The following keynote speech given by former finance minister and Gua Musang parliamentarian Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 4th...
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Catch Enters Chinese Market with HotFrog Hong Kong (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Catch, an online division of Reed Business Information, today announced the launch of Hotfrog Hong Kong (www.hotfrog.hk). The website is the 31st incarnation of the globally successful online business directory, and marks Hotfrog’s first foray into China.
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Standard Chartered CEO sees more Asian listings (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
SEOUL, June 18 (Reuters) – Hong Kong and London-listed Standard Chartered is looking at further Asian listings to gain access to wider pools of capital and sees the current crisis as an opportunity to win market share, its CEO said on Thursday.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-18 08:21 UPDATE 1-Standard Chartered CEO sees more Asian listings (Interactive Investor)
SEOUL, June 18 (Reuters) – Hong Kong- and London-listed Standard Chartered is looking at further Asian listings to gain access to wider pools of capital and sees the current crisis as an opportunity to win market share, its CEO said on Thursday. The Asia-focused bank had hired bankers for a possible India listing, banking...
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In Brief (Yemen Times Online)
Yemen is to partake in the International Exhibition for Tourism and Travel to be held in Hong Kong city, China, during June 12 – 15.
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BAT eyes Asia boost from Bentoel deal (Tiscali)
JAKARTA/HONG KONG (Reuters) – British American Tobacco bought a majority stake in a top Indonesian cigarette firm on Wednesday, lifting its share in the world’s fifth-largest and fast-growing market as it looks to offset flat sales elsewhere.
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Nightwish – Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) (antiMUSIC)
To say that this music is “pretty” is not only a compliment but it is probably also the reason why Nightwish has achieved mainstream success in Europe- without Olzon (or Tarja before her) this music would not resonate with the masses.
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Progress of the HKMA’s investigation in Lehman-Brothers-related cases (Thaipr.net)
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (Friday) that there are currently 432 Lehman-Brothers-related cases under disciplinary consideration. These are cases which have gone through de
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Experts call for close monitoring of H1N1 changes (The Star)
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Experts have called for close monitoring of how the new H1N1 flu virus evolves in coming months in the southern hemisphere as that may help answer questions that have eluded scientists for decades.
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Clive Scott: Keyboard-player, singer and songwriter with the Seventies pop group Jigsaw (Independent)
With its dramatic introduction and big orchestral flourishes, “Sky High”, the 1975 Top Ten hit by Jigsaw, sounded like a long-lost theme to a James Bond film. Fittingly enough, it was the main theme song from The Man from Hong Kong, an action picture directed by the British journeyman Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring the...
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Experts call for close monitoring of H1N1 changes (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, June 15 (Reuters) – Experts have called for close monitoring of how the new H1N1 flu virus evolves in coming months in the southern hemisphere as that may help answer …
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