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  • US State Department Screaming passenger who disrupted Hong Kong flight once worked at agency

    NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and screamed "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong once worked at the agency. The spokeswoman said Tuesday that the passenger ended his time at the department in 2006. She gave no details about his job or why he no longer works there. The man started screaming nine hours into a ...

  • HK probes HSBC over rate rigging

    HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s de facto central bank said yesterday that its investigation into possible benchmark rate manipulation has been extended to include HSBC and a number of other banks. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced in December that it was investigating UBS about possible misconduct relating to its submissions for the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate. The move is the latest ...

  • Edward Snowdens father tells him to stop leaking

    Lon Snowden, the father of US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden, has urged his son to stop leaking, not to do anything treasonous and to return ...

  • Hong Kong Welcomes Edward Snowden to the Neighborhood

    Edward Snowden has emerged as a popular figure in Hong Kong, where he has been based since fleeing the U.S. (Kin Cheung/AP) HONG KONG -- It may still be early in Edward Snowden's attempt to find safe haven here, but a new poll and a weekend rally demanding that the local government protect Snowden indicate that the people and government of this semi-autonomous region of China may be taking ...

  • Hong Kong Flat in cautious trade

    STOCKS ended flat yesterday in cautious trade as investors wait to see what the US Federal Reserve's plans are for its stimulus scheme. The benchmark Hang Seng Index edged down 0.02 point to 21,225.88. Mark To, head of research at Wing Fung Financial, said volumes had been thin as investors await the Fed policy committee's decision on QE. "Levels are neither very attractive nor ...


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The Wasp Woman [DVD]

The Wasp Woman [DVD]

The Giant Gila Monster may have been the perfect make-out movie. After all, as a low-budget, B-movie sci-fi/horror hybrid aimed directly at the insatiable teenage market, it played drive-ins in the late 1950s and early 1960s, yet it is so inept and boring that I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to watch it all the way through. So, even if stuck on a blind date about whom you're ... ...

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  • A Government Building A Tech Scene Hong Kongs Cyberport

    Cyberport HK is a 1 million square foot office, coworking space, incubator and hotel in Hong Kong. Hong Kong-based tech community, Cyberport HK, is not your average incubator and coworking space. For one thing, it's huge. With 1 million square feet of tech-centric office space located about 15 minutes from central Hong Kong, Cyberport is a boon to the 150+ companies that call it home and ...

  • Hong Kong dolphin numbers dwindling quickly

    View Photo AFP/AFP/File - A Chinese white dolphin swims in waters off the coast of Hong Kong on March 17, 2012. Conservationists Tuesday warned that the number of rare Chinese white dolphins in Hong Kong waters has ...

  • Hong Kong’s Offshore Trade Surging HKTDC Study | HKTDC

    HKTDC Director of Research Nicholas Kwan (centre), Deputy Director of Research (Greater China) Pansy Yau (right) and Principal Economist (Global Research) Daniel Poon discussed the export outlook and offshore trade at today’s press ...

  • Gregory So visits design firms

    Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So visited two Hong Kong design firms today to discuss promoting the wider use of design in industrial and business processes.He first stopped at a brand consultancy company at the InnoCentre in Kowloon Tong, which adopts a holistic approach to brand design covering brand development, corporate identity, interior design and visual ...

  • Warning issued on oral product

    The Department of Health today urged people not to buy or consume Wei C Yin Qiao Pian, as it may contain dangerous drug ingredients.The Hospital Authority informed the department that a 41-year-old woman was sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in October with rhabdomyolysis and hypokalemia. Her blood potassium level was found to be low.She recently told her doctor she had consumed the ...

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