Luk Fook to expand jewelry stores as landlords slow rent demands

Landlords are forgoing rent increases or asking for smaller gains when leases come up for renewal, Luk Fook Chairman Wong Wai Sheung said in an interview on August 21. The

Corporate Bits | Airasia announces usd13 flights with “megasale” fares

The Kuala Lumpur based economical airline is offering sale fares from Australia to the Malaysian capital, with onward flights and flights from Australia to Bali. The loss of flight MH370 in

Gov’t courts documentaries as it limits expression

China is wooing filmmakers at the same time as it’s cracking down on them. Authorities are handing more slots to documentaries, giving even independent filmmakers a chance to be shown on state

HONG KONG | Judicial independence not undermined, Neuberger says

Hong Kong’s judicial independence hasn’t been undermined by China’s recent policy statement about the territory, Britain’s top judge David Neuberger said. “Judges here are as independent minded as those on the

Beijing deploys armed drone to multinational drills 

The drone, which wasn’t identified by type, carried out a successful mission in which it destroyed a mock enemy command vehicle with a missile, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted

13 killed in bus-truck collision 

on with a truck in the country’s northwest, killing 13 people and injuring many others. The Xinhua News Agency says the accident occurred yesterday when the bus crossed the center divider of the

PAKISTAN | Karachi thirsts for water supply 

On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan’s biggest city, protesters burning tires and throwing stones have what sounds like a simple demand: They want water at least once a week. But that’s

INDIA | ‘Untouchables’ still forced to clean human excrement

Hundreds of thousands of impoverished, low-caste Indians are still working with their bare hands to clean human excrement from open roads and millions of dry pit latrines across the country,

AUSTRALIA | Tycoon lawmaker apologizes to China for racist tirade 

Australian mining magnate turned lawmaker Clive Palmer has apologized to China over an extraordinary tirade on national television in which he called the Chinese “bastards” and “mongrels” and accused Beijing of

INDIA | Jewish center reopens 6 years after Mumbai attacks 

Rabbis from across Asia yesterday celebrated the reopening of a Jewish center targeted by rampaging Pakistani gunmen who stormed through Mumbai on a 60-hour killing spree in 2008. The attacks on

GAZA CRISIS| Israel, Hamas accept Gaza war cease-fire

Israel and Hamas announced yesterday that they agreed to an open-ended cease-fire in the Gaza war after seven weeks of fighting that killed more than 2,200 people, the vast majority

HEALTH | UN: E-cigarettes must be regulated

In a report to its 194 member nations, the World Health Organization also called for a ban on sales to minors of the popular nicotine-vapor products, and to either forbid

USA | Ferguson mourns black teen shot by police

Mourners gathered to remember Michael Brown in an emotional service that consecrated the killing of the black 18-year-old by a white police officer as another in the long history of

this day in history: 1967 Beatles’ manager Epstein dies

Mr Epstein, 32, was due to travel tomorrow to Bangor in north Wales to join the Beatles at a meeting of the International Meditation Society. Paul McCartney and his girlfriend,

Offbeat | Moose shows up at German office canteen

A spokesman for Dresden police says the young bull walked into the building housing German industrial giant Siemens shortly before lunchtime Monday. Marko Laske says officers and wildlife spent six hours

EPL | Jovetic double helps City beat Liverpool 3-1

Sitting in the executive seats high up at Etihad Stadium, Mario Balotelli began life at Liverpool by watching his new team ruthlessly dismantled by the club he left 19 months

FOOTBALL | ITALY Changes in Serie A after Allegri replaces Conte

There is plenty of change in Serie A this season after a difficult and tumultuous period for Italian football. The pain in Italy began with the Italian Cup final in

Vox Parva: Who cares about the mission?

From the very beginning, I wish to make my stance known about the word “mission.” In the simplest sense, we