Penny

1 Apr 2012

The world, we can probably all agree, has more than enough cop dramas. But American TV producers, we can probably all agree, don't really care.

Pain still fresh for mum of girl slain in UK

11 Mar 2012

The mother of a Chinese woman who was battered to death in a senseless killing that shocked Britain has spoken of her enduring grief on the anniversary of the loss of her only child.

HK agents riding out holiday property slump

26 Jan 2012

Flagging homebuying interest ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays and rising economic uncertainties could drag down registered property transactions this month to the lowest since the depths of...

Broken promise

13 Nov 2011

In the uneasy silence of a room where minutes earlier she wept inconsolably for her loss, the mother of the murdered girl composes herself, wipes away her tears and, with quiet dignity, lays out...

Best Thesps

6 Sep 2011

Jodie, the secretary of Best Thesps amateur theatre company, is talking to Penny, who is interested in joining the group. Listen to their conversation and then answer the questions.

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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

70pc say property prices too high

After last year's sharp increase in mainland property prices, more than 70 per cent of residents believe prices are 'too high'.

That compares with only 26.1 per cent a year earlier,...

In Brief

Midland estimates 15pc fall in July property deals

Baosteel expects losses in stainless, carbon steel

Baoshan Iron and Steel (Baosteel), the mainland's largest steelmaker, warned yesterday its stainless steel and carbon steel businesses might post losses in the fourth quarter amid falling steel...

A Prisoner of Birth

by Jeffrey Archer

Macmillan, HK$105

Shangri-La underlying profit rises 33pc on mainland tourism boom

China's tourism boom catapulted the underlying profit of luxury hotelier Shangri-La Asia 33 per cent higher to a record US$198 million last year, with momentum lingering into the first quarter of...

Pacific Basin earnings surge 328pc on higher average dry bulk rates

Pacific Basin Shipping delivered yesterday a stronger than expected 328 per cent jump in net profit for last year on higher average dry bulk rates.