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Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said on Saturday he had to be fiscally prudent when developing the economic policies he announced in last Wednesday’s budget.
Tsang told RTHK...
Doubts surround the government's ability to execute its new land-sale programme on schedule, as district councils and a university have expressed objections - including a possible legal challenge...
Queues for visas at already swamped US embassies are likely to get longer if major budget cuts kick in at the State Department. Faced with ballooning demand, the State Department had started...
The governor of the Egyptian city of Luxor and the operator of the hot-air balloon that exploded and killed 19 tourists have apologised for the tragedy. Governor Ezzat Saad also told local media...
A law professor has added his voice to fears that the government risks breaching world trade laws by curbing the amount of baby milk formula that people can take with them when leaving Hong Kong,...
Former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan will face a new charge that he "concealed"' alleged payments of more than HK$11 million when Hong Kong's biggest ever corruption case returns to court next...
US universities have responded to China’s exploding demand for American higher education with branch campuses and aggressive recruiting. Now, some are trying to boost their brands by casting...
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan this week joins China’s top political advisory body in a move analysts say highlights Beijing’s growing “soft power” efforts to project unity between itself and...
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Insight
In a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington recently, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe informed the audience of officials, experts and journalists that Japan...
Hong Kong
Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said on Saturday he had to be fiscally prudent when developing the economic policies he announced in last Wednesday’s budget.
Tsang told RTHK...
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan this week joins China’s top political advisory body in a move analysts say highlights Beijing’s growing “soft power” efforts to project unity between itself and...
Queues for visas at already swamped US embassies are likely to get longer if major budget cuts kick in at the State Department. Faced with ballooning demand, the State Department had started...
Doubts surround the government's ability to execute its new land-sale programme on schedule, as district councils and a university have expressed objections - including a possible legal challenge...
China
China is looking to increase its share of the global commercial satellite launching business, targeting a 15 per cent share by 2020.
US universities have responded to China’s exploding demand for American higher education with branch campuses and aggressive recruiting. Now, some are trying to boost their brands by casting...
Germany’s Foreign Ministry has summoned a Chinese diplomat to protest against an attack on a German public television team in northern China.
The death of seven orphans in Shiyan, Hubei, in the past four months has added more fuel to concern about the protection of children. An online posting said the children had died from the cold...
Asia
Hundreds of protesters clashed with police yesterday outside a New Delhi hospital where a girl aged seven who was allegedly raped at school was admitted.
World
President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in US government spending on Friday night after he and congressional Republicans failed to reach a deal to avert automatic reductions that could...
California’s governor on Friday reversed a decision to grant parole to a follower of notorious mass murderer Charles Manson, saying he was still a danger to society.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in “good spirits” but fighting for his life as he undergoes chemotherapy in a Caracas military hospital, the vice president said on Friday, revealing new...
Business
Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd has agreed to changes its oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico to quell US national security concerns as a condition for US approval of its $15 billion (HK$116.32...
The State Council on Friday released guidelines instructing local governments to strictly follow policies introduced to cool the mainland's housing market.
Bad loans at mainland banks increased for a fifth straight quarter at the end of last year, and analysts expect a further deterioration in asset quality this year.
The number of mobile phones worldwide is set to catch up to the planet's population next year, the United Nations' telecommunications agency has said.
Bank customers with yuan deposits in Hong Kong will not be getting higher interest on those deposits although Bank of China (Hong Kong) has raised the interest rate it offers on yuan that those...
Lifestyle
Alexander Wang's debut at the storied couture house of Cristobal Balenciaga was definitely the hot ticket this season. Two small catwalk presentations were shown to a handful of press and VIPs...
Silver Linings Playbook is one of those films with a number of scene-stealing supporting characters. Chief among them is the one played with scene-chewing relish by Robert De Niro; but those...
The English debut of South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is hell bent on cashing every cinematic chip he banked from a cache of cult built on hits like Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. At...
Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee competed against the likes of Steven Spielberg and won his second Oscar for best director for Life of Pi. While he was not the hands-down favourite, his victory was not...
American Ballet Theatre began their series of performances under the Hong Kong Arts Festival with a high-energy mixed bill that showed the company in sparkling form.
Many parents give their children a small treat, or a gift, when they do well in school as encouragement. Some resort to giving cash or a coveted gadget as an incentive to work harder.
Facebook allowed users on Friday to make free calls to friends at the leading social network using its application tailored for iPhones or iPads.
When New York Fashion Week controversially moved its position in the catwalk season running order, so that rather than happening after London, Milan and Paris, it took an early slot before the...
Sport
Follow scmpRacingPost on Twitter at Sha Tin Racecourse today as Alan Aitken and Michael Cox bring you all their thoughts and reports from the track...
Delaveau, who took the first slice of action on Thursday when he won the opening event, an against the clock competition (Prix Artemide), was in super touch with his mount Lacrimoso 3 once again...
Former Hong Kong captain Simon Leung Ho-yam will be hoping to lead Leighton Asia HKCC out of a nine-year long drought this evening when they take on ONEworks' Valley in the final of the Grand...
Magazines
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Property
China could increase required downpayments and loan rates for buyers of second homes in cities where prices are rising too quickly, the State Council said on Friday in the central government’s...
Twenty-three of the 28 residential sites added to this year's land-sale list will not be ready for sale until next year, raising concerns that the government is running out of stock for immediate...
The fall in sales for the full year would be unavoidable, said Victor Lui Ting, a deputy managing director of SHKP, because of the measures imposed by the government to rein in property price...
Technology
A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman – possibly a married couple – for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project...
China’s Huawei, the No 3 smartphone maker behind giants Samsung and Apple, unveiled on Sunday a new mobile, the Ascend P2, which it claims is the fastest in the world.
Samsung yesterday unveiled an eight-inch tablet with phone-call capability to rival Apple's recently launched iPad mini and cement its market dominance by offering different-sized devices.
Debates
Housing was the dominant theme of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address last month. His plans include rezoning green-belt land, reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and stepping...
Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address lasted for more than two hours and covered everything from housing supply to help for the disabled. But the chief executive has faced a growing wave of...
The appearance of colonial-era flags at recent demonstrations in the city has infuriated mainland commentators and former top officials.
Video
- Hong Kong Why middle class benefits little from budget relief Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah delivered his sixth budget speech on February 27, 2013, in which he unveiled HK$33 billion worth of relief measures and forecasted a surplus of about HK$64.9...
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- Hong Kong Budget sweeteners no real relief to the working poor Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah delivered his sixth budget speech on February 27, 2013, in which he unveiled HK$33 billion worth of relief measures. For those living in public housing, the...
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- World South African police 'dragged man behind vehicle' South Africa's police watchdog is investigating the death of a Mozambican man who died in custody after being dragged behind a police vehicle.
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- Beauty Pampered pets in Singapore From boat cruises and spas to their own obituary section in the leading newspaper, pets are pampered in a big way in Singapore, a city-state with one of Asia's highest standards of living.
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