Provides the latest RSS feeds for Hong Kong News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Hong Kong Herald.com http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b82693edf38ebff8/ en-us Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:07:21 -0500 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:07:21 -0500 30 Hong Kong stocks continued their positive start to 2009 Monday with a second day of gains, rising by almost 3.5 percent. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/449844/cs/1/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:59 -0500 Hong Kong Herald.com http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/449844/cs/1/ said in a statement. The blue chip company acted as an agent for the U.S. retailer that filed for bankruptcy in December, and said it will help the manufacturers seek recourse from the bankruptcy co... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20875514/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:28:54 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20875514/ , down 68.2% from the same month of 2007. The registry didn't elaborate on the data. Analysts say peopler are reluctant to buy apartments amid the city's economic downturn and on concerns about job ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20873853/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:28:31 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20873853/ Hong Kong stocks surged 520.5 points, or 3.46 percent, to close at 15,563.31 on Monday, boosted by strong rally of companies registered in the Chinese mainland. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 306.... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20875513/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:25:11 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20875513/ Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has shortlisted five qualified bidders for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences, which cover the operation of WiMAX networks. Th... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20870170/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:20:38 -0500 TeleGeography http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20870170/ Shares in investment firm Citic Pacific on Monday outperformed the Hong Kong stock market despite news that its entire board of directors was being probed over a costly trading scandal. The firm's sha... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20869747/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:52:06 -0500 Breitbart http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20869747/ Hong Kong - A Hong Kong public hospital Monday admitted it had blundered by refusing to send medics to help a dying patient on its doorstep. The Caritas Medical Centre's actions sparked public outrage... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20865549/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:05:24 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20865549/ Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks continued their positive start to 2009 Monday with a second day of gains, rising by almost 3.5 per cent. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index climbed 520.5 points, or 3.46 per ce... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20866184/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:05:19 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20866184/ Ani Ashekian decided to go on a trip to Asia. She had planned on travelling to China/India/Vietnam and Cambodia. She only had time to secure a visa to enter China and she decided she would get the oth... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20866187/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:39:15 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20866187/ Hong Kong - Middle-class victims of the economic slump are seeking help from a food bank for the poor in Hong Kong, a charity said Monday. The charity said there had been about 10 instances in the wea... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20862142/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:21:15 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20862142/ (2 hrs 40 mins ago) Hong Kong share prices opened up 2 percent, as investors took their cue from a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday, dealers said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 306.52 ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20861933/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:03:16 -0500 The Standard http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20861933/ The value of total retail sales in Hong Kong in November, provisionally estimated at HK$20.5 billion (US$2.65 billion), went up 1.1 percent over a year earlier, official figures released Friday indica... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20846949/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:06:17 -0500 Eview Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20846949/ Hiking in one of the most crowded places in the world? It sounds bonkers but, as Carole Cadwalladr discovers, minutes from the city's cocktail bars, there are spectacular peaks to climb, idyllic beach... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20844575/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:03:01 -0500 The Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20844575/ Air pollution across large swathes of Hong Kong last year reached its highest level since records began, despite government efforts to improve the environment, official figures showed Friday.Hong Kong... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20841584/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:56:35 -0500 Daily Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20841584/ HONG KONG, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Ocean Park said here Saturday that another Chinese sturgeon died Friday, raising the death toll of the rare aquatic species in the park to three inhalf a ye... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20841585/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:27:01 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20841585/ Hong Kong shares started the new year with their best day in three weeks, gaining 4.6 per cent to lead a broad rally among those Asia Pacific markets open for trading. Telecommunications and commodity... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20830276/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:26:26 -0500 Financial Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20830276/ HONG KONG - World stock markets opened 2009 on a high note, with Hong Kong's index up more than 4 percent, as investors shrugged off more dreary economic news to focus on government moves to ease the... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20814781/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:38:44 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20814781/ Hong Kong - A 32-year-old Hong Kong housewife was Friday jailed for seven months for branding the arm of her Indonesian maid with a hot iron. Ng Bik-man attacked her 24-year-old maid in August after a... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20815661/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:28:15 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20815661/ Hong Kong - Hong Kong shares surged by more than 4.5 per cent Friday on the first day of trading in 2009, re-crossing the 15,000-point barrier. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended the day up 655.33 po... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20813166/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:53:53 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20813166/ January 2, 2009 Hong Kong - A pop star at the centre of a celebrity sex photo scandal was on Friday narrowly beaten to the title Person of 2008 in a Hong Kong government radio station poll. Edison... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20810614/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:05:08 -0500 Tonight http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20810614/ (0003.HK), known as Towngas, said Friday it signed a 30-year contract to buy coal-bed methane from a domestic supplier for its 70%-owned liquefaction plant in Shanxi province. