A 33-hour marathon filibuster came to an abrupt end yesterday after Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing invoked for the first time powers in the rules of procedure to halt ...
Major investment banks want a separate consultation with the Securities and Futures Commission over its proposal to require the imprisonment of sponsors, such as brokers or bankers, who ...
So-called "good cholesterol" may not be so good after all, a new study suggests. Making use of powerful databases of genetic information, the study found that raising ...
Chinese nationals were believed to be involved in the hijacking of three mainland fishing boats by North Koreans in the Yellow Sea last week, the vessels' owners told the
South ...
Wealthy businessman Jerome Lau Ting-sing took nude photos of a second victim at his home in 2008, a court was told yesterday. The alleged victim, a fitness instructor and male model, said the photo ...
HSBC is on track to meet the goals of its three-year turnaround plan but is worried about the unfolding crisis in the euro zone. The bank yesterday said it saved US$1.2 billion from the beginning of ...
A generation ago, Taiwanese residents leafing through the latest copy of
Time or
Newsweek would regularly come across pages where articles or photographs had been blacked out, or ...
The will-it-or-won't-it Greek drama playing out on the global economic stage overshadows the euro zone's real problem - a refusal to take the pain that's necessary to reinvigorate growth, says Andy ...
CELEBRITYOn a recent Saturday night, a lean man with foppish hair was in the back seat of a black SUV, being driven from his Murray Hill flat to STK Midtown, a steroidal steakhouse that brings the raucousness ...
SOCCERThe road to redemption for Rangers could pass through Hong Kong with the Glasgow giants' manager Ally McCoist jetting in to watch the players aiming to be the club's future at the HKFC Citibank ...
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