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1. News - Hong Kong

   Limit set on cross-border trading of baby milk formula

   Posted Feb 01st 2013, 07:49pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... had to be done because the shortage had not eased. At a press conference on Friday, Ko said: “[Since] the shortage of infant milk formula has much to do with parallel trading … we need ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1141267/limit-set-cross-border-trading-baby-formula
2. News - Hong Kong

   Arrests of mainlanders in Hong Kong up 11pc

   Posted Jan 29th 2013, 02:53pm by Simpson Cheung

   ... to 6,923, a 12.9 per cent rise. E-mail scams accounted for most of the rise – an increase of 415 cases. Phone scams increased by 398 cases and internet business scams by 217. 50 parallel trading ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1138552/arrests-mainlanders-hong-kong-11pc
3. News - Hong Kong

   Beijing to see findings from cross-border tourism study

   Posted Jan 28th 2013, 02:28pm by CHEUNG CHI-FAI

   ... lawmakers said the growing conflicts worried them. The study began last year as public concerns grew over the impact of mainland tourists – some engaging in parallel trading – on local retail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1137870/cross-border-trade-tourism-study-findings-be-passed-beijing
4. News - Hong Kong

   Police arrest more parallel traders amid crackdown

   Posted Sep 21st 2012, 07:26pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... News Hong Kong Parallel trading Lai Ying-kit Law enforcement agencies vowed to crack down on parallel traders near the border as they made a second series of arrests on mainlander ... huickythanlink Sep 22nd 2012 12:25am It seems there is no legal basis of arrest and prosecution of "parallel traders". For breach of condition ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1042509/police-arrest-more-parallel-traders-amid-crackdown
5. Comment - Letters

   We can learn from Singapore's tight controls on border trade

   Posted Sep 27th 2012, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... Comment Letters Parallel trading There is currently a great deal of discussion in Hong Kong about cross-border [parallel] traders. I am a Singaporean presently based in Hong Kong. Having lived in several places in the Asia-Pacific ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1048061/we-can-learn-singapores-tight-controls-border-trade
6. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hong Kong, city of trade, must not crack down on infant formula traders

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by ANDREW WORK

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Parallel trading Milk formula Andrew Work Andrew Work says by trying to stop parallel traders making an honest living, Hong Kong is trampling on the work ethic that makes it great Hong Kong became a great city after millions of mainland refugees came here to trade. Entrepreneurship brought goods to billions of people. First, goods made here and, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1144693/hong-kong-city-trade-must-not-crack-down-infant-formula
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   A slap at our core Hong Kong values

   Posted Mar 02nd 2013, 12:00am

   ... May Tse, while she was photographing parallel traders stocking up on infant milk formula near Sheung Shui MTR station. Police arrested two men, both Hong Kong permanent residents, after she ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1167546/slap-our-core-hong-kong-values
8. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

   SCMP photographer slapped and abused near border

   Posted Mar 01st 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang

   ... none of your business that we are parallel trading. No pictures," one of the two men said. Others left the scene when police arrived but the two men were arrested. Post editor-in-chief ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1163795/scmp-photographer-slapped-and-abused-near-border
9. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   Parallel-goods trading activity remains low in Sheung Shui

   Posted Feb 26th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... News Hong Kong Parallel trading Sheung Shui MTR Phila Siu phila.siu@scmp.com Activity remains low at the parallel-goods trading hotspot on the first day after the Lunar New Year, despite predictions otherwise Predictions that the parallel-goods trading activities in Sheung Shui would pick up again once the Lunar New Year period ended proved false yesterday. In the vicinity ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1158535/parallel-goods-trading-activity-remains-low-sheung-shui
10. News - Hong Kong

    MTR limits luggage weight to combat parallel traders

    Posted Oct 05th 2012, 01:39pm by Lai Ying-kit

    ... on parallel-goods traders, the railway announced on Friday. Beginning on Tuesday, a new rule will ban passengers from carrying luggage weighing over 32 kilograms onto trains in Sheung Shui, Fanling, Lo ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1054503/mtr-limits-luggage-weight-combat-parallel-traders

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