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IN AN old printing works on an obscure industrial estate in Hong Kong's New Territories a little bit of history is being made.

Now Hong Kong's retail industry is trying to pump up the urge to spend by indulging Chinese curiosity about this very non-Chinese holiday.

They are appealing the ruling, but the decision casts a light on a practice that surely has no place in Hong Kong's financial markets.

At least Kong's article was written in Chinese.

So it was created firstly due to Kong's psychology of spreading the original stories.

The choice was a natural one since Mr Zhang himself had done Cheung Kong's "China Country Manager" course in the past.

Of course Hong Kong's story is not solely that of a century and a half of British responsibility.

That would help realignHong Kong's exchange rate, which Pershing thinks is too competitive.

How much was bet on Hong Kong's horses this past season?

A spokesman for Octopus Cards, which operates Hong Kong's smart card system, said the company was open to regional integration.

Perhaps more than any other place in Asia, Hong Kong's energy comes from a powerful relationship with the present.

At Kong's office, Sengoku is meeting with the World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong.

Hong Kong's youngest ever university student started his math course on Sep. 4. He said he is already bored with the "very easy" class.

With its intense urban center and outlying natural beauty, Hong Kong's intriguing, paradoxical nature beckons you to come for a visit.

Drinking in the dark sounds like a risky endeavor, but that's exactly what happens in Hong Kong's Wine in the Dark.

Although unique in Macao, The Manhattan would not be out of place among the luxury tower blocks of Hong Kong's Mid-levels district.

The structure is one of the last reminders of Hong Kong's colonial past in the heart of the city.

It was deemed good news; Li is often portrayed as personifying Hong Kong's ups and downs.

Kong's new experiment in Chinese folk music is so important to him.

She said she has not been disappointed by Hong Kong's development since Britain handed over the former colony to China a decade ago.

The organisation said the personal politics of Oxfam Hong Kong's board members and employees had no influence on its work.

Hong Kong's cut in duty merely confirmed the wisdom of his decision to set up a base there by the end of the year .

During the year, the TDC continued to attract international traders to Hong Kong's trade platform and promote a good image of Hong Kong.

You know, in the last five, four years, many Taiwanese companies went public on Hong Kong's stock exchange.

"I don't blame these private operators at all, " Yu says from his shop in Hong Kong's Hum Hong district.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has also confirmed it is investigating the matter.

The car is at your service. At your service So it was one year after Hong Kong's return to China.

The company is also the subject of a related investigation by Hong Kong's market regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission.

Meanwhile, in the land of the living, making provision for the remains of the dead is one of crowded Hong Kong's most contentious issues.

The demand for talent in Hong Kong's financial industry is a perennial topic, but I make no apology for returning to it now.

Last Friday, bankers learned that Hong Kong's annual quota for trade settlement in yuan had been used up.

On top of that there's Hong Kong's role and potential as banker to the juggernaut next door : China. " End of quote. "

The case was an unusual one because Hong Kong's regulators had rarely inserted themselves into the dealings of the city's business elite.

Until the 1980s , when Britain's Foreign Office muscled in , Hong Kong's colonial administrators strove to keep London out of its affairs .

When investment bankers start pontificating on Hong Kong's housing and income inequality problems, you know it's a serious problem.

Hong Kong's Link real estate investment trust, with a market capitalisation of US$4. 8bn, is trying to square the circle.

If it sounds excessive, chalk it up to the peculiar one-week buying spree that is unique to Hong Kong's auction structure.

But Hong Kong's government has been trying to quiet the real estate party, as part of its ongoing effort to fight inflation.

I was the only shopper on the fourth floor of the Landmark, one of Hong Kong's most fashionable malls.

It would not be lost on them that Mr Tsang had joined Hong Kong's colonial government in the same year, beginning his long march to the top.

Hong Kong's chief executive, Donald Tsang, has made infrastructure spending one of the cornerstones of his economic policy.

Hong Kong's market regulator is trying to block Mr Li's buy-out of PCCW.

Foreign money is always the hottest, as illustrated on Tuesday by the slump in Hong Kong's Hang Seng index.

