Business Relation

'Laggard' Fujian signs US$8.66b worth of deals in Hong Kong

30 Mar 2011

Fujian signed US$8.66 billion worth of deals in Hong Kong yesterday as the coastal province seeks to boost its finance and tourism sectors.

Xinjiang beauty spot pipeline fear

30 Mar 2011

Environmental groups are demanding a public inquiry into a plan to build a China-Russia natural gas pipeline across the Kanas Lake area, an area in Xinjiang renowned for its spectacular scenery...

Alvin Sallay

27 Mar 2011

Has the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union lost control of the Sevens? On the surface it looks like the International Rugby Board is calling the shots after recent happenings both on and off the field...

'Police files' in fraud case were forged, court told

26 Mar 2011

Documents that appeared to discredit a prosecution witness in businesswoman Lily Chiang Lai-lei's fraud trial were forged, a court heard yesterday.

CRE thirsty for growth

25 Mar 2011

Consumer-focused China Resources Enterprise (CRE) aims to grab a bigger slice of the Guangdong beer market through the proposed purchase of a 21.37 per cent stake in dominant player Kingway...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Scars in his eyes

Before the so-called Four Heavenly Kings first appeared in Canto-pop's firmament, it was lit by another set of young idols, dubbed the Four Musketeers. But theirs has been a tale of self-...

IRB unseats Sevens' 'white knight'

Swiss financial giant Credit Suisse has been prevented from continuing its long-term association with the Hong Kong Sevens by the International Rugby Board, according to top rugby official Trevor...

Cheung Kong's Beijing reit expected to raise up to US$1.5b

Loud cheers rang out in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Beijing on Tuesday night when Cheung Kong (Holdings) deputy managing director Kam Hing-lam toasted the 10th anniversary of the company's...

The fit lady sings

The music press call Katherine Jenkins a classical music superstar - a term that, a couple of decades ago, they would have said was an oxymoron. She's performed in front of Pope John Paul II and...

Professional in demand

Risk in its various forms - whether in business, banking or investing - is a fact of life.

The fit lady sings

The music press call Katherine Jenkins a classical music superstar - a term that, a couple of decades ago, they would have said was an oxymoron. She's performed in front of Pope John Paul II and...