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  • Study says India Jordan Bangladesh Hong Kong worlds most racially intolerant

    INDIA, Jordan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong are among the the most racist countries in the world - but Britain is among the most accepting of different races, a survey has found. The World Values Survey asked people in more than 80 countries what type of people they did NOT want as neighbours. More than 40 per cent of those quizzed in India, Jordan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong said they didn't ...

  • Hospital apologises for transplant mismatch

    Queen Mary Hospital has apologised for an incident in which a blood type mismatch was made, the Hospital Authority reported today.The incident involves a 58-year-old female patient with critical end-stage heart failure who received a heart transplant at the hospital yesterday.After the operation, it was found that the blood type of the patient (A) did not match that of the donor (AB).The patient ...

  • Hong Kong probes commodities market

    Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, which trades commodities, is being probed by the police and market regulators over alleged financial irregularities. The Securities and Futures Commission initiated an investigation of the two-year old market on 15 May, before referring the case to the police. On Monday, the bourse shut down because it lacked sufficient trading revenues and returned its operating ...

  • Press Digest - Hong Kong - May 22

    HONG KONG | Tue May 21, 2013 11:53pm EDT HONG KONG May 22 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST -- Hong Kong's commercial crime bureau arrested three men on Tuesday after it was asked by the Securities and Futures Commission to take ...

  • Hong Kong Police Probe Mercantile Exchange at SFC Request

    Police began probing the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Ltd., the failed commodities market set up by a member of the city's cabinet, after the securities regulator said it found suspected financial irregularities. The police action after the May 18 closure of the exchange prompted its ...


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The Village

The Village

Around this time two years ago, I wrote about M. Night Shyamalan's Signs, "Those expecting a Sixth Sense-style twist will invariably be disappointed. This is probably for the best, though, as Shyamalan's future success as a filmmaker rests on his ability to get out from under th ... ...

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  • Bonhams Hong Kong shines the spotlight on exquisite Chinese literati objects at its 2013 spring auctions

    Bonhams Hong Kong will be offering Objects of Refined Virtue: A Private Collection of Scholar’s Objects, a single-owner collection of 45 fine and rare Chinese works of arts originally commissioned for the Imperial court and literati elite. The collection maintains a high level of craftsmanship, including a diverse range of materials and subject matter, including fans painted by famous modern ...

  • NZHong Kong Feature Film Eternity at Shanghai Film Fest

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 2:12 pm Press Release: Joint Press Release 22 May 2013New Zealand/Hong Kong Feature Film Eternity Wins Official Selection to the 16th Shanghai International Film FestivalEternity, the feature film by New Zealand director Alex Galvin, has been officially selected into the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) which this year runs from 15-23 June ...

  • Hong Kong to open for afternoon as rains ease

    LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong's stock market was due to open at 1 p.m. local time for the afternoon session after the Hong Kong Observatory dowgraded its rain warning to "amber" from "black," indicating easing rains. The morning session was cancelled due to the ...

  • My Hong Kong with Johnson Chang and Yana Peel

    1. My favourite place to relax in Hong Kong is...There is no worse enemy for relaxing than a hot and hip joint. I go to my two favourite restaurants, which have been around for ever (in life-span terms): the China Club (Old Bank of China Building, Central) and the Luk Yu tea house (Stanley Street, ...

  • Heavy Rain in Hong Kong Delays Opening of Markets Offices

    Hong Kong issued a "black" rainstorm warning, the highest level, because of rainfall expected to exceed 70 millimeters an hour, delaying the opening of the city's markets, offices and schools. ...

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