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...to work with Kanoo Travel once again in the Middle East to offer this special promotion to this exciting destination. Hong Kong is not only a world class financial business centre but also a major leisure destination perfect for families, couples and young...
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...has come to be known as one of Asia’s friendliest cities, with visa free entry for Nationals from more than 160 countries. Hong Kong has become a popular holiday destination for tourists from across the globe. The city caters to all kinds of vacationers as...
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PR-Inside.com
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...Market Volume Forecast: Units million, 2008-2013 21 Table 8: Hong Kong Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 22 Table 9: Hong Kong GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 22 Table 10: Hong Kong Inflation, 2004-2008 22 Table 11: Hong Kong Exchange...
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A stream of mourners offered three bows to the coffin. Everyone wore black.
Donations of wreaths and white flowers, the colour of death in in China,
decked the walls of the Hong Kong funeral parlour.
Luo Haixing was from a unique, and unusually
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7016098.ece
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...six teams from around the region with China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong qualifying through the new Asian Rugby Sevens series established last October. Thailand is returning to the Hong Kong Sevens for the first time since 2004....
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Fiji Times
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...wake of the severe earthquake that hit Haiti, Hong Kong's charity and humanitarian aid organizations have successively raised donations. Organizations such as the Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC), World Vision Hong Kong and Oxfam Hong Kong have raised funds of...
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People's Daily Online
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...out to upgrade their technology, it meant good business opportunities for Indian IT software, hardware and service firms. Hong Kong's advantage in terms of access to procurement, distribution, import and export trading finance and raw material offered opportunities,...
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Business Standard
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...gourmet cuisine, indulge in some spa treatments, shop at any number of high-end boutiques and enjoy the seductive nightlife. Hong Kong is one of the best cities in the world for shopping and these malls and markets are the best of the best. What I found out...
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Associated Content
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Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang to maintain stable economic growth next year and to address “deep-rooted contradictions in Hong Kong.”
Tsang met today with Wen and Chinese President Hu
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Business Week
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- In the past decade, the Hong Kong stock market and the Hang Seng Index have successfully hitched their fortunes to the coming of age of China's economy and its emerging companies. But looking ahead, can this city of a mere 7
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MarketWatch
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...Hong Kong. Indeed, as China improves its relations with many other parts of the world, the city's gateway role diminishes. Hong Kong still has advantages, such as its large body of professionals, including lawyers and accountants. There is confidence in its...
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Globe and Mail
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Our plane lands and rolls slowly to the gate. The doors open and instantly the heavy, moist Asian air sweeps into the cabin.
Welcome to Asia. Welcome to Hong Kong, land of biggest, longest and tallest. The biggest seated Buddha in the world. The
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The Orange County Register
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - From building the world's biggest dam to engineering blue skies for the Olympics, China's leaders have earned a reputation for achieving improbable goals.
So when the Chinese government declared last April it wanted to make
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Reuters
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By Laura Santini HONG KONG—One of this city's hottest businesses these days is located inside the cool, climate-controlled confines of a former World War II military bunker on the south side of Hong Kong island.There, in a 6,000-square-foot space that
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Wall Street Journal
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...Kong's South China Morning Post is printed in English and has updates on everything China and news about the city. Hong Kong is a curious mix of east and west as the Wall Street Institute has a School of English located in Hong Kong amongst its host of international...
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Associated Content
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Many years ago I met an old sweat Brit from Hong Kong, he told me two things (1) Hong Kong is the closest you will ever get to a pure free-market economy (2) that’s because it’s regulated.
He was absolutely right, it’s funny how health services,
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The Market Oracle
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15108.html
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Emirates airline, renowned for its high-profile sports sponsorships around the globe for more than two decades, today announced its involvement with the UBS Hong Kong Open for the fifth year running.
Emirates will once again be the Official Airline to
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Dubai Chronicle
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By Alexandra A. Seno HONG KONG -- These are the trophies of a war between Singapore and Hong Kong: whimsical oils by Indonesian boy-wonder artist I Nyoman Masriadi; an abstract painting by Zao Wou-ki; and an ancient Chinese imperial throne worth US$11
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Wall Street Journal
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Hong Kong China October 23, 2009; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and EuAuto Technology
Limited (EuAuto) today jointly announced the official launch of their
home-grown electric vehicle mycar in Hong Kong. The launching ceremony was
held
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TheAutoChannel.com
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Alex Ortolani takes a tour of Hong Kong's most interesting architecture
DESPITE Hong Kong's abundance of natural beauty, its buildings are easily its most striking feature. With millions of people living on limited land, even a run-down apartment block
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The Australian
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,26236944-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss
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11/08/1985 - Japão 3x0 Hong Kong (Eliminatórias da Copa)
22/09/1985 - Hong Kong 1x2 Japão (Eliminatórias da Copa)
22/05/1989 - Hong Kong 0x0 Japão (Eliminatórias da Copa)
18/06/1989 - Japão 0x0 Hong Kong (Eliminatórias da Copa)
19/02/1995 - Hong Kong
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Soccer Blogs
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Now that our financing is completed and the Vinfolio Marketplace is launched, we're finally in a position to resume our focus on expanding our existing Hong Kong operation
Our immediate next step in Hong Kong is to convert our Vinfolio Hong Kong web
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The Wine Collector
http://vinfolio.com/thewinecollector/2009/10/update-on-vinfolios-hong-kong.jsp
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
When Hyatt Regency Hong Kong closed its doors on New Year's Day 2006,
both international guests and local residents lamented the end of a
hospitality era. Hyatt Regency Hong Kong opened on Nathan Road in
1969--the year
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Street Insider
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Revival+of+the+Fittest%3A+The+Legendary+Hyatt+Regency+Hong+Kong+Opens+in+the+Heart+of+Tsim+Sha+Tsui/4993143.html
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HONG KONG, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The launch of Renminbi sovereign bonds in Hong Kong on Monday shows China's efforts to boost the international use of the yuan step by step, officials and analysts said.
The bond issue, worth only 6 billion yuan (
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Xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/28/content_12123109.htm
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Hong Kong has been the gateway to China for decades. In recent years, China's rapid economic growth has benefited the territory, and during the global financial crisis, Chinese funds have helped the territory ride out the storm.
In September, HSBC,
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Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-28-voa8.cfm?rss=topstories
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HONG KONG — Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, criticized for her lack of foreign policy experience, emerged in Asia on Wednesday to share her views from "Main Street U.S.A." with a group of high-flying global investors.
In her first
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/23/palin-hong-kong-speech-im_n_295812.html
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-- Group net profit was HK$1.06 billion for the first half of 2009,
compared to a loss for the six months ended 30 June 2008;
-- Group EBITDA increased 91% to HK$507 million for the half year, which
also represented three consecutive quarters of
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Pakistan News.net
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Cosmopolitan Asian city offers green attractions, but smog remains a problem.
DOGGED BY SMOG: Hong Kong environmentalists and public health advocates are pressing their leaders to take a more aggressive stand on air pollution and climate change.
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Plenty
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/travel/stories/destination-of-the-week-hong-kong
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2009-08-17 12:21:01 -
In 2009
Figures released by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) at the end of January 2009 showed that visitor arrivals for 2008 increased by 4.7% year-on-year (y-o-y), to 29,506,616. China remains the main source
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/research-and-markets-hong-kong-s-total-r1439427.htm
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HONG KONG -- “Turning Point” marks the next stage for former Asian
giant Shaw Brothers after a 22-year absence from filmmaking, as
well as a new juncture for the Hong Kong film industry, where the
distinct local essence has been all but lost, director
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Hollywood Reporter
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...by the Ink Society, and also works closely with the Fine Arts Department and Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, helping to nurture the future generation of art practitioners and professionals in Hong Kong. About the Fair Organiser HKIAAF...
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Art Knowledge News
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-07-31-00-24-38-hong-kong-international-art-and-antiques-fair-2009.html
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When the Shelf was inaugurated shortly after I graduated from college -- it was an Ikea shelf back then, and the films were on VHS, but the principle remained the same -- the collection of films were almost entirely from Hong Kong, reflecting that
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San Francisco Chronicle
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HONG KONG Tourists who board the Star Ferry in Hong Kong are treated to two unusual sights: the city's famed skyline — and the demonstrators who regularly gather at the Kowloon pier to accuse the Chinese government of torture and murder.
Anywhere else
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USA Today
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For Fan Ho, whose exhibition The Living Theatre coincides with the publication of a limited edition art book of the same name, Hong Kong is a shadow-filled and smoky place, where children grasp what they can of their youth and everyone else toils in
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KQED
http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/index.jsp?id=24915
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...Morgan's China business, also says his intimacy with the mainland policy-making process puts him in a good position to help Hong Kong's market.The 48-year-old Mr. Li, who was born in Beijing and doesn't speak Hong Kong's Cantonese dialect, took an unlikely...
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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124454535907697581.html#mod=WSJ_topics_obama
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...inflow of foreign funds can lead to both a rise in asset prices and a rise in the value of the local currency. But thanks to Hong Kong's link to the dollar, only the asset prices can rise -- and because the currency can't, the gains are more pronounced. The...
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RealEstateJournal
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It's no accident that the first Hong Kong film, or at least the film that kickstarted the biz back in 1909, was "Stealing a Roast Duck," a ribald pic that combined the territory's love of comedy with the love of food.
Or at least that's what the
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Variety
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...production company Big Media have unveiled a major strategy that includes building more theaters in China. So the future looks bright for the Hong Kong biz. It's just that it will probably be spoken in Mandarin instead of the popular local Cantonese....
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Variety
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Notes to Editor
- Hong Kong FA Cup is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football,
run by and named after The Hong Kong
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PR Newswire
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Ben Bernanke has cut short-term interest rates in the U.S. to essentially zero... the lowest rate we've ever seen.
He's doing this, of course, to "juice" the economy – to give it a jumpstart. He doesn't know (or care, actually) that this action will
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iStockAnalyst
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3201363
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...Hong Kong official to visit Taiwan since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China. Analysts have told reporters recently that Hong Kong's hands had been tied in terms of building relations with Taiwan during the eight years of tense relations between Beijing and...
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China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/04/14/204120/Taichung%2Dmayor.htm
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...European tradition, they now built tip into the bill. This has more to do with the fact that Chinese citizens visiting Hong Kong wouldn’t tip. Now they have no choice. Hong Kong has the highest percentage of English speaking citizens among Chinese cities....
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The Bloggers' Times
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...Arab Emirates' Dubai and Singapore, feel the credit squeeze. This week, the city launched its fifth Entertainment Expo Hong Kong, which encompasses a number film and TV events of varying magnitude that continue for a month. Most obvious among them is the...
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The Australian
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25259406-7582,00.html?from=public_rss
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THR's Hong Kong Filmart coverage
Is it, or isn't it?
The question being -- is 2009 the 100th year of Hong Kong cinema?
As the story goes, it all started with a Cantonese-style roast duck. "Not just any ordinary roast, but the roast duck -- a genuine
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Big News Network
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=23027259&cat=dd8845aa60952db2
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...from Hong Kong would be interested in doing in Boston? Eating seafood. I know it's much easier to catch fish here, not like Hong Kong where you have to wait hours to catch a fish. How has US travel to Hong Kong fared since the recession started a year ago? ...
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/03/15/hub_hong_kong_ties_deep?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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National security versus civil liberties: The case of China's Special Administrative Regions
Author(s): Suzanne Pepper
Posted: 2009-2-17
Source:www.chinaelections.net
Source date:2009-2-17
Number of hits:262
Hong Kong, February 16, 2009
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Danwei
http://www.chinaelections.net/NewsInfo.asp?NewsID=19922
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...are using nearly twice the resources of citizens of mainland China, according to an ecological footprint assessment by WWF Hong Kong and the Global Footprint Network (GFN). Hong Kong's ecological footprint per person is more than double the sustainable level,...
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YubaNet
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...& Chemical (nyse: SNP - news - people ), or Sinopec, spiked 27 Hong Kong cents (3 cents), or 5.8%, to 4.96 Hong Kong dollars (64 cents). Bank of China added 5 Hong Kong cents (1 cent), or 2.4%, to 2.17 Hong Kong dollars (28 cents), despite UBS' ...
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Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2009/01/02/asia-briefing-closer-markets-equities-cx_tddw_0102markets06.html?feed=rss_markets
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...under the policy of "one country, two systems". HONG KONG, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Heads and delegates from Hong Kong's tourism, hotel and airline industries pledged support together for Hong Kong's high-yield MICE business, as a recent effort to lessen the...
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Xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/19/content_10527875.htm
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...1941 to 1945 Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese. Following World War II, a large number of refugees from China entered Hong Kong, providing a source of cheap labor. In the following decades Hong Kong became a major manufacturing and trade center. In 1984...
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How Stuff Works
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