According to recent reports, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has managed to attach jewelry, gems as well as bank balances to the tune of Rs. 253.62 crores in the money laundering case file against ... ( read original story ...)
ED attaches gems, bank deposits worth over Rs 253 cr of Nirav Modi group in Hong Kong
Nirav Modi, 51, is presently lodged in a UK jail and has lost his extradition plea to India in connection with the USD 2-billion PNB fraud case that is also being investigated by the CBI. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Activist Pushes For Courts To Recognize Same Sex Couples Married Overseas
The Hong Kong Free Press reports that activist Jimmy Sham launched a legal bid to force Hong Kong courts into recognizing married couples from overseas. Read the full story at The Hong Kong Free Press ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Book Fair Opens with Fewer Political Books
Hong Kong's annual book fair opened Wednesday, with several publishers of political books prevented from taking part in the fair and others saying they had to be cautious about what they exhibited. ( read original story ...)
More Hong Kong owners are selling homes at losses as emigration and rising interest rates turn city into buyers’ market
The number of loss-making lived-in home transactions surpassed 100 from March to June, much higher than a year earlier Leftover stock of new flats rose for three consecutive months to about 13,446 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong billionaire to build $1.4bn cultural complex on the coast of China’s Shenzhen
Called K11 ECOAST, the development is reportedly worth $1.4bn and will span more than 2.4 million sq. ft. Located at the waterfront of Shenzhen, a fast-growing region in southeastern China, the ... ( read original story ...)
No Intention to Change USD Currency Peg, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Says
By Clarence Leong The head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city's de facto central bank, on Friday defended the local currency's peg to ... ( read original story ...)
Gems, bank deposits among assets of Nirav Modi attached by ED in Hong Kong
Some assets of Nirav Modi group of companies in Hong Kong were identified in the form of gems and jewelleries lying in private vaults and bank balances in accounts maintained there and these have been ... ( read original story ...)
ED attaches jewels, bank deposits worth Rs 253 cr of Nirav Modi’s firms in Hong Kong
Some assets of Nirav Modi group of companies in Hong Kong were identified in the form of gems and jewelleries lying in private vaults and bank balances in accounts maintained there and these have been ... ( read original story ...)
ED attaches gems, bank deposits worth over ₹253 cr of Nirav Modi group in Hong Kong
The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has attached gems, jewellery and bank deposits worth ₹253.62 crore of companies linked to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi as part of a money laundering ... ( read original story ...)
China extends property loans at the fastest pace in three years as mortgage crisis spreads
China's banking regulator has pledged to boost lending to help developers finish stalled property projects and boost buyers' demand, as a growing mortgage boycott by homebuyers exacerbates the country ... ( read original story ...)
Loss-making deals in Hong Kong’s secondary home market jump as sellers take a hit from rising rates, emigration wave
The number of loss-making lived-in home transactions surpassed 100 from March to June, much higher than a year earlier Leftover stock of new flats rose for three consecutive months to about 13,446 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: teens set to face jail time for rioting
Judge rejects lawyer's call to request reports to study the possibility of alternative sentencing options Jurors earlier cleared protesters of charges of manslaughter and wounding Two young protesters ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, Publishers Barred From Book Expo Owing To Politically Sensitive Content
Publishers in Hong Kong have denounced exclusion of sellers of politically sensitive books from industry's annual trade exhibition as a new form of censorship. ( read original story ...)