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Apple Expansion in China Falls Short of Goals

HONG KONG—Apple Inc.’s two newest retail stores in the Greater China region—a long-awaited Hong Kong outlet and a third Shanghai store, the region’s biggest—are drawing much fanfare even as the company has shifted to a more measured expansion strategy.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based consumer-electronics maker is opening larger stores at a slower pace in China, where demand [...]

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Manila hostage inquest wraps up in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AFP) – An inquest probing a Manila bus hijacking that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead wrapped up with the jury expected to return a verdict as early as Wednesday.
The inquest held at the city’s Coroner’s Court heard from 31 Hong Kong witnesses and 10 from the Philippines.
The five-member jury was charged with [...]

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Asian casino king Stanley Ho settles family feud

HONG KONG – Asian casino king Stanley Ho said he has dropped a lawsuit against some of his family members and settled an inheritance dispute over a stake in his Macau casino empire worth about $1.6 billion.
The high-stakes drama offered a glimpse into the private life of one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest men and highlighted [...]

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Asian Real Estate News

Real Estate Analysts expect Chinese investors to invest in property markets in other Asian countries looking for better returns.
The move will come as a reaction to the Chinese policy makers recent increase of one-year lending rates to 6 per cent.
Property developers in markets like Thailand and Malaysia will attract many mainland Chinese buyers, making property [...]

Read More » 1 commentFebruary 12, 2011

Funeral in Hong Kong for democracy icon

HONG KONG (AFP) – A funeral will be held Saturday for Hong Kong democracy icon Szeto Wah, who was best known for helping many dissident student leaders escape China following the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
The service — which is expected to draw thousands to a church in the city’s Kowloon district — comes after the Hong [...]

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Hong Kong confirms first A/H1N1 flu-related death in 2011

HONG KONG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority ( HA) announced on Wednesday that a 27-year-old female patient infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus was certified dead at Tuesday night.
This is the first death related to the influenza in Hong Kong this year.
The patient developed flu symptoms on Jan. 20. She [...]

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Tiananmen activist accuses HK of bowing to China

HONG KONG (AFP) – A leader of the 1989 Tiananmen protests Wednesday accused Hong Kong of bowing to pressure from China after he was barred from entering the city to attend the memorial of a pro-democracy icon.
Activist Wang Dan, who now lives in Taiwan, had applied to enter Hong Kong following [...]

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New jury in Hong Kong ‘milkshake murder’ case

HONG KONG – The judge presiding over the retrial of an American housewife accused of drugging and bashing her husband to death in Hong Kong seven years ago has ordered a new jury because of procedural concerns.
Hong Kong’s highest court overturned Nancy Kissel’s earlier conviction in February, saying she was improperly cross-examined and the judge [...]

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Hong Kong protest calls for Nobel winner’s freedom

HONG KONG – Several hundred protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand the release of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo before the prize ceremony in Oslo later this week.
It was one of several events in support of the Chinese dissident being held around the world.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the [...]

Read More » No commentDecember 6, 2010

Hong Kong to march for democracy on handover anniversary

HONG KONG (AFP) – Tens of thousands in Hong Kong are expected to hit the city’s sweltering streets Thursday for an annual democracy rally marking the 13th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China.
Organisers are expecting about 50,000 protesters to turn out for the July 1 march, down from [...]

Read More » No commentJuly 1, 2010