The plane took off at 1.49 AM with 244 passengers on board from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad and was scheduled to land at Hong Kong airport at 9.40 AM. The twin engine Airbus A330-300 plane, however, returned to the airport after a bird ... ( read original story ...)
The bizarre items discovered under Hong Kong bedrooms while digging transit tunnels
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is quite rightly regarded as one of the best in the world. On an average weekday it moves more than 5.5 million passengers, with a punctuality rate of 99.9% - a figure most Australian rail users can only dream of. ( read original story ...)
Upcoming China-Hong Kong bridge: unifying link, or tentacle of Beijing control?
PEARL RIVER ESTUARY, CHINA – As a 30-km (19-mile) bridge between Hong Kong and China across the Pearl River estuary nears completion, Chinese officials are hoping it will bring more than economic integration at a time of growing tension between the two ... ( read original story ...)
Arcadis : Hong Kongs Construction Conundrum
As the construction sector looks to turn a positive corner in Asia, Hong Kong looks at ways to reduce industry costs ... (c) 1998-2017 Iranian Students' News Agency - ISNA Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info)., source Middle East & North ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Bank (HKG:0011) In A Trading Slump
Hang Seng Bank kicks off Qianhai venture Hang Seng Bank profits down 60% due to trading slump Hang Seng Bank Posted Solid 2016 Results Hong Kong Hang Seng Up 0.15% On Wall Street Cues Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bidders line up for Walkie Talkie stake
Hong Kong investors are emerging as the favourites to snap up a 50pc stake in London’s Walkie Talkie skyscraper, as rules governing the exporting of Chinese money tighten. Sources close to the sale of the building have suggested that it is likely to ... ( read original story ...)
Asian ‘eco funeral’ market on the rise
HONG KONG—Death is inevitable but it doesn’t have to be bad ... Piyanuch Wattanasiritananwong and a friend came from Thailand, where they run a property business, after hearing about the show from a contact. “We want to know what opportunities ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Aviation lands $500m from tight bond
By Addison Gong 12:00 PM Following a roadshow in Singapore and Hong Kong, —/A-/A- rated BOC Aviation opened books for its first dollar bond of the year on Wednesday morning local time. Joint global co-ordinators BOC International, Citi, DBS, Goldman ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong students at UK universities could help decide the next British prime minister
Hong Kong students at universities in Britain are rushing to register to vote ahead of the upcoming UK general election, as the race heats up to decide the country’s next prime minister. There are an estimated 30,000 Hongkongers studying in UK ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader steps up attack against pan-democrat over UGL payment
Hong Kong’s leader on Saturday launched a broadside at an opposition lawmaker investigating his past business dealings, saying he had combed through three years’ worth of the legislator’s Facebook posts to conclude there was no evidence against him. ( read original story ...)
Hope for Hong Kong couple stuck in bureaucratic battle over attempt to bury baby lost in miscarriage
There is hope finally for a grieving Hong Kong couple whose miscarried son was designated as “clinical waste” by a public hospital, locking them in a heartbreaking bureaucratic battle to get his body back. The couple have now been informed they can get ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pours out 5.5 billion bathtubs of water a year and it ‘needs a plan to reduce waste’
Hong Kong continues to face a water supply crisis and the government has failed to introduce urgent water tariff reforms which can significantly reduce wastage, campaigners have said. A report by public policy think tank Civic Exchange – titled The ... ( read original story ...)
Handover Hangover: Hong Kong’s Film Industry Faces an Uncertain Future
When China took over Hong Kong’s sovereignty from Britain in 1997, the former British colony was promised “50 years unchanged” under the framework of “one country, two systems.” Twenty years on, a lot has changed, including Hong Kong cinema. ( read original story ...)
'NZ is open for business,' Bill English tells Hong Kong investors
Prime Minister Bill English likes the view from the 73rd floor of a high-rise owned by Asia's richest man. The visit to the headquarters of CK Hutchison Holdings is the first stop on his two-day visit to Hong Kong, where he is delivering the message: New ... ( read original story ...)