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Officials: Recession Likely in Hong Kong
HONG KONG
-- Hong Kong is likely to head into a recession due to the
impact of SARS, but officials and economists expect a quick
turnaround for the economy in the second half of the year. |
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MUS
stocks slump (English)
US
stocks slumped on Monday after Israel's killing of the
spiritual leader of the militant group Hamas added to global
security worries and caused a broad sell-off by investors. |
The three major stoc... The
Age
Chen Shui-bianDivider, not unifier (English)
Playing ethnic card, DPP leader has split Taiwan into two
camps | By | TAIPEI - President Chen Shui-bian once said his
being elected would help to create ethnic harmony in Taiwan
- but the record show... The
Straits Times
Taiwan's whodunnit is the talk of HK (English)
By |
THE MAN in the street in Hong Kong seems more interested in
speculating about who was behind last Friday's shooting of
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian than the outcome and
impact of the presid... The
Straits Times
Asian Stocks Decline in U.S. Trading, Led by
Taiwan; Sony Drops (English)
March
23 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell in U.S. trading.
Taiwanese shares slumped after the opposition challenged the
legality of President Chen Shui-bian's re-election. Merrill
Lynch & Co. ... Bloomberg
Xiao to quit national team (English)
Confidence hit due to injury and poor form, but she says she
will return here | By | THREE months after winning a
South-east Asia Games gold medal, Xiao Luxi will quit the
Singapore national badminton...
The
Straits Times
ART, HOW?: Old Parliament House (top) reopens
as an Arts House on Friday, even as ... (English)
If you
prefer edgier forms from kabuki to new media, the
International Centre of Asian Arts (ICAA) is slated to open
in April next year in a converted Mohamed Sultan Road
warehouse. It is the brainchi...
The
Straits Times
US stocks slump (English)
US
stocks slumped on Monday after Israel's killing of the
spiritual leader of the militant group Hamas added to global
security worries and caused a broad sell-off by investors. |
The three major stoc... Sydney
Morning Herald
Makro to show its services support small
businesses (English)
WHOLESALER Makro Cash & Carry Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd may
be able to work around the existing rules that prevent
hypermarkets from expanding in Malaysia. | Its managing
director Anton van Gorp said M...
New
Straits/Business Times
SMEs take advantage of zero import tariff (English)
MALAYSIAN companies, especially small- and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs), have started to take advantage of the
zero import tariff on Hong Kong exports to China by moving
some of their operations th...
New
Straits/Business Times
U.S. Wins China's Support for UN Ban on
Proliferation (Update1) (English)
March
22 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. won China's support for a United
Nations resolution banning proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction by dropping a call for interdiction of ships at
sea suspec... Bloomberg
Democracy wins (English)
`Wrong' result in Taiwan means Beijing may wait even longer
for `right' vote here | Stephen Vines | Anyone viewing the
results of the Taiwan presidential election through the
prism of the Chinese Comm... Hong
Kong Standard
Wenzhou goes flat out (English)
City
property speculators are travelling far and wide to make
their fortunes in residential rush | Wu Zhong | In China
today, being a resident of the Wenzhou area has almost
become synonymous with ``p... Hong
Kong Standard
Business Update (English)
Yomiuri Shimbun | Business Update is a weekly omnibus of
business information based on news releases from companies
in Japan and abroad, domestic and international
organizations, diplomatic missions a...
Daily
Yomiuri
BOCHK net surge leaves analysts cool (English)
Louis
Beckerling | Bank of China Hong Kong has cheered
shareholders with a forecast-beating profit gain for last
year, but failed to deliver on key management appointments
recommended in the wake of t...
Hong
Kong Standard
Bad day as banks rocked (English)
Louis
Beckerling | Plans by Dah Sing Financial Holdings to spin
off its banking assets into a separately listed unit
triggered a second day of selling by shareholders yesterday
that has now wiped more... Hong
Kong Standard
Blip in CPI figures fails to dampen mood of
optimism (English)
Dennis
Eng | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) bucked a six-month
deflation-easing trend, falling by a steeper-than-expected 2
per cent in February, although analysts remain optimistic
that prices will r... Hong
Kong Standard
Dragonair looks at small jet (English)
Keith
Wallis | Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) has
reaffirmed its interest in acquiring small 70-90 seat
regional jets to operate marginal routes following a
demonstration visit to Hong Kong las...
Hong
Kong Standard
ICBC unit eyes bigger chunk of retail pie (English)
Anthony Tran | ICBC (Asia) - the Hong Kong-listed arm of the
mainland's largest commercial bank - says it intends to gain
a bigger chunk of the territory's highly competitive retail
banking and small-... Hong
Kong Standard
US$1b bond fund studies Asian money (English)
Staff
reporter | An Asian bond fund worth US$1 billion (HK$7.8
billion), established by 11 central banks and monetary
authorities in the region last year, may be expanded to
include Asian currencies. ... Hong
Kong Standard
Sogo's Lifestyle plans April listing (English)
Karen
Chan | Lifestyle International, which owns the premier Sogo
department store in Causeway Bay and two stores in Shanghai,
has received listing approval from the Hong Kong stock
exchange, sources ... Hong
Kong Standard |
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