Mr Chu jokes that Hong Kong's former rulers, perhaps homesick for the Thames, set out to turn Victoria Harbour into Victoria river.

"In fact, " as we wrote, "the naked truth about Hong Kong's future can be summed up in two words: It's over. "

I, for one, have never been much of a fan of Hong Kong's post-1997 slogan "Asia's World City. " It's vague and unclear.

A growing number of funds and banks are looking to tap into the adventurous nature of Hong Kong's retail investors.

Like its counterpart on the mainland, Hong Kong's government is trying to restrain property markets.

It has been a rough few weeks for Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission, its primary market regulator.

Superbly located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, one of Hong Kong's most popular Shopping and business districts.

'Hong Kong's nightlife has always been quite segregated, but I'm seeing more crossing-over of types of party-goers. '

Hong Kong's Civic Exchange is one of the region's best think-tanks and a formidable campaigner for change.

Hong Kong's external trade continued to be dampened by the Asian financial turmoil in the first half of 1999.

With China on track to become the biggest buyer in the gold market, Hong Kong's jewellers are likely to see ever more elaborate fakery.

The main worry of many participants is Hong Kong's sweltering summer heat and extreme humidity, which can reach up to 80 percent in August.

I have been trying to stay awake during the "contest" for Hong Kong's chief executive.

On a side note, yesterday Hong Kong's financial secretary stated that there was no need or intention to change HKD peg to the USD.

Look closely at the stubs of the cut-off needles on your sea urchin the next time you're at Hong Kong's St. George restaurant.

The takeover battle for PCCW, Hong Kong's incumbent telecoms company, ended this week before it had even properly begun.

Hong Kong's cultural and intellectual development has been hampered, no doubt, by its lack of political development.

Expansion of Hong Kong's capacity as an international arbitration centre continues to be a prime policy objective.

Hong Kong's government predicts the economy will shrink up to 6. 5% this year and unemployment is at a three-year high.

And I believe these measures will help further consolidate and develop Hong Kong's status as an international financial center.

Officials said the sandstorms had exacerbated Hong Kong's worsening smog problems.

So Hong Kong's rally is the result of the diversion of the gush of money from Chinese retail investors.

The shop's inauguration coincided with a round of job cuts by Hong Kong's financial institutions, some of them also housed within the IFC.

She now plans to do marine biology research. "I hope one day I can help protect Hong Kong's marine environment, " she said.

Whether such factors go under-appreciated or not, they have helped fuel a spectacular growth in Hong Kong's funds business in recent years.

We shall station troops there to safeguard our national security, not to interfere in Hong Kong's internal affairs.

Shanghai is so big and attracts so much global attention that the impression lingers of Hong Kong's days of greatness being numbered.

I've been a loyal reader of the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Hong Kong's leading English language daily, for nearly 40 years.

It seems that the art trade in Asia as well as the west is looking to develop Hong Kong's potential as a powerful regional art market hub.

The point of Hong Kong's currency peg is to encourage trade and investment by setting a stable exchange rate.

Economically, Hong Kong's reliance on favorable policies from Beijing has never been higher.

Diminished expectations for renminbi appreciation have also led to swings in Hong Kong's deliverable forwards markets.

Instead, as Hong Kong's population of Vietnamese refugees swelled in the early 1980s, the Sokos were turned into a Vietnamese refugee camp.

But for a good old-fashioned Australasian-style latte or espresso, you can't go past Fuel, a New Zealand import in Hong Kong's IFC Mall.

Cannes best actor winner, Hong Kong's Tony Leung Chiu-wai, plays the intelligence official Mr. Yi, and Chen has been cast as his wife.

But economists said the underlying trend for Hong Kong's inflation is clearly upwards.

The supreme status of the Basic Law in Hong Kong's legal system must be upheld and the Basic Law must be strictly abided by.

But HSBC was Hong Kong's "local bank" long before it set out to be "the world's local bank" , as its marketing campaign likes to claim.

Over coffee recently at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Ms. Leo said, 'It's funny coming back to Asia, I feel like a foreigner. '

The general offer was ordered by the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's market regulator, in December.

As a result of this enthusiasm, "there are a lot of new players and new products" in Hong Kong's fund market.

Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal also made clear that the equal-sharing principle might not always apply.

And investors betting on Hong Kong's once- indisputable place in Asia should think again.

But let me emphasise, we did this for Hong Kong because it is in Hong Kong's interest that we maintain the linked exchange rate.

It is all the more reason for Hong Kong's chief executive to pine for Shatin.

Even if China grows more slowly in the next few years, its need for a middleman economy like Hong Kong's is dwindling.

Hong Kong's political system should conform with its legal status as a regional administrative zone directly under the central government.

International investors taking advantage of Hong Kong's liquid market to reduce risk in their portfolios accounts for some of the decline.

At least, the typhoon report in Guangzhou no longer relies on Hong Kong's report.

John Tsang, Hong Kong's financial secretary, said there was "a huge opportunity for Hong Kong to develop a commodities futures market" .

Hong Kong's Mr Tsang is "up to his eyeballs in contingency plans" .

As for Hong Kong's air pollution, the pollution index is not able to solve everything on its on.

The increase in the number of births continues to prompt anxiety, especially in Hong Kong's public hospitals.

One of the major reasons for our remarkable economic success is undoubtedly Hong Kong's industrious, flexible and skilled workforce.

The hotel had reasonable view towards the airport and the sea surrounding it. The room was also spacious in Hong Kong's standard.

The offer by Sir Run Run would be the latest in a series of buy-out deals in Hong Kong's media industry.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission pounced and in April a court ruled against the company, blocking the deal.

Although Hong Kong's economy is still in the doldrums, the occasional whirlwind cannot eclipse the brilliance of the bright pearl .

But because Hong Kong's currency is pegged to the dollar, its central bank cannot use the interest-rate hammer even if it wanted to.

But, despite all this talk, the driving force for Hong Kong's property market is the Fed's interest rate policy.

All of this industry excitement has overshadowed developments in Hong Kong's retirement fund marketplace.

A vote in Hong Kong's Legislative Council to approve funds for a high-speed rail-link with China prompted raucous protests.

Lion dancers greeted the crew of the Rainbow Warrior docked at a public pier in Hong Kong's business district.

In the case of the plane, a secretary firm called Acota Ltd. in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district set up Union Top Management on Sept 1.

The public grilling of one of Hong Kong's most powerful businessmen by a Legco select committee was unprecedented.

With Oxfam Hong Kong's support, COSE will be participating at Food Expo 2009, one of the largest food fairs in Hong Kong.

The past 10 years since Hong Kong's return have been a decade of both challenges and remarkable progress.

The birds, a great frigate and a white-tailed tropicbird, were both spotted around Po Toi, Hong Kong's southern most island.

Mr. Greenwood is the London-based chief economist at Invesco and was the architect of Hong Kong's fixed exchange-rate peg in 1983.

And with Hong Kong's renminbi deposit rates so paltry, Chinese bank bonds would offer investors an attractive alternative instrument.

China's relaxation of travel rules has been a big factor in Hong Kong's economic recovery.

Police arrested Chan in the early evening at his residence in Hong Kong's exclusive Peak area.

I am full of confidence that Hong Kong's economy will get out of scrapes soon after the financial turmoil is over.

Cyberworks is now Hong Kong's eighth-largest firm by market capitalisation, less than seven months after going public.

Some of his additional comments were possibly more revealing about Hong Kong's property market.

The old man once told me that he was very good at catching and killing cobras, which are common on Hong Kong's outlying islands.

Nevertheless, Nestle announced that it has begun recovery for Hong Kong's catering and special products for replacement.

Hong Kong's IPO market had a bad start to the year after record numbers of companies abandoned planned offerings.

Hong Kong's physical and climatic environment provides woody and grassy habitats for a wide variety of animals and plants.

The government also continued to reinforce Hong Kong's long-standing role as a media hub for Asia.

The Chinese-assisted boom in Hong Kong's super-luxury homes market is likely to be be repeated elsewhere, Brooke says.

For one day last week, the Diamond Ballroom at Hong Kong's new Ritz-Carlton hotel was turned into a lecture hall.

The company claimed that Richard Li, son of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, owns 30% of its shares.

