Hong Kong to tighten partnership with Macau, develop Lantau

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying declared in his 2016 Policy Address in Hong Kong, that the HKSAR would continue to build on established economic partnership arrangements with Macau. There were several mentions

City suffers from upsurge on air pollution

Hong Kong has seen a bigger rise in ozone pollution than industrial pollution zones in Guangdong, and this has spurred the government into taking action to crack down on air

Powerball | Record USD1.5 billion-jackpot draw today

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to over USD1.5 billion, easily surpassing all other lotteries to become the largest such prize in the world. The draw is due today at 11:59am

Markets | Asia shares rise as China steadies, Wall Street snaps back

Asian shares rose yesterday as Shanghai’s market stabilized for a second day and Chinese export figures improved (see p10). Investors also were cheered by gains on Wall Street that snapped

Corporate Bits | Sheraton Macao earns top-tier status

The Sheraton Macao Hotel located in Cotai Central has now become the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, as revealed in an announcement from the group. It signifies  an elevation of the

Markets turmoil batters faith in Beijing’s management skills

Stock market and currency turmoil has battered Chinese leaders’ reputation as shrewd economic managers and fed doubts about their willingness to push through more wrenching reforms. In the stock market, a

December trade shrinks but less than November

Exports declined 1.4 percent from a year earlier to USD224.1 billion, an improvement over the previous month’s 6.8 percent contraction, customs data showed yesterday. Imports were down 7.6 percent at

Xi calls for a China in 2016 where ‘nobody dares to be corrupt’

President Xi Jinping said his signature anti- corruption campaign will not be eased and he’s determined to make China this year a place where “nobody dares to be corrupt.” The anti-graft

Factory explosion in Shanghai kills four, injures two

Chinese state media say four workers were killed in an explosion at a machinery factory in an industrial park on the outskirts of Shanghai. Xinmin Evening News says two other people

Rights group: Beijing accuses Swede of harming state security

A Swedish co-founder of a human rights group in mainland China has been detained by authorities on suspicion of endangering state security, his group said. The detention of Peter Dahlin comes

Seoul fires warning shots after drone seen

South Korea yesterday fired 20 machine gun warning shots after a North Korean drone briefly crossed the rivals’ border, officials said, the first shots fired in a Cold War-style standoff

S. Korea leader calls for China help to punish the North

  South Korea’s president yesterday urged North Korea’s only major ally, China, to help punish Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test with the strongest possible international sanctions. Park Geun-hye’s comments came as Seoul said

Vietnam dismisses Chinese accounts of test flights

Vietnam has dismissed China’s accounts of its test flights to an island in disputed waters, saying it received no prior information as claimed by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. China Foreign

Pakistan | Suicide attack on polio center kills 15

A suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan yesterday killed 15 people, mainly police who had gathered to escort health workers, who have been repeatedly targeted in

MH370 | Ocean search for Malaysian airliner finds second shipwreck, but no plane

The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a second 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast,

Australia | Woman in stable condition after crocodile attack

A woman was in stable condition at a hospital after she was attacked by a crocodile yesterday on Australia’s northwest coast, officials said. The woman, in her 70s, was attacked in

US Navy sailors held by Iran are released with their boats

All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after drifting into its territorial waters a day earlier have been freed, the U.S. and Iran said yesterday. The Navy said the American

State of the Union | Obama warns against giving into election year cynicism

With Americans soon to being choosing his successor, President Barack Obama used his final State of the Union address to rekindle belief in the promise of change that first carried

This Day in History | 1975 Heiress Lesley Whittle kidnapped

Lesley Whittle, left £82,000 in her father’s will, was snatched from her bed at the family home in Highley. Her mother was asleep in the house at the time. Police were called

Offbeat | The shining: UK commuters told trains delayed by sunlight

It’s the dark days of one of the rainiest British winters on record. So some London commuters were surprised to hear their trains had been delayed because of the sun. Rail

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