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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 ...

  • Hong Kong authorities investigate Snowden’s claims on U.S. cyber attacks

    HONG KONG, June 20. /ITAR-TASS reporter Alexander Zyuzin /. An investigation into allegations of former CIA employee Edward Snowden that U.S. intelligence has been carrying out cyber attacks against local websites for a long time has begun in Hong Kong. This was reported by Hong Kong police. Experts conduct 24/7 monitoring of the main traffic exchange center, created and governed by the Chinese ...

  • Langham Hospitality Group Offers Meeting Planners Double The Extra Mile For Third Consecutive Year

    HONG KONG, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Langham Hospitality Group presents exclusive offer "Double the Extra Mile" to reward event planners and organisers for the third consecutive year when they host qualified events at its participating hotels. The offer is applicable for events booked between 1 July and 30 September 2013 and to be held within 1 July and 31 December 2013. ...

  • Hong Kong national killed in train-car accident in Kota Kinabalu

    Kota Kinabalu (The Star/ANN) - Original title: Hong Kong national involved in a train-car accident in Kota Kinabalu dies The 50-year-old Hong Kong national who was involved in a train-car accident in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on Wednesday evening has died. He succumbed to his injuries several hours after the 5.40pm crash at Jalan Lintas while on his way to the Kota Kinabalu International Airport I ...

  • Views sought on Kai Tak design contest

    A two-month public engagement is set to gauge views on the upcoming Kai Tak Fantasy - International Ideas Competition on Urban Planning & Design.The Development Bureau's Energising Kowloon East Office's head Raymond Lee told reporters opinions on the competition's urban planning and design requirements are welcomed.The office will hold a public consultation meeting on July 27, ...


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The English Patient

"The English Patient" is a is a huge, brooding expanse of a film that intricately tangles love and tragedy and passion and anger and violence and war into one giant collage that sometimes threatens to engulf the viewer with all its complexities. Yet, the true irony is that, after leaving the theater, I felt like there wasn't as much to the film as I had felt there was while watching it. The story ... ...

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  • Hang Seng Nikkei dive on Fed comments

    (20 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo and Hong Kong plunged today following comments by the US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke overnight. In Tokyo, the Nikkei fell 1.08 percent by the break. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 143.69 points to 13,101.53, while the Topix index of all first-section shares was 0.93 percent, or 10.32 points, lower at 1,096.25. The Hang Seng Index dived 2.4 percent to ...

  • Hong Kong shares sink to 9-month low as Fed weak China flash PMI weigh

    HONG KONG, June 20 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:35pm EDT HONG KONG, June 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares extended losses to a nine-month low on Thursday, with defensive counters sliding after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled a tapering of stimulus and cyclicals hurt by a weak China factory activity. At 0330 GMT, the Hang Seng Index was down 2.5 percent at 20,443.8 points, breaking below ...

  • Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong on June 19

    The gold price in Hong Kong moved down 100 HK dollars to close at 12,750 HK dollars per tael on Wednesday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society.The price is equivalent to 1,379.20 US dollars a troy ounce, down 10.82 US dollars at the latest exchange rate of 1 US dollar against 7.76 HK ...

  • Hong Kong warns of vitamin C knock-off

    Hong Kong health authorities have issued a warning that a popular medicine on the mainland may contain ingredients that do not match what is listed on the bottle. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Hong Kong Department of Health said it suspects the product may have caused a woman to suffer a breakdown of muscle fibers. According to the department, the suspicious product's label shows ...

  • Hong Kong’s best-kept secrets

    WITH four daily nonstop Cathay Pacific flights to Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur, it is easy to get to Hong Kong and explore it at leisure. We uncover some of Hong Kong's best kept secrets from the eyes (and ears) of Cathay Pacific Airways country manager for Malaysia and Brunei, Melody Keung. Q. In the midst of a concrete jungle, where is the best place to go for outdoor activities on ...

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