Hong Kong
Standard Chartered HK to increase mortgage interest rate
The changes will take effect today, 21 November 2011 - but how much will the increase be?
Standard Chartered HK to increase mortgage interest rate
The changes will take effect today, 21 November 2011 - but how much will the increase be?
Jeweler Chow Tai Fook to list largest IPO this year
This US$3.5b IPO will be Asia's second largest IPO after Hutchison port.
Government seizes almost $7m worth of smuggled goods
Two river trade vessels destined for Thailand and Kenya just got busted.
Charge it! Credit card receivables up 4.2% to $90.6b
But guess how much the delinquent amount is as at end-September?
Shoreline stabilisation works to be made at Butterfly Beach
The Government made a proposal to construct an approximately 13-metre-wide and 90-metre-long rock revetment at the eastern end of Butterfly Beach, Tuen Mun, to protect beach facilities.
New measures introduced to enhance management of old buildings
The government of Hong Kong is actively pushing forward a series of measures to comprehensively enhance building management and raise public awareness of building management and safety.
Man arrested for extracting seawater at Tuen Mun
Officers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department arrested a man at a fish stall in Yeung Uk Road Market, Tsuen Wan for allegedly extracting seawater from the Tuen Mun seashore, a prohibited area.
Counterfeit rice seized
Hong Kong Customs seized 81 bags of rice bearing forged trademarks and with a total value of about $28,350 in an anti-counterfeit goods operation.
Lobster-smugglers stopped by Customs and Marine Police
The Hong Kong Customs and the Marine Police seized 373.5 kilograms of lobsters and a light goods vehicle during a joint operation against sea smuggling along the coastline of Sai Kung.
FreshKon Airis 1-Month contact lenses recalled for silicon oil residue
The Department of Health endorsed the recall of another contact lens product, FreshKon Airis 1-Month contact lenses, by its local distributor Oculus Optical (H.K.) Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong promoted as China's global financial hub in Frankfurt
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin, is intensifying Hong Kong's strategic positioning as being China's global financial centre.
30% of HongKong’s largest firms put their CEOs in the chairman role
Should this call into question board governance and impartiality?
Hong Kong slapped with first rise in unemployment rate in 6 months
Unemployment rate increased for the first time since February-April - but by how much?
Customs seizes $2.9M worth of illicit cigarettes
Hong Kong Customs seized about 1.15 million sticks of duty-not-paid cigarettes, worth about $2.9 million, with the duty potential of about $2 million, in an anti-illicit cigarettes operation.
Hong Kong signs intellectual property cooperation with Mainland
The State Intellectual Property Office and the Intellectual Property Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government have signed their first agreement to strengthen co-operation in the area of intellectual property.
Cataract centre opens at Kowloon East Cluster
The Wu Ho Loo Ning Cataract Centre under the Hospital Authority Kowloon East Cluster is now ready to double the of cataract surgery performed in KEC by up to 5 000 cases annually.
Tsang wants more exchange with Russia over usual business ties
Hong Kong and Russia can strengthen ties and deepen understanding in many areas other than business.
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