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  • Tung Chung consultation launched

    The Planning Department and the Civil Engineering & Development Department today launched the Stage 2 Public Engagement for the Tung Chung New Town Extension Study.Activities including a community workshop, a public forum, briefings and roving exhibitions will serve to gauge public views on planning direction and scale for development.Two initial land use options are proposed for Tung Chung ...

  • City University of Hong Kong Selects Echo360 to Create an Active Learning Environment With Video

    City University of Hong Kong is enhancing teaching and learning with instructional video created and published using Echo360 technology.The University is expanding its use of Echo360 because of a rapidly changing academic culture that places personalized learning, social collaboration and immediate access for students at the forefront of the institution's curriculum strategy.By creating and ...

  • Hang Seng down by break

    (26 mins ago) Stocks in Hong Kong were down 0.50 percent by the break after a dip on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve chairman's testimony on the US economic outlook. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 117.49 points to 23,375.54 by the noon break on turnover of HK$40.36 billion. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is due to give testimony to Congress on Wednesday. ...

  • Hong Kong shares nudged off 3-12-month high China slips

    Tue May 21, 2013 12:29am EDT * HSI -0.5 pct, H-shares -1.1 pct, CSI300 -0.2 pct * ICBC down 2 pct after Goldman, vs 2.5 pct discount * PICC P&C slides after $938.3 million rights issue By Clement Tan HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares fell from a 3-1/2-month high on Tuesday, while China markets looked set for their first loss in five days, hurt by a series of fund raising moves and ...

  • Gold price opens higher in Hong Kong -- May 21

    /enpproperty--> HONG KONG - The gold price in Hong Kong went up HK$320 to open at HK$12,930 per tael on Tuesday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society. The price is equivalent to $1,398.67 a troy ounce, up $34.62 at the latest exchange rate of $1 against ...


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  • ASIA MARKETS Hong Kong Sydney Stocks Fall Tokyo Seesaws

    HONG KONG – Australian stocks declined, and Hong Kong equities pulled back from a three-day winning run on Tuesday, weighed by overnight losses on Wall Street and uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy.The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.7% in Sydney, and the Hang Seng Index gave up 0.2% in Hong Kong.Japan's Nikkei Stock Average was up 0.1%, but struggling for direction after a sturdy rally ...

  • Negative starts for Hang Seng Shanghai

    (9 mins ago) Stocks in Hong Kong opened down 0.37 percent after Wall Street closed slightly lower in cautious trade ahead of the Federal Reserve chairman's testimony to Congress on the US economic outlook. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 87.80 points to 23,405.23 in the first minutes of trade. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is due to give testimony to Congress on Wednesday. In Shanghai, ...

  • Hong Kong stocks retreat ICBC shares drop

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks on Tuesday retreated after a three-day winning streak, with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. sliding on news Goldman Sachs Group Inc. sold the remainder of its stake in the Chinese lender. The Hang Seng ...

  • Hong Kong opens lower as bank shares weaken Hang Seng Index down 0.3

    SYDNEY--Australia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to record lows at the start of May to give the resource-rich economy a further jolt as a rapid cooling in mining investment and a high Australian dollar slowed growth and eroded business ...

  • Hong Kong Says It Will Reduce Waste by 40 Percent Per Person

    Ashley Davis , Mon, May 20, 2013 As one of the most populated cities in the world, Hong Kong has a lot of waste. They are hoping to reduce their waste by 40 percent in ten years as part of a ...

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