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  • Hong Kong shares may start week higher China property in focus

    HONG KONG | Sun May 19, 2013 9:11pm EDT HONG KONG May 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start the week higher on Monday, with China property counters in focus after data over the weekend showed housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years. Average new home prices rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier - the sharpest since April 2011 - after a 3.6 ...

  • Military Attack strikes in Singapore Airlines International Cup

    Military Attack, under jockey Zac Purton, wins the Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup by 3 3/4 lengths at Kranji Racecourse on Sunday. Military Attack, one of the stars on the Hong Kong circuit this year, extended his winning streak to four races with a convincing victory in Sunday’s $2.4 million Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. A ...

  • Insight Despite curbs Chinas vast hot money triangle flourishes

    ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them bound for the gambling ...

  • On fleeting Hong Kong trips Chinese make frugal fashionable

    By Donny Kwok and Lavinia Mo HONG KONG | Sun May 19, 2013 5:00pm EDT HONG KONG May 20 (Reuters) - Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap into the new chic as luxury falls out of favour. Wealthy Chinese used to stop over in Hong Kong ...

  • SAR `losing edge to mainland cities

    Hong Kong's lead as the most competitive city in China is diminishing, although it continues to top the list for the 11th year, according to a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In its latest "Report on the Competitiveness of Chinese Cities," the academy also predicts the SAR's service industry will be overtaken by the mainland.Following hot on Hong Kong's ...


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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

In his unauthorized autobiography, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, TV producer Chuck Barris, the creator of such memorably cheesy game shows as The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and, most notoriously, The Gong Show, claimed to have worked on the side as an assassin for the CIA, during which time he killed 33 people. The veracity of this outrageous claim has never be ... ...

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  • Horse Racing Hong Kong horses score double win at SIA Cup

    Singapore's most prestigious international horse racing event -- the Singapore Airlines International Cup -- witnessed a Hong Kong double on ...

  • Hong Kong dolphins at risk from pollution

    Hong Kong's harbour is home to unique pink dolphins, but there are growing concerns pollution is damaging their habitat. The dolphins inhabit some of the busiest waters in the world and so far have overcome the challenges posed by living in such a heavily-used environment. Now, activists fear escalating pollution levels are too much even for them. Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports ...

  • Horse racing-Hong Kong horses steal the show in Singapore

    By Peter Rutherford SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong horses swooped to capture the biggest prizes on the Singapore racing calendar on Sunday, Military Attack romping to an easy win in the S$3 million ($2.39 million)SIA Cup and Lucky Nine landing the S$1 million KrisFlyer Sprint. Military Attack made it four wins on the trot after blowing away a top quality field in the main race at ...

  • Hong Kong City Guide Where to Eat Play and Stay

    Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping. That's why we've narrowed down a few picks from our editor at large, Hanya Yanagihara--to make it easier for ...

  • On Hong Kong Shelves Illicit Dirt on China Elite

    Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room here filled with forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposs about ...

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