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1. News - China - SOCIETY

   Two new cases of officials using fake identities to hide ill-gotten wealth

   Posted Feb 05th 2013, 12:00am by Keith Zhai

   ... them in his wife's name, and then entered into a fake divorce to hide ill-gotten wealth. Corrupt officials have to use different measures, such as different hukou [household registration], ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1143399/two-new-cases-officials-using-fake-identities-hide-ill-gotten-wealth
2. News - Asia - CAMBODIA

   Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary had US$20m in Hong Kong account

   Posted Mar 31st 2013, 12:00am by Tom Fawthrop

   ... attempts by victims and their families to recover his assets and hidden wealth, including a bank account in Hong Kong. It is thought that at one stage US$20 million was in the account. Ieng Sary ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1203492/khmer-rouge-leader-ieng-sary-had-us20m-hong-kong-account
3. City can 'help recover ill-gotten gains'

   Posted Feb 23rd 2012, 12:00am

   ... the country of an image as a favoured location for ill-gotten gains, Bern introduced the Act on the Restitution of Illicit Assets in February last year, among other policies, he said. And Hong Kong - whose reputation as Asia's prime financial centre has attracted illegal wealth, drawing criticism from rights activists - could adopt similar policies. 'We are looking ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/993456/city-can-help-recover-ill-gotten-gains
4. AFTER 50 YEARS, DEMOCRACY IS DUE FOR AN OVERHAUL

   Posted Mar 12th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... the banker for the world's corrupt and murderous to hide their ill-gotten wealth. Every system eventually becomes flawed because feudal lords will always be feudal lords by another name. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/408997/after-50-years-democracy-due-overhaul
5. Rich pickings for managers

   Posted Nov 06th 2010, 12:00am by Wilson Lau

   ... Wealth Wilson Lau A major business opportunity for wealth managers and private bankers in Hong Kong has emerged, thanks to the growing needs among mainland high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) for a reputable offshore investment base to grow their wealth. According to an HNWI survey, conducted on the mainland by the International Academy of Financial Management (IAFM) in May ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/729665/rich-pickings-managers
6. China set to rank No 2 in household wealth

   Posted Oct 09th 2010, 12:00am by Nick Westra

   ... Wealth Nick Westra The rise of the mainland's middle class will see household wealth in China surpass Japan's within five years, Credit Suisse said yesterday. The inaugural Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report said the mainland accounted for the third-highest proportion of global wealth and over a quarter of the world's adults in what it defines ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/726922/china-set-rank-no-2-household-wealth
7. Millionaires' row gets longer

   Posted Sep 18th 2010, 12:00am by Chris Davis

   ... especially luxury property, the recovery of the stock market and a generally strong Chinese economy. At the same time, there is a great deal of hidden wealth in the Chinese economy, ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/725107/millionaires-row-gets-longer
8. News - China - CORRUPTION

   Crooked cadres in China prone to hide their dirty money in property

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by JANE CAI

   ... condones it, Yuan added. "The central government has been relying heavily on the real estate sector to drive economic growth, and thus it tolerates the plundering of wealth ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1144893/crooked-mainland-cadres-prone-hide-their-dirty-money-property
9. HK's wealthy take biggest battering from global crisis

   Posted Jun 26th 2009, 12:00am by Nick Westra

   ... Wealth Nick Westra The world's wealthy suffered major investment losses last year and Hong Kong was the worst-hit as the global financial crisis shredded portfolios, a wealth management survey released yesterday shows. The number of high-net-worth individuals in the world fell 14.9 per cent to 8.6 million, the annual World Wealth Report released by Merrill Lynch Global ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/684898/hks-wealthy-take-biggest-battering-global-crisis
10. 9,500 join city's millionaires club

    Posted Sep 26th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Wealth Ng Kang-chung More than 9,500 Hongkongers joined the ranks of the city's US-dollar millionaires last year thanks to the economic boom, according to research released yesterday. There are 95,000 millionaires in the city, up 10.2 per cent from a year earlier, and their combined wealth amounted to US$520 billion. The city's richest people have the highest average value of net ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/654004/9500-join-citys-millionaires-club

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