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20810715/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:28:32 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20810715/ on hopes the Chinese government may soon award 3G licenses, while Australian stocks gave up early gains after rising during the previous four sessions. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20810905/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:28:28 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20810905/ Hong Kong- An animal trainer at a Hong Kong theme park had to be taken to hospital after being bitten by a sealion, a radio report said Thursday. The sealion bit the trainer on the arm during feeding ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20797523/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:38:23 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20797523/ Hong Kong - Ten sailors had to be rescued from a sinking Chinese cargo ship in rough seas close to Hong Kong, rescue officials said Thursday. The crew sent out a distress call Thursday morning after t... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20794819/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:54:54 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20794819/ HONG KONG -- Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, said he's been buying shares of Chinese companies even as growth in the world's fourth-largest economy slows. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20792702/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:02:50 -0500 The China Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20792702/ Australian Open champion , has withdrawn from the JB Group Classic exhibition tournament in Hong Kong because she is still recovering from a shoulder injury. The news comes just weeks before the first... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20778347/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:10:02 -0500 The Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20778347/ Hong Kong, Dec 31: Hong Kong residents have emerged as some of the most pessimistic in the world concerning their expectations for the coming year, according to an online survey published Wednesday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20778477/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:16:08 -0500 New Kerala http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20778477/ Hong Kong - More than 500,000 revellers are expected to brave chilly weather Wednesday to count down the New Year alongside Hong Kong's harbour. Police said special traffic arrangements would be in pl... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20775058/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:55:44 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20775058/ Hong Kong - Maria Sharapova will miss a high-powered Hong Kong tune-up event for the Australian Open for only the second time since 2004, due to lack ofpreparation. The Russian revealed that she under... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20771420/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:44:39 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20771420/ Defending Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from a Hong Kong exhibition tournament saying she is still recovering from a shoulder injury just weeks ahead of the first Grand Slam o... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20768184/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:50:09 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20768184/ Hong Kong - The boyfriend of a Canadian woman missing in Hong Kong was Wednesday expected back home after a five-day visit to the former British colony to help the search for her. Wenddell Walsh told ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20767956/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:41:48 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20767956/ (12-31 10:27) Hong Kong share prices closed the year down 48.3 percent, marking the worst percentage fall in 34 years as the global economic crisis hit hard. But the market ended its shortened tra... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20767299/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:25:35 -0500 The Standard http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20767299/ Global Financial Crisis HONG KONG, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong' benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 142.01 points, or 0.99 percent, to open at 14,377.51 on Wednesday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20768201/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:16:23 -0500 Eview Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20768201/ (RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market was trading higher on Wednesday morning in a truncated session following the overnight gains on Wall Street. Banking and oil stocks were trading higher. At 9.26... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20768222/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:38:26 -0500 Quote.com http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20768222/ Hong Kong’s stock market operator on Tuesday bowed to pressure from business leaders by agreeing to delay plans that would restrict directors’ freedom to trade shares in their companies. Hong Kon... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20760331/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:35:36 -0500 Financial Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20760331/ Hong Kong - A two-month-old baby girl in Hong Kong was in hospital Tuesday after being diagnosed with a mild form of the bird flu virus. The infant, who normally lives in Shenzhen in southern China, w... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20751916/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:58:30 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20751916/ -(Dow Jones)- Hong Kong's stock market operator bent to pressure from the city's business leaders Tuesday, saying it will delay extending the blackout period for share trading by company directors f... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20751931/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:47:00 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20751931/ Broadcasters and telecom operators will find it challenging to translate the opportunity into revenue, the technology research analyst said in a statement Wednesday. Hong Kong's Commerce & Ec... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20748378/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:37 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20748378/ legislative panel urged regulators Tuesday to hold off on a plan to extend the blackout period for company directors trading their own shares, following reports the plan will be delayed. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20745208/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:09:19 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20745208/ PCCW minority shareholders agreed on Tuesday to adjourn a meeting to consider a buyout offer after controlling shareholders sweetened the takeover offer by 7.1 per cent, a company director said.Contro... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20745209/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:08:56 -0500 Financial Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20745209/ Hong Kong - A former Hong Kong flight attendant who stole 168 items from the plane's trolleys on a single flight was Tuesday sentenced to community service. Kwong Man-fong, 43, purloined biscuits, bee... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20741409/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:16:11 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20741409/ HONG KONG, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong' benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 148.26 points, or 1.03 percent, to open at 14,476.74 on Tuesday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20742245/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:49:45 -0500 Eview Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20742245/ (30 mins ago) Hong Kong share prices opened up 1 percent, with dealers reporting more bargain-hunting in the wake of Monday's gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 148.26 points to 14,476.74... