Funding

More than a thousand petition to save renowned HKU library

8 May 2013

About 1,500 academics, students and researchers - including a former US diplomat - have signed an online petition for more funds for the University of Hong Kong library, which they say is "going...

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HKTA's bid to regain elite status smashed

6 May 2013

An attempt by the Hong Kong Tennis Association to win back the sport's elite status at the Sports Institute and regain millions of dollars in support has been blocked by University Sports...

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CIA funding will continue, says Afghan leader

6 May 2013

Karzai had earlier confirmed his government had received such payments after a story published in The New York Times said the CIA had given the Afghan National Security Council tens of millions of...

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Snooker receives four more years of elite support

24 Apr 2013

Snooker has been given the green light to remain an elite programme at the Sports Institute for the next four years, but its long-term future is still unclear.

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Bankers call for SME funding reform

3 Apr 2013

The country's newly appointed financial regulators should do more to help small, privately held companies raise money, rather than come to the aid of large state-owned enterprises, say leading...

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Dawn breaking on a bright new era

24 Mar 2013

A week from today, when all the excitement has died down, Hong Kong rugby will awake to a new dawn. Well, actually eight days from now, when the new funding cycle for the existing 15 elite...

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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World Cup champion knows Wright from wrong

Former All Blacks World Cup winner Terry Wright knows a thing or two about finance, and though he pines for the days when rugby was strictly amateur, he insists the boost Hong Kong's sevens team...

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Disgraced education group rallies school support for funding

A pro-Beijing organisation that lost its government funding, after publishing a set of biased national education guidelines, is lobbying school principals in an effort to be reinstated.

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Gymnastics and triathlon at risk of losing millions in funding

With the next funding cycle for the 15 elite disciplines at the Sports Institute starting next month, gymnastics and triathlon have two years left to meet the criteria.

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JAKE'S VIEW

HK$1b black holes are an expensive way to fool Beijing

Despite a flashy launch, the HK government's five-year plan contribution has quietly died.

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WEALTH MANAGEMENT

New dangers lurk in trust firms' rush to finance

A new financial danger is emerging on the mainland, with dozens of under-regulated trust companies channelling funds from clients and bank wealth management products into a range of capital-hungry...

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