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  • Shuttler Sai Praneeth upsets second seed in Singapore

    After sending Taufik Hidayat into retirement, India's B. Sai Praneeth caused another big upset by defeating second seed Yun Hu of Hong Kong in the men's singles first round of the Singapore Open Super Series here Wednesday. The 20-year-old Sai, ranked 61 in the world, thrashed World No.4 Hu 21-9, 21-10 in exactly half an hour at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to level his head-to-head to ...

  • Lai Unfazed By Attack

    Security at Next Media in Tseung Kwan O has been stepped up after the Kowloon home of its chairman, Jimmy Lai Chee- ying, was attacked in the early hours of ...

  • Hong Kongs tourism market recorded an above 16 increase in the number of inbound tourists last year

    The Hong Kong tourism market has recovered after a brief decline due to the financial downturn in 2009, with international arrivals to the country registering healthy growth between 2008 and 2012. Hong Kong has a modern and well-developed transport infrastructure. The country's ports provide a natural hub for shipping to and from Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. The tourism industry ...

  • Iceland holds informal talks over Edward Snowden asylum

    A representative of Edward Snowden, who exposed US surveillance programmes, has held informal talks with Icelandic officials to sound out the possibility of the country granting asylum to him, the prime minister has ...

  • Hong Kong is rolling in more millionaire money than Singapore

    In the epic battle between Singapore and Hong Kong to attract money flowing into Asia, Hong Kong is coming back. One telling sign: Hong Kong now has more millionaires than Singapore. According to ...


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The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The buddy-cop action movie has been parodied, gently and otherwise, so many times at this point that it would be reasonable to think that there is very little left to do with it (and if you had the misfortune of sitting through Kevin Smiths obnoxiously unfunny Cop Out earlier thi ... ...

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  • The PLA has has much bigger concerns in Hong Kong than what to do about Edward Snowden

    East-Asia-Intel.com The case of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has drawn the world's attention to the extent to which Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership can influence the decision of the authorities of the Hong Kong special administrative region ...

  • Snowden adrift in Hong Kong provides tough dilemmas for all involved

    For more than 40 years, the US has ensnarled itself in a tradition of "exposure for the public good." It started in early 1970s with a defense analyst named Daniel Ellsberg leaking the so-called "Pentagon Papers," exposing the deliberately misleading US policy vis--vis the Vietnam War.This was soon followed by the captivating series of unbelievably detailed write-ups by two ...

  • Hong Kong Hit by tax trial reports

    STOCKS finished 1.13 per cent lower yesterday, hit by reports that property tax trials will be launched in China this year in a bid to cap soaring prices. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 238.99 points at 20,986.89. Henderson Land Development fell 1.50 per cent to HK$46.05 and New World Development was 2.63 per cent off at HK$11.10. HSBC fell 0.36 per cent to HK$83.75, Cheung Kong fell ...

  • Mother arrested for attempted murder

    Police have arrested a 46-year-old woman for the attempted murder of her daughter.On June 12, Police found the woman the and the 11-year-old girl lying on the footpath on Sai Lau Kok Road, Tsuen Wan, about 12.40pm.They were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in a conscious state for treatment.After investigation, Police today arrested the woman for attempted ...

  • Security chief Snowden case confidential

    Secretary for Security TK Lai says the Edward Snowden case is highly complicated, and said he hoped the public would understand the administration cannot disclose or discuss any details of the case.In a reply to the lawmakers today, Mr Lai said the Government, the industry and all stakeholders should stay highly alert to ensure network security, a matter the whole community should be concerned ...

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