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  • Chapman brothers unveil diabolical art in Hong Kong

    HONG KONG (AFP) - The Chapman brothers presented their latest epic installation featuring thousands of little figures in violent conflict Tuesday at the sidelines of Art Basel in Hong Kong, but dismissed the renowned fair as a "shop"."The Sum of all Evil" by Jake and Dinos Chapman builds on previous works such as "Hell" (1999) which showcased innumerous miniature ...

  • UBS Securities fined in Hong Kong

    Hong Kong's securities watchdog, Securities & Futures Commission, has reprimanded and fined UBS Securities Hong Kong 1.6 million HK dollars (205,655 U.S. dollars) for regulatory breaches and internal control failings relating to position limit failures, the Commission said Tuesday in a ...

  • Hong Kong hails return of the duck

    Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats near Ocean Terminal at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour May 2, 2013. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on Thursday, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a ...

  • Community arts centre opens

    Artists will have a new space to experiment with their ideas of artistic creation as Oi! opens today.Located at 12 Oil Street in North Point, Oi! is a new art space with two exhibition galleries and a lawn of about 300 square metres for displaying outdoor works.Speaking at the opening ceremony, Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-shing said Oi! is a starting point for aspiring artists to unlock ...

  • Baby treated for Hib infection

    The Centre for Health Protection has received a report of an invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B infection case involving a five-month-old baby girl.She is currently in stable condition and her home contacts are asymptomatic.The girl showed flu-like symptoms on May 18 and was admitted to hospital the following day. She was diagnosed to have septicaemia and her blood culture grew Haemophilus ...


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Straw Dogs (1971) [Blu-Ray]

Straw Dogs (1971) [Blu-Ray]

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs is a great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmakers career. For every critic who found it the work of a great and terrible genius, there ... ...

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  • Cancelled ExCo meeting not new

    The cancellation of Executive Council meetings on non-recess days has precedents and is not uncommon.This was the message from the Executive Council Secretariat in response to media enquiries on ExCo's meeting arrangements.It said more than 10 regular Tuesday meetings were cancelled from 2007 to ...

  • UBS Securities fined $1.6m

    The Securities & Futures Commission has reprimanded and fined UBS Securities Hong Kong $1.6 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings relating to position limit failures.The disciplinary action follows an investigation into UBS holding, on behalf of its client UBS AG London, 175,697 contracts in China Construction Bank stock options, in breach of the prescribed position ...

  • Waste plan support needed KS Wong

    Hong Kong needs to create a culture that promotes waste reduction and recycling, Secretary for the Environment KS Wong says.Speaking to the media after attending a radio programme today on the new blueprint for sustainable use of resources, he said the majority of the public support the idea of volume-based charges to reduce waste."So we are now in a stage to engage the public to talk about ...

  • Readers Digest Trusted Brand 2013

    Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Survey: Among Asian Regions, Hong Kong Consumers Believe Most Strongly in Social Media Comments Over 70% Likely to Trust Comments on Social Media Platforms HONG KONG, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reader's Digest's annual consumer survey across Asia revealed that consumers in Hong Kong rely excessively on social media in forming their consumption ...

  • Consumer prices up 4

    Overall consumer prices rose 4% year-on-year in April, compared to the corresponding increase of 3.6% in March.The Census & Statistics Department said today, netting out the effects of the Government's one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of increase in the Composite Consumer Price Index in April was 3.9%, compared to 3.7% in March.The change was attributable to increases in ...

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