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20738410/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:57:07 -0500 The Standard http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20738410/ Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. shares are set to experience their biggest annual decline in at least 18 years after battling record fuel prices and a global recession. Cathay Pacific shares plunged 2.2... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20734756/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:18:50 -0500 Travel Blackboard http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20734756/ /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lightscape Technologies Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LTSC), an operator of outdoor LED billboards and provider of LED solutions, announced today that it was awarded two strategi... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20732133/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:27:06 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20732133/ More than 200 quoted Hong Kong companies on Monday made a public appeal to the territory’s government to postpone plans to curb directors’ freedom to trade shares in their companies.In an open let... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20732137/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:13:24 -0500 Financial Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20732137/ Hong Kong Disneyland  park.Disney is currently exploring expansion options with the Hong Kong government, which holds a stake in the venture.A report said that any expansion could include adding att... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20728196/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:13:40 -0500 News 13 http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20728196/ . Disney (NYSE: DIS) is currently exploring expansion options with the Hong Kong government, which holds a stake in the venture. The report says that any expansion could include adding attractions th... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20725107/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:17:35 -0500 Orlando Business Journal http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20725107/ Most Asian markets retreated in light trading Monday, shadowed by a weak economic outlook for 2009, with Japanese stocks lower as exporters such as http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20724078/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:21:24 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20724078/ Hong Kong stocks went up 144.34 points, or 1.02 percent, to close at 14,328.48 on Monday, on bargain hunting after four consecutive days of losses. Turnover was thin at 21.95 billion HK dollars (2.8 b... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20725120/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:18:54 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20725120/ Taipei, Dec. 29 (CNA) An exhibition featuring fine agricultural products and specialties produced in four cities and counties in central Taiwan was held at Taichung Park Sunday as a pre-sale promotion... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20721827/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:57:15 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20721827/ (Dow Jones) -- Some of Hong Kong's richest and most powerful said Monday that their rights as investors were under threat from a pending change to securities regulation that would extend the blackou... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20719344/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:55:08 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20719344/ STRIKING baggage handlers at Hong Kong International Airport were preparing for fresh negotiations Sunday after agreeing to take no further action during the holiday season. Thousands of passengers we... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20716460/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:15:25 -0500 Brunei Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20716460/ Hong Kong - A chronic smoker who has to use a ventilator to breathe was seriously ill in hospital Monday after blowing himself up by having a cigarette while using his oxygen tank. The explosion happe... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20713879/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:28:02 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20713879/ Hong Kong - Live chicken sales are to resume in Hong Kong, three weeks after a bird flu outbreak that led to the slaughter of tens of thousands of birds, officials said Monday. Imports of live chicken... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20714352/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:27:58 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20714352/ HONG KONG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong' benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 103.28 points, or 0.72 percent, to open at 14,080.86 on Monday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20714373/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:05:23 -0500 Eview Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20714373/ -listed companies jointly published an open letter Monday protesting a plan to extend the blackout period during which directors can't trade shares in their companies, saying the change will underm... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20714384/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:31:16 -0500 Morning Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20714384/ Hong Kong - Thousands of passengers were affected Saturday when baggage handlers and ground staff staged a three-hour strike in protest over pay cuts at Hong Kong International Airport. Around 1,000 g... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20687142/ Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:37:53 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20687142/ Hong Kong - A three-year study is to be conducted in Hong Kong into the effects of an earthquake on the high-rise city of 6.9 million, officials said Saturday. Geologists will examine the effect of a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20681459/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:38:57 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20681459/ Hong Kong - Police in Hong Kong Friday appealed for help to identify a baby boy found dead near Hong Kong International Airport on Christmas Day. The clothed body of the boy, aged around one month, wa... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20668307/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:46:17 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20668307/ "My Homeland -- Beijing and Hong Kong Young Talents Exchange Group" activities were launched at Beijing Language and Culture University on December 25. During the week of activities, more th... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20668330/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:48:25 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20668330/ With the global economic slump cutting into consumer sales, makers of luxury goods are starting to feel the bite, with one study indicating the industry will contract next year. But in Hong Kong, high... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20663080/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:08:13 -0500 Chosun http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20663080/ A man looks at the Hong Kong Victoria harbor from the Peak in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Chances are that by the time you get off a plane in Hong Kong, you've already spent half of your trip's... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20648541/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:39:26 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20648541/ Hong Kong - Hong Kong saw a 1.1-per-cent fall in visitor arrivals in November as the global economic slump took its toll on the holiday industry, officials said Thursday. The former British colony saw... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20648542/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:36:46 -0500 Earth Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b82693edf38ebff8/id/20648542/