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  • Profit Drops At Hong Kong Billionaire Cheng Yu-tungs Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Chain

    Chow Tai Fook, the Hong Kong-based jewelry chain controlled by billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, on Monday net profit fell by 13% in the 12 months to March 31 amid slower economic growth and retail sales gains in mainland China last ...

  • Scholar urges Hong Kong to address cultural gap

    /enpproperty--> A top Hong Kong scholar has called on the special administrative region to bridge cultural and social differences with the mainland, in a bid to boost its waning competitiveness. In a report published on Tuesday, Gui Qiangfang, president of the China Institute of City Competitiveness, said Hong Kong's comprehensive competitiveness, including social, environmental ...

  • Cathay Pacific to revamp first class BOSE headphones more personal space

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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 ...


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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (WR: Misterije organizma) [DVD]

WR: Mysteries of the Organism (WR: Misterije organizma) [DVD]

Dusan Makavejev's infamous WR: Mysteries of the Organism (WR: Misterije organizma), a quasi-documentary that simultaneously mocks both communism and consumerism while advocating liberated sexuality as the ultimate force in the world, is fascinating ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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