News: Hong Kong

We have started to collect the most important news related to Hong Kong in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Hong Kong: news

Hungary abandons new debt auction

Thursday, December 29th 2011, 13:41

The Hungarian government has abandoned part of a planned bond auction and seen interest on the debt it did issue rise.
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Hungary police hold protest MPs

Friday, December 23rd 2011, 17:14

Hungarian police break up a demonstration by opposition MPs who chained themselves together outside parliament in Budapest.
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Hong Kong raises bird flu alert

Wednesday, December 21st 2011, 1:52

Hong Kong is culling 17,000 chickens after three birds were confirmed to have died from the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in the past week.
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Taiwan tycoon's son sues for $4bn

Tuesday, December 20th 2011, 3:17
related countries: Taiwan

The eldest son of the late Taiwan tycoon Wang Yung-ching sues in Hong Kong to recover $4bn worth of disputed assets.
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Insurer gains in Shanghai debut

Friday, December 16th 2011, 7:49
related countries: China
related places: Shanghai

Chinese insurer New China Life has made a strong start in its Shanghai market debut after a poor performance in Hong Kong a day earlier.
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Hong Kong debuts fail to shine

Thursday, December 15th 2011, 4:14

Shares in two of Hong Kong's biggest stock market flotations this year fall sharply in their first day of trading.
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Hong Kong 'most developed' market

Wednesday, December 14th 2011, 3:20

Hong Kong is the world's most developed financial market, according to a World Economic Forum report.
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HK jeweller's launch disappoints

Wednesday, December 14th 2011, 2:14

Hong Kong jewellers Chow Tai Fook raises $2bn in territory's third biggest initial public offering this year - less than was hoped.
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HK station fined for death report

Tuesday, December 6th 2011, 4:03
related countries: China

Regulators fine a Hong Kong TV station for broadcasting a report saying that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin had died.
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Chow Tai Fook launches share sale

Monday, December 5th 2011, 3:32

Jeweller Chow Tai Fook says it aims to raise up to HK$22bn ($2.8bn) by going public on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
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McIlroy earns Hong Kong Open win

Sunday, December 4th 2011, 10:22

Rory McIlroy wins the Hong Kong Open to keep alive his contest with Luke Donald at the top of the European Tour's Race to Dubai.
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VIDEO: Probe after deadly Hong Kong fire

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 12:49
related places: Kowloon

Police in Hong Kong have launched an investigation into a fire in a Kowloon street-market which killed nine people and injured more than 30 others.
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Probe after deadly Hong Kong fire

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 10:10

Police in Hong Kong investigate possible arson following a fire in Mongkok that killed nine people and injured dozens more.
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Error millionaire to be sent home

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 7:01
related countries: New Zealand

Hong Kong may soon extradite a New Zealand man suspected of withdrawing millions of dollars that were mistakenly deposited in his bank account.
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Hungarian debt downgraded to junk

Friday, November 25th 2011, 9:57

Moody's cuts its rating of Hungarian government debt to junk status because of high debt and weak growth prospects.
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China and HK expand currency deal

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011, 7:42
related countries: China

China continues to open up its currency to international trade and finance in a $63bn swap deal with Hong Kong.
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VIDEO: Loincloth man distracts Clinton

Thursday, November 17th 2011, 7:23

Hillary Clinton was busy with a press photo call with the chief executive of Hong Kong at a hotel in Hawaii, when she was distracted by a man running past in a loincloth.
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Mugabe thanks HK for 'protection'

Wednesday, November 16th 2011, 9:58
related countries: United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe praises Hong Kong's authorities for protecting his daughter from "harassment" by British journalists.
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Record Hong Kong rhino horn haul

Tuesday, November 15th 2011, 15:45
related countries: South Africa

Customs officials in Hong Kong seize a record haul of rhinoceros horns and ivory shipped from South Africa, estimated to be worth $2m (£1.26m).
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Egypt bus crash kills 11 tourists

Sunday, November 6th 2011, 21:41
related countries: Egypt

Eleven Hungarian tourists are killed and 27 injured in Egypt as their bus overturns in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
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Dreamliner completes first flight

Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 12:53
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

Boeing's Dreamliner finally completes its maiden commercial flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong, after three years of delays.
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Dreamliner set for maiden flight

Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 3:06
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

Boeing's Dreamliner jet is set for its maiden commercial flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong, after three years of delays.
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HK court dismisses Nina Wang case

Tuesday, October 25th 2011, 1:35

Hong Kong's top court has dismissed a case from a man seeking to inherit the multi-billion dollar estate of Nina Wang, once Asia's richest woman.
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HK starts bullion trading in yuan

Monday, October 17th 2011, 1:50

Hong Kong becomes the first centre to offer gold trading in yuan, cementing its status as an offshore hub for the currency.
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Hong Kong's harbour swim revived

Sunday, October 16th 2011, 9:37

Hong Kong revives its iconic cross-harbour swim, suspended for 33 years because of pollution concerns.
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HK to subsidise house purchases

Wednesday, October 12th 2011, 6:09

Hong Kong is to resume a programme to subsidise home purchases after public frustration over sky-high property prices.
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WWII scoop journalist turns 100

Monday, October 10th 2011, 13:08
related countries: United Kingdom

Clare Hollingworth, the British journalist who was first to report the beginning of World War II, celebrates her 100th birthday in Hong Kong.
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Citic securities dips on HK debut

Thursday, October 6th 2011, 4:55

Citic Securities has fallen on its debut at the Hong Kong stock exchange as market volatility continues to dent sentiment.
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VIDEO: Revisiting Hungarian town hit by sludge

Tuesday, October 4th 2011, 12:42

Last October a toxic waste spill from an aluminium factory swallowed homes in Western Hungary in what was the country's worst environmental disaster.
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VIDEO: HK ladies enter men's arena

Friday, September 30th 2011, 20:34

Hong Kong professional women join popular men's fight club for charity event.
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NZ $10m bank error man arrested

Friday, September 30th 2011, 15:02
related countries: New Zealand

Hong Kong police arrest a man on the run from New Zealand where a bank mistakenly deposited millions of dollars into his account.
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Hong Kong maid wins landmark case

Friday, September 30th 2011, 11:32
related countries: Philippines

Hong Kong's High Court rules that a domestic helper from the Philippines should be allowed to apply for permanent residency.
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Typhoon Nesat heads for Vietnam

Thursday, September 29th 2011, 15:19

A typhoon that caused devastation in the Philippines and shut down Hong Kong is now heading towards the coast of Vietnam.
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PCCW makes $1.3bn HK listing move

Monday, September 26th 2011, 2:45

The Hong Kong communications firm PCCW, which is owned by the son of tycoon Li Ka-Shing, is looking to raise as much as $1.3bn in a share sale.
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Man jailed in HK for burning flag

Tuesday, September 20th 2011, 9:24
related countries: China

An elderly farmer from mainland China is jailed in Hong Kong for burning the national flag, in the first sentence of its kind.
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VIDEO: Record cocaine bust in Hong Kong

Monday, September 19th 2011, 14:22

Hong Kong police have seized more than half a tonne of cocaine in a warehouse raid.
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Record cocaine bust in Hong Kong

Sunday, September 18th 2011, 13:28

Eight people are arrested after raids by Hong Kong police produce their largest ever cocaine seizure, worth $77m (£49m).
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