Mr. Lee's family purchased the property, located in Hong Kong's tony Peak district, in a private capacity.

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang grew up in public housing.

Hong Kong's reputation as a rational, reputable market, driven by fundamentals, is at risk.

Still, in Hong Kong's unofficial 'gray market, ' AgBank's H shares have been trading hands at a 2% to 3% premium to the IPO price.

The pricing of AIA's initial public offering last week was a reminder that Hong Kong's regional clout is not solely founded on China.

Hong Kong's surrogacy law seems strict in the light of the atmosphere of the time.

in terms of competitiveness , hong kong s tax system compares favourably with other tax jurisdictions.

In Hong Kong's Ladies' Market, a tourist hot spot, the traders of counterfeit luxury products are also feeling the downturn.

But Hong Kong's Donald Tsang is right: the cost of property in the city really is "quite frightening" .

Hong Kong's New Town Plaza shopping mall has installed a photo booth in which singles can be photographed next to virtual partners.

Not so long ago, pessimists were counting Hong Kong's last days as a financial centre.

Thomas Tsang, head of Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection, said officials would be reviewing their quarantine procedures.

Hong Kong's government, meanwhile, expects to have renminbi-denominated initial public offerings in the territory in the coming years.

At the moment, Hong Kong's eco-designers are producing limited-quantities to their loyal customer base.

A short sail southeast of Cheung Chau is Lamma -- Hong Kong's third largest island and its ultimate get-away-from-it-all refuge.

Joseph Yam, head of Hong Kong's de facto central bank, will step down from his post in 2009, a senior government official said yesterday.

It was one year after Hong Kong's return to China.

Hong Kong's unique position, poised between China and the west, is turning it into a cultural landmark.

I got the same answer from the owner of a paint shop on Wellington Street, in the middle of Hong Kong's oldest street market.

Still, Hong Kong's constitution requires that such a law be passed eventually.

Vanke has long considered a second listing in Hong Kong's stock market, largely because approvals for new offerings there are much simpler.

Its failure to create the conditions for the emergence of a political class is the achilles heel of Hong Kong's system.

David Lalich, who authored the report, said Hong Kong's equity market growth would likely slow over the next five years.

July 1st has been a day of protest since 1998, when it marked the first anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China.

Given Hong Kong's pegged currency, those factors are probably out of the chief executive's control.

Years ago, I visited shark's-fin wholesalers in Hong Kong's Western district, to film during a campaign against the dish.

In terms of patient days, about 92% of Hong Kong's hospital patients receive their treatment from the public sector.

In Election we got an exhilarating cinema primer on the triad election process, and a peek at Hong Kong's cold-blooded soul.

Hong kong's rich duality: tacky excesses of capitalism and free speech suppression by the authoritarian regime. What's not to like?

Hong Kong's traditional advantage as an international financial center has not changed.

Hong Kong's el different huangshan hotel has always been there, a general from 10 a. m. to business, strictly speaking is afternoon tea.

Hong Kong's system of government should not be completely Westernized; no Western system can be copied in total.

The property tycoons who benefit are deeply entrenched in Hong Kong's undemocratic political system.

Hong Kong's position as a fund raising centre for Mainland companies would also be enhanced.

Postcolonial theory was a prevalent theoretical perspective in the discussion of Hong Kong's relationship to mainland.

The air crash in New York would weaken consumption and deal a further blow to Hong Kong's ailing economy, the Financial Secretary warned.

Hong Kong's Severn Road, a winding street of mansions and tony apartments, is still the priciest address on the planet.

An agent for one of Hong Kong's largest property companies says "confidence ended this week with the fall of Lehman. "

Footage of the fight aired Thursday by Hong Kong's Cable TV showed Gao throwing downward punches after being picked up by a Rangers player.

To no one's surprise, Donald Tsang was re-elected as Hong Kong's chief executive by a committee designed to ensure China's man always wins.

We will strive to affirm Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre and a cosmopolitan city.

Hong Kong's clothing industry is always famous and sham shui Po and cheung sha wan, 1970 until the 1980s is garment factory high-rises.

