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Li Ka-shing could raise more than HK$100 billion by spinning off Hongkong Electric and Watsons to fund a spending spree on beaten down telecommunications businesses in debt-ridden Europe - his favoured hunting ground since 2011.
Thursday, 3 October, 2013, 1:02amHong Kong’s examinations authority on Wednesday defended its decision to give a special bonus of HK$7 million to its staff for the last academic year.
The Examinations and Assessment Authority confirmed that 90 per cent of its staff got the one-off benefit during the 2011- 2012 year.
2 Oct 2013 - 10:51pm 1 commentA woman was slashed in the neck when a suspected drugs party turned violent yesterday.
Detectives arrested a 40-year-old man, a friend of the 50-year-old victim, after the attack at a flat in Hai Tan Street, Sham Shui Po, at 7.30am.
2 Oct 2013 - 10:26pm More on CrimeUS President Barack Obama has scrapped scheduled visits to Malaysia and the Philippines due to the US federal government shutdown.
3 Oct 2013 - 12:12amThe few remaining traders on a soon-to-be-redeveloped Kwun Tong street are vowing to fight eviction.
2 Oct 2013 - 10:56pmHong Kong universities have been warned to prepare for stiffer challenges from elite mainland institutions that have more money and bigger pools of talent.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:49pm 20 commentsA popular baby milk formula sold out in many pharmacies yesterday as the government started its "golden week" stocktaking to decide whether it can lift the export limit on such products.
2 Oct 2013 - 4:26pm More on Baby formulaMainland tourists pouring into the city on the first day of the annual "golden week" holiday yesterday said they were happy to comply with new rules on how to behave when travelling.
2 Oct 2013 - 11:10pm 1 comment More on Chinese tourists
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The two-tin cap on outbound travellers, as officials repeatedly stressed, was to ensure an adequate supply for local consumption. So when the situation stabilises, the restrictions should be removed.
Wednesday, 2 October, 2013, 7:53am 3 commentsThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the most comprehensive study ever on global warming, prepared by more than 200 scientists over two years.
2 Oct 2013 - 9:53pmThe night of October 1 last year taught Hebe Cheng Yuen-ki the true meaning of the biblical verse that says it is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 Oct 2013 - 4:01amThere are some photographs pinned to the back of a stand which show a small slice of Hong Kong’s natural wildlife and habitat. These snapshots on display reveal some of environmental campaigner and educator Dickson Wong Chi-chun’s happiest childhood memories.
Wong, 37, is showing me the best pictures capturing the essence of the city’s true biodiversity.
Professional letter writers were once a common sight on Hong Kong’s streets, but today only a few survive. In the latest episode of our Uniquely Hong Kong series, we talk to Pun Tse-ching about the dying art
A cage sits on a corner in busy Central. People rush past on their way home, not noticing an old man sleeping in the cage, which is just twice his size, with all his belongings hanging on the wire netting.
2 Oct 2013 - 10:57pmThe few remaining traders on a soon-to-be-redeveloped Kwun Tong street are vowing to fight eviction.
2 Oct 2013 - 10:56pmA consortium led by Australian billionaire James Packer and US director Brett Ratner has struck a massive movie-making deal with Warner Brothers, with an eye fixed firmly on Chinese film fans.
3 Oct 2013 - 1:02amTurkey’s US$4 billion order for a Chinese missile defence system is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons, even though opposition from Washington and Nato threatens to derail the deal.
2 Oct 2013 - 9:27pm 1 commentSouth Korea and the United States have mapped out a new strategy to counter the growing threat of a North Korean nuclear or chemical weapons attack, their defence ministers said yesterday.
2 Oct 2013 - 11:37pm More on North KoreaMyanmar has signed a revised contract that increases its share of the profits from a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine, the country's largest, officials said.
2 Oct 2013 - 11:35pmItaly’s Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday abandoned his bid to topple Prime Minister Enrico Letta, saying he would vote to support the government in a humiliating climbdown after key allies rebelled.
2 Oct 2013 - 11:55pm More on Silvio BerlusconiUS President Barack Obama has scrapped scheduled visits to Malaysia and the Philippines due to the US federal government shutdown.
3 Oct 2013 - 12:12amHow have financial markets reacted to news of the shutdown?
2 Oct 2013 - 6:02pmBeijing should act faster to transform the mainland's economic growth pattern, boosting domestic consumption effectively and cutting its reliance on investment and exports, because growth is continuing to lag expectations, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday.
3 Oct 2013 - 12:47am 1 commentThe fast-growing technology, media and communications sector is taking a significantly larger share of the total office leasing market both in Hong Kong and Beijing, according to property consultants.
2 Oct 2013 - 5:23amPrices of property in areas surrounding the newly established free-trade zone in Shanghai's Pudong New Area have soared by up to 20 per cent in the past two months, triggering warnings of irrational exuberance among investors.
2 Oct 2013 - 2:39pm 1 comment More on Shanghai Free-trade ZoneIn this production, three City Contemporary Dance Company members - Bruce Wong, Lai Tak-wai and Lam Po - were joined by independent choreographer Rebecca Wong.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:15amA queue forms for rub-downs as jazz piano tinkles out of the speakers: some of the best buffalo mozzarella in the world starts with in-stable VIP treatment.
2 Oct 2013 - 12:14pmA car that drives itself and glasses that translate a menu as you read it are some of the glimpses of tomorrow on offer at a gadget fair near Tokyo that began on Tuesday.
2 Oct 2013 - 11:21amCoco Lee is back in the spotlight and telling modern women they can have it all
A fourth four-goal win in a row saw Guangzhou Evergrande create history last night as they became the first Chinese side in the AFC Champions League era to reach the final of the continental club championship.
3 Oct 2013 - 12:42amWorld number one Novak Djokovic says it will be at least five years before Asia can produce a top-ranking men's player, and greater support for emerging players is the key.
3 Oct 2013 - 12:13amA remote, ramshackle Henan school is teaching its dwindling student body that only the Great Helmsman himself can save the People's Republic. Xu Donghuan meets a principal who dances to his own, old tune. Pictures by Simon Song.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:54am 2 commentsCeramic artists from all over the mainland are descending on Jingdezhen as the Jiangxi city, famed for its pottery tradition, enjoys a creative renaissance, writes Violet Law.
29 Sep 2013 - 12:48amIndian school children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in an event in a school in India, stars of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical-on-rollerskates, and more ...
The heavens opened on a smog-choked Beijing yesterday, a grey start to National Day.
Snooker is child’s play for Wang Wuka. To know more about his practice on the green baize each day and the highlights of this week.
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from October 2013.
Xingchaung Tower, 84 meters high, is pictured at Daxing District in Beijing. Due to its special twisted shape, people nicknamed it as "Large Intestine Tower".
Indian school children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in an event in a school
The heavens opened on a smog-choked Beijing yesterday, a grey start to National Da
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from October
