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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 ...

  • Total exports up 8.6

    The volume of total goods exports and imports in April increased 8.6% and 7.9% compared to April last year, the Census & Statistics Department said today.The volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports increased 8.9%, while that of domestic exports decreased 7.1% year-on-year.Comparing the first four months of 2013 with the same period in 2012, the volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports ...

  • Consumer prices up 3.9

    Overall consumer prices rose 3.9% year-on-year in May, compared to the corresponding 4% increase in April, 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 May was 3.8%, compared to 3.9% in April.The department said the change was due to the slower ...

  • Summer fun fairs to be held

    The Leisure & Cultural Services Department is holding two fun-filled summer activities in July, at the Cultural Centre and the Yau Ma Tei Theatre.The Arts Marathon for the Family, featuring drama, music, dancing, and painting, will be held on July 7 at the Cultural Centre.The April Theatre troupe will kick off the event, performing the drama Tin Shui Wai's Stories.Live music will come ...

  • Hong Kong firm to buy 60 single-aisle Airbus jets

    LE BOURGET, France - A Hong Kong aircraft leasing company has agreed to buy 60 Airbus single-aisle jets, which have been selling well at this week at the Paris Air Show.Hong Kong Aviation Capital placed an order Thursday for 40 of the new generation A320 jets and 20 new generation A321s. At list prices, the deal is worth $6.3 billion, but customers typically negotiate steep discounts on ...


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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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  • Hong Kong’s Curbs Exacerbates Housing Supply Shortage JLL Says

    Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL) The government should replace the extra tax imposed on all homes resold within three years after purchases with a capital gain tax, and scrap a February move to double stamp duty taxes on all properties, Joseph Tsang, Hong Kong-based managing director at the world's second-biggest commercial realtor, said in a briefing ...

  • Hang Seng Shanghai take a hit

    (43 mins ago) Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks sank today after data showed manufacturing activity in China contracted for a second straight month in June. The benchmark Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong ended down 2.85 percent, or 598.27 points, at 20,388.62 on turnover of HK$75.34 billion. Stocks in Shanghai closed down 2.77 percent. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slumped 59.43 points to ...

  • Delhis Connaught Place among worlds most expensive office spaces

    office areas in the world are in Asia, as demand by global companies to locate there outstripped the supply, according to a semiannual report released on Thursday by real estate services ...

  • Hong Kong shares close down 2.9 pct at 9-month low

    HONG KONG, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:09am EDT HONG KONG, June 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares tumbled to their lowest in nine months on Thursday, with interest rate-sensitive counters sliding after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled a tapering of stimulus and cyclicals hurt by a weak China factory activity survey. The Hang Seng Index ended down 2.9 percent at 20,382.9 points, its ...

  • 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 ...

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