The news confirms rumors that were swirling in Hong Kong's relatively small art scene.

Hong Kong's generous tax laws and deregulated business environment make it an easy place to express yourself financially.

The findings were released over the weekend, but Hong Kong's market was closed on Monday and Tuesday for the Christmas holiday.

He is also a large shareholder in Hong Kong's Asia Television, one of only two free-to-air stations in the city.

Most of the charity's members are the sons and daughters of some of Hong Kong's most prominent business and political leaders.

Another factor increasing the chances the ICC will turn a profit: Hong Kong's sky-high office rents, which are among the world's highest.

Mr. Parker Bowles recently told you that Hong Kong's restaurant scene is now on par with New York and London's.

Born in 1921 to one of Hong Kong's most influential families, the Ho Tung clan, Mr. Ho developed his casinos under colonial rule in Macau.

Richard Li, son of billionaire Li Ka-shing, failed to sell PCCW, Hong Kong's dominant telecoms carrier, to two financial buyers.

If it did happen, Hong Kong's economy would probably adapt and come to rely more on fashion and the arts.

To help educate new immigrants from the Mainland, a new video on Hong Kong's anti-corruption work was produced.

And as a former monopoly operating in Hong Kong's most competitive industry, PCCW's market share has been under steady assault.

Hong Kong's government pitches the railway as a key to more closely integrate itself into the mainland Chinese economy.

This week, Joseph Yam, head of Hong Kong's monetary authority, cast some light on the subject in an Adair Turneresque speech.

Hong Kong's service industries only boom because China's leaders have not grasped the nettle and made the necessary reforms.

Mr Yeung appeared in Hong Kong's Eastern Law Courts on Thursday morning after spending the night in custody.

Ms. Hui adds another film about Hong Kong's forgotten citizens to her long list of socially conscious movies.

It is being investigated by Hong Kong's authorities amid concerns that it failed to reveal the loss quickly enough.

His pieces are mostly bespoke, and made in his atelier in Hong Kong's Central district.

The list of would-be buyers running the rule over PCCW, Hong Kong's dominant telecoms carrier, keeps growing.

Hong Kong's boundary with the mainland is certainly not what it was 30 years ago when China began to open up.

A survivor of the hijacking told Hong Kong's Now TV in a phone interview that Mr. Aquino was shirking responsibility.

Hong Kong's interbank market for renminbi is only six months old, but already a battle is raging.

Besides, the spectre of inflation is hovering, and bricks and mortar serve as an ideal hedge; hence Hong Kong's own sky-high prices.

Hong Kong's economy is indeed out of whack with the U. S. , but that has been true in the past, too.

Hong Kong's trade data a day earlier, showing exports down a fifth, was nowhere near market expectations of a 12 per cent decline.

Nearly three decades of survival has given Hong Kong's exchange rate mechanism great credibility in the eyes of the public and the markets.

The underlying physical gold would be held at Hong Kong's Precious Metals Depository, Standard Bank said.

As yuan deposits have accumulated in Hong Kong's banks, demand for ways to invest that money has grown, too.

Its eight 1970s-era concrete towers are a short bus-ride away from the glitzy malls of one of Hong Kong's main shopping districts.

Aarif Lee became one of Hong Kong's hottest stars this year after appearing in the local box-office hit, 'Echoes of the Rainbow. '

The thousands made their way through some of Hong Kong's busiest streets, many sporting signs blasting the Philippine government.

The flight time is now cut by an hour because the planes are no longer required to fly south through Hong Kong's airspace.

Further north, along Hong Kong's east coast is Sai Kung -- a peninsula surrounded by a collection of verdant, picturesque little islands.

One prime possibility, he says: Switching Hong Kong's currency peg from the U. S. dollar to the yuan.

AIG's share price jumped by 17% on its stockmarket debut in Hong Kong's biggest initial public offering.

AIA's share price jumped by 17% on its stockmarket debut in Hong Kong's biggest initial public offering.

Severn Road is situated near the top of Victoria Peak and overlooks Hong Kong's famous skyline.

Alongside all specific reasons, my confidence in Hong Kong's future is grounded in the indomitable spirit of the people of Hong Kong.

The bluest of Hong Kong's blue chips was in damage control mode yesterday, helped by the rebound in its share price.

The group meets regularly at its 'club house, ' an apartment in Hong Kong's Midlevels district.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong's fortunes are more closely entwined with those of China, whose financial system is slowly opening up.

John Batten is an art gallery owner who helped organize a group dedicated to preserving Hong Kong's historical structures .

The infected birds were found in Hong Kong's Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market.

Hong Kong's environmental monitoring and audit activities have been highly rated by international peer review .

Overall, Hong Kong's 50 per cent may be too generous for a developing market where investment opportunities abound.

At least that's what Hong Kong's banking community thinks.

Hong Kong's environmental protection department had no immediate response when contacted by Reuters.

Mr. Li, the chairman of PCCW and son of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, has not been implicated in any wrongdoing.

When the Chinese government has intervened directly in Hong Kong's business affairs, it has met with vigorous opposition.

Millions of pellets which are used to make plastic have been washed up on Hong Kong's beaches, following the worst typhoon in 13 years.

All of that would generate more business for Hong Kong's bankers.

The victims became infected after close contact with poultry in Hong Kong's live bird markets.

In Hong Kong's entertainment circle, besides gossips, bubbles, hypocrisy, there is power that enables its development.

Bankers and government officials are eagerly promoting Hong Kong's role as an offshore hub for the yuan.

Tin Ka-ping is one of Hong Kong's best-known industrialists and philanthropists.

Another rooftop pool with a prime city view is the infinity pool at Hong Kong's Intercontinental Hotel.

After all, Hong Kong's shopping population is vastly increased by the millions of tourists who flock to the city every month.

We continue to address the issues and developments that come with Hong Kong's role as a leading international finance centre.

Troops serving on this second expedition camped on Kowloon Peninsula, as Hong Kong's earliest photographs show.

Also on Wednesday, Hong Kong's food safety agency said its tests have found melamine in a Japanese brand's Chinese-made cheesecake.

Its job is to finesse Hong Kong's political evolution by minimizing opposition and all pro-government parties behave accordingly.

And Hong Kong's leasing industry has a wide range of objects, especially the container leasing, which takes up an irreplaceable place.

size: the size of Hong Kong's paper, as many from around the world and the place of origin.

Merrill Lynch and Capgemini noted that two key factors boosted the growth in Hong Kong's HNWIs .

Succession is complicated by Hong Kong's large extended families and a business culture that stresses the importance of lineage.

In Hong Kong's restaurants, many fish tanks are filled with live reef fish, which sell for as much as $200 a kilogram.

A forty-something man from mainland China is busy shopping for a Louis Vuitton handbag on Hong Kong's Canton Road.

DENSE urban development, the growth of new towns and sustained activity continue to place heavy demands on Hong Kong's transport system.

By contrast, yuan deposits in Hong Kong's banking system soared almost five-fold to CNY609 billion as of August over the past year.

Hong Kong's economy thrives on businesses that have grown from mom-and-pop store beginnings into publicly listed companies.

The reasons for the prosperity of Hong Kong's charity cover such factors as market, nomocracy, government, institution and culture.

All non-Nepalese students enrolled at any of Hong Kong's universities are eligible to participate in the contest.

Hong Kong's price rises are the steepest in our index but it is not the most overvalued housing market.

That's clear when you look closely at the people crowding Hong Kong's busy shopping streets. In many cases the glasses have no glass.

It is probably one of Hong Kong's least expensive tourist attractions, and maybe the best.

Similarly, Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) attracted some initial attention but trading volume has since fallen drastically.

"Assuming Taiwan follows Hong Kong's path [of economic integration with China] . . . there is still a lot of room to go, " said Mr Yen.

But even if Beijing were not involved, why would Hong Kong's rich give up a system that protects their interests so completely?

Hong Kong's capital markets are not about to close down, but there will inevitably be casualties.

That will likely frustrate partisans on both sides, putting pressure on Hong Kong's chief executive, Donald Tsang, to resolve the impasse.

Merchants expect Macau to follow Hong Kong's lead in dropping wine import tariffs, and are hopeful China may also reduce them.