Kong's banking sector, will be submitted to the Legislative Council on May 23 and, subject to its ...

• Gold price opens higher in Hong Kong

  Global Times

  The gold price in Hong Kong went up 120 HK dollars to open at 14,400 HK dollars per tael on Thursday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society. The price is equivalent to $1,556.08 ...

• Hong Kong CERT wants bigger team to tackle cyber threats

  General Sources

  Hong Kong's Computer Emergency Response Team (HKCERT) has called for more resources to help it step up attempts to proactively monitor and deal with attacks on organisations in the special ...

• HSBC says turnaround plan on target, costs cut by $2 billion

  General Sources

  Europe 's biggest bank, said it cut costs by $2 billion after one year of a 3-year turnaround plan, and is on target to meet its return on equity and other financial targets. The bank is ...

• HKEx May Win LME With China Card

  General Sources

  A new owner for the London Metal Exchange could be announced soon, and Hong Kong’s stocks-focused bourse, one of the three remaining bidders, sees it as the quick entry it is seeking into the ...

• Hang Seng up 0.34pc at open

  The Standard

  (2 hrs 10 mins ago) Hong Kong shares rose 0.34 percent at the open, defying concerns over Greece's future in the eurozone which weighed on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained ...

• Hong Kong rebounds modestly after previous sell-off; Hang Seng Index up 0.6%

  General Sources

  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks rebounded in early Thursday trade, as the Hang Seng Index rose 0.3% to 19,316.02 after tumbling 3.2% in the previous session. Mainland Chinese H-shares ...

• Hang Seng Index: Investors Hope For Support At 19,000

  RTT News

  5/16/2012 9:18 PM ET (RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market headed right back to the downside again on Wednesday, one session after it had ended the brutal eight-day losing streak in which it had ...

• From Picasso to Lupa

  General Sources

  Tai O Heritage Hotel: The barely two-month-old hotel (www.taioheritagehotel.com) is actually a refurbished century-old police station at the west end of Tai O on Shek Tsai Po Street. It enjoys a ...

• Hong Kong shares post biggest loss in six months, China slides

  General Sources

  A floor trader walks inside the Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading hall during afternoon trading in Hong Kong in this file photo of November 11, 2009. The Hang Seng index posted its biggest loss in ...

• In Transit Blog: Art in Hong Kong? It Must Be May

  General Sources

  ART HK , which has grown into the most prominent art fair in Asia. Its organizers have done a good job of ensuring that it’s not just about bigwigs making million-dollar deals. (Though ...

• Hong Kong: Shares hit 4-month low

  General Sources

  SHARES slumped 3.19 per cent to a four-month low yesterday amid concerns over Greece after talks aimed at forming a coalition government in Athens failed, forcing fresh elections next month. The ...

• China’s strict one-child policy forces mothers to give birth in Hong Kong

  General Sources

  Zhao Jingjing is pregnant, but not so pregnant that it shows yet. The 30-year-old Chinese homemaker and her businessman husband already have a young, healthy son, but they wanted a second child to ...

• China Mobile in talks with Apple for iPhone

  General Sources

  China . China Mobile is the only Chinese operator that does not officially carry the iPhone because its homegrown 3G technology is not supported by the chips used in current iPhone models. ...

• Bollywood collection at Madame Tussauds

  General Sources

  Mumbai, May 16: Madame Tussauds Hong Kong unveiled the superstar collection of Bollywood A-Lister, including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, and Shah Rukh ...

• Basel, Miami Beach, and now, Hong Kong

  General Sources

  When news broke last year that the MCH Group, owners of Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, bought a 60% stake in ART HK, a collector commented that Filipino artists would have to get serious and ...

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