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Hong Kong Stocks Close Lower on Mainland Market Fall
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CRI Online
- 5/12/2008
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points, or 1.52 percent, to close at 25,063.17 on Friday, on the fall of mainland and regional markets. Turnover rose to 77.26 billion HK dollars (9.92 billion U.S. dollars) from Thursday's 76.95 billion HK dollars. The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened 48 points lower, repeatedly dropped after bound
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Table tennis-Hong Kong duo grab second chance for Beijing spots (Reuters)
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Yahoo!
- 5/11/2008
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LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Jean-Michel Saive of Belgium qualified for his sixth Olympics on Sunday and Hong Kongs Lin Ling and Tie Yana also earned their places in Beijing after earlier being ruled ineligible to compete at the Games. Saive, 38, had been deprived of automatic qualification when a rec
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Olympic torch reaches Hong Kong
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Wikinews
- 5/11/2008
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The Olympic torch has returned to Chinese soil. More than 1 million Hong Kong residents and visitors ignored light showers on Friday to greet and cheer the Olympic torch relay. Hong Kong is the first Chinese destination to welcome the Olympic flame after its month-long journey across the world, span
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Hong Kong chairman quits
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CricInfo
- 5/11/2008
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Confusion surrounds the sudden resignation of Clive Howard, the chairman of the Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA). Howard quit with immediate effect in the middle of the week, but the brief statement from the board cited 'family and work commitments'. However, a report in the South China Morning
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Hong Kong Tax Revenues Surpass HKD200bn
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AMS Group
- 5/10/2008
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billion in revenue was collected by the government in the 2007-08 fiscal year, up 29% on the previous year, according to the territory's Inland Revenue Department. Announcing the figures on 5th May, Commissioner of Inland Revenue Alice Lau said total earnings grew 16% to HKD133.7 billion, with profi
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Shake-up in Hong Kong
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MarketWatch
- 5/10/2008
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and telecom group PCCW are to be removed from the Hang Seng Index to make way for two incoming companies -- Aluminum Corp of China Ltd. and Tencent Holdings -- the index compiler said late Friday. The move is part of a quarterly shakeup
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Olympic Torch Reaches Highest Point On Earth
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WCSH-TV
- 5/10/2008
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BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China's ambitions for the Beijing games.The Mount Everest climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadcast as five torchbeare
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Hong Kong stock index adds 2 Chinese companies
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CNN Money
- 5/10/2008
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The other nine H-share companies in the benchmark index are PetroChina, China Shenhua Energy, China Life Insurance Co., China Construction Bank Corp., Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Bank of Communications Co., Bank of China Ltd., Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. and China Pet
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Opalesque Publishes Hong Kong Hedge Fund Manager Roundtable - Leading Hedge Funds
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24-7PressRelease.com
- 5/10/2008
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- Opalesque, the world's largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has launched the fourth issue in a series of regional roundtable forums, the 'Opalesque Hong Kong Roundtable'. In each Opalesque Roundtable, Matthias Knab, Opalesque Founder and Director, unit
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