HK - Economic Data & News 01 (May 08 - Sep 14)

[winston]

So what happened to the 50 year non-interference ?

US-based Chinese dissident barred from Hong Kong(AFP)

HONG KONG — A prominent US-based Chinese dissident was denied entry to Hong Kong on Friday and deported to Taiwan.

Yang was scheduled to attend a two-day academic forum in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with its own political and legal system, according to RTHK.

US permanent resident Yang spent five years in jail in China on charges of spying and illegal entry in a case which sparked criticism from the United States and the United Nations. He was released in 2007.

The activist fled China following the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests and was blacklisted by the government, which refused to renew his passport or issue him travel documents to return to his homeland.

Pro-democracy groups have condemned Hong Kong for becoming intolerant of dissent and bowing to pressure from China by barring visits of mainland dissidents.

Two former leaders of the Tiananmen protests were refused entry to attend the funeral of a Hong Kong democracy icon in January this year.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... e0d331.211

[winston]

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is expected to grant a one-off allowance for welfare recipients and offer a rent-free period for public housing tenants in his final policy address on Wednesday, but a a government spokesman said a further reduction in profit tax was unlikely to be implemented.

Source: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

[kennynah]

wah....learn from pap.. give ang bao to buy votes ah....

[winston]

do you really believe that inflation in HK is 5.4% ? Wonder what's in their basket ?

Tsang: Maintain 2011 Inflation Forecast At 5.4%

[winston]

TOL:-

Did you all sit through the Chief Executive's speech recently.

Was there any real solution to their Housing problems ? Was the stuff mentioned a bit "too little and too late" ?

And it also reminded me of their flip-flop, on the recent handouts to the HK residents.

[winston]

Exports mark first drop in two years

Hong Kong's exports fell last month for the first time in almost two years as weak demand in two of the biggest markets, China and the United States, began to bite.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 11026&fc=4

[winston]

Hong Kong Air Freight Drops 8.2 Percent
The Journal of Commerce Online

Hong Kong International Airport saw cargo volume last month increase 5.2 percent from September, but the October traffic was still down 8.2 percent year-over-year despite aircraft movement growing 5 percent.

http://www.joc.com/international-air/ho ... 82-percent

[winston]

Hmmm.... Is HK Politics now, a Comedy ? Do you still recalled the comments by Jackie Chan on Democracy in China ?


Hong Kong Comedian Stephen Chow Voices Support in Chief Executive Election
Hollywood Reporter



'Shaolin Soccer' star sticks up for friend Henry Tang Ying-yen, one of two candidates for Hong Kong's highest office.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_sec. ... r=20111130

[winston]

A fire at Hong Kong's popular Ladies' Market kills eight people, officials say. Twenty-four others are injured.

Source: CNN International

[winston]

Judge urges probe after deported thief slips into Hong Kong 40 times

A serial shoplifter from Macau who had been deported for life from Hong Kong, evaded security checks to visit the city more than 40 times in two years, court papers show.

Source: SCMP