Hong Kong stocks continued their positive start to 2009 Monday with a second day of gains, rising by almost 3.5...

said in a statement. The blue chip company acted as an agent for the U.S. retailer that filed for bankruptcy in December, and said it will help the manufacturers seek recourse from the bankruptcy...

, down 68.2% from the same month of 2007. The registry didn't elaborate on the data. Analysts say peopler are reluctant to buy apartments amid the city's economic downturn and on concerns about job...

Hong Kong stocks surged 520.5 points, or 3.46 percent, to close at 15,563.31 on Monday, boosted by strong rally of companies registered in the Chinese mainland. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose...

Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has shortlisted five qualified bidders for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences, which cover the operation of WiMAX networks....

Shares in investment firm Citic Pacific on Monday outperformed the Hong Kong stock market despite news that its entire board of directors was being probed over a costly trading scandal. The firm's...

Hong Kong - A Hong Kong public hospital Monday admitted it had blundered by refusing to send medics to help a dying patient on its doorstep. The Caritas Medical Centre's actions sparked public...

Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks continued their positive start to 2009 Monday with a second day of gains, rising by almost 3.5 per cent. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index climbed 520.5 points, or 3.46 per...

Ani Ashekian decided to go on a trip to Asia. She had planned on travelling to China/India/Vietnam and Cambodia. She only had time to secure a visa to enter China and she decided she would get the...

Hong Kong - Middle-class victims of the economic slump are seeking help from a food bank for the poor in Hong Kong, a charity said Monday. The charity said there had been about 10 instances in the...

(2 hrs 40 mins ago) Hong Kong share prices opened up 2 percent, as investors took their cue from a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday, dealers said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 306.52...

The value of total retail sales in Hong Kong in November, provisionally estimated at HK$20.5 billion (US$2.65 billion), went up 1.1 percent over a year earlier, official figures released Friday...

Hiking in one of the most crowded places in the world? It sounds bonkers but, as Carole Cadwalladr discovers, minutes from the city's cocktail bars, there are spectacular peaks to climb, idyllic...

Air pollution across large swathes of Hong Kong last year reached its highest level since records began, despite government efforts to improve the environment, official figures showed Friday.Hong...

HONG KONG, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Ocean Park said here Saturday that another Chinese sturgeon died Friday, raising the death toll of the rare aquatic species in the park to three inhalf a...

Hong Kong shares started the new year with their best day in three weeks, gaining 4.6 per cent to lead a broad rally among those Asia Pacific markets open for trading. Telecommunications and...

HONG KONG - World stock markets opened 2009 on a high note, with Hong Kong's index up more than 4 percent, as investors shrugged off more dreary economic news to focus on government moves to ease...

Hong Kong - A 32-year-old Hong Kong housewife was Friday jailed for seven months for branding the arm of her Indonesian maid with a hot iron. Ng Bik-man attacked her 24-year-old maid in August after...

Hong Kong - Hong Kong shares surged by more than 4.5 per cent Friday on the first day of trading in 2009, re-crossing the 15,000-point barrier. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended the day up 655.33...

January 2, 2009 Hong Kong - A pop star at the centre of a celebrity sex photo scandal was on Friday narrowly beaten to the title Person of 2008 in a Hong Kong government radio station poll. ...

(0003.HK), known as Towngas, said Friday it signed a 30-year contract to buy coal-bed methane from a domestic supplier for its 70%-owned liquefaction plant in Shanxi...

on hopes the Chinese government may soon award 3G licenses, while Australian stocks gave up early gains after rising during the previous four...

Hong Kong- An animal trainer at a Hong Kong theme park had to be taken to hospital after being bitten by a sealion, a radio report said Thursday. The sealion bit the trainer on the arm during feeding...

Hong Kong - Ten sailors had to be rescued from a sinking Chinese cargo ship in rough seas close to Hong Kong, rescue officials said Thursday. The crew sent out a distress call Thursday morning after...

HONG KONG -- Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, said he's been buying shares of Chinese companies even as growth in the world's fourth-largest economy...

Australian Open champion , has withdrawn from the JB Group Classic exhibition tournament in Hong Kong because she is still recovering from a shoulder injury. The news comes just weeks before the...

Hong Kong, Dec 31: Hong Kong residents have emerged as some of the most pessimistic in the world concerning their expectations for the coming year, according to an online survey published...

Hong Kong - More than 500,000 revellers are expected to brave chilly weather Wednesday to count down the New Year alongside Hong Kong's harbour. Police said special traffic arrangements would be in...

Hong Kong - Maria Sharapova will miss a high-powered Hong Kong tune-up event for the Australian Open for only the second time since 2004, due to lack ofpreparation. The Russian revealed that she...

Defending Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from a Hong Kong exhibition tournament saying she is still recovering from a shoulder injury just weeks ahead of the first Grand Slam...

Hong Kong - The boyfriend of a Canadian woman missing in Hong Kong was Wednesday expected back home after a five-day visit to the former British colony to help the search for her. Wenddell Walsh told...

(12-31 10:27) Hong Kong share prices closed the year down 48.3 percent, marking the worst percentage fall in 34 years as the global economic crisis hit hard. But the market ended its shortened...

Global Financial Crisis HONG KONG, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong' benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 142.01 points, or 0.99 percent, to open at 14,377.51 on...

(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market was trading higher on Wednesday morning in a truncated session following the overnight gains on Wall Street. Banking and oil stocks were trading higher. At...

Hong Kong’s stock market operator on Tuesday bowed to pressure from business leaders by agreeing to delay plans that would restrict directors’ freedom to trade shares in their companies. Hong...

Hong Kong - A two-month-old baby girl in Hong Kong was in hospital Tuesday after being diagnosed with a mild form of the bird flu virus. The infant, who normally lives in Shenzhen in southern China,...

-(Dow Jones)- Hong Kong's stock market operator bent to pressure from the city's business leaders Tuesday, saying it will delay extending the blackout period for share trading by company directors...

Broadcasters and telecom operators will find it challenging to translate the opportunity into revenue, the technology research analyst said in a statement Wednesday. Hong Kong's Commerce &...

legislative panel urged regulators Tuesday to hold off on a plan to extend the blackout period for company directors trading their own shares, following reports the plan will be...

PCCW minority shareholders agreed on Tuesday to adjourn a meeting to consider a buyout offer after controlling shareholders sweetened the takeover offer by 7.1 per cent, a company director...

Hong Kong - A former Hong Kong flight attendant who stole 168 items from the plane's trolleys on a single flight was Tuesday sentenced to community service. Kwong Man-fong, 43, purloined biscuits,...

HONG KONG, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong' benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 148.26 points, or 1.03 percent, to open at 14,476.74 on...

(30 mins ago) Hong Kong share prices opened up 1 percent, with dealers reporting more bargain-hunting in the wake of Monday's gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 148.26 points to...

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. shares are set to experience their biggest annual decline in at least 18 years after battling record fuel prices and a global recession. Cathay Pacific shares plunged...

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lightscape Technologies Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LTSC), an operator of outdoor LED billboards and provider of LED solutions, announced today that it was awarded two...

More than 200 quoted Hong Kong companies on Monday made a public appeal to the territory’s government to postpone plans to curb directors’ freedom to trade shares in their companies.In an open...

Hong Kong Disneyland  park.Disney is currently exploring expansion options with the Hong Kong government, which holds a stake in the venture.A report said that any expansion could include adding...

. Disney (NYSE: DIS) is currently exploring expansion options with the Hong Kong government, which holds a stake in the venture. The report says that any expansion could include adding attractions...

Most Asian markets retreated in light trading Monday, shadowed by a weak economic outlook for 2009, with Japanese stocks lower as exporters such...

Hong Kong stocks went up 144.34 points, or 1.02 percent, to close at 14,328.48 on Monday, on bargain hunting after four consecutive days of losses. Turnover was thin at 21.95 billion HK dollars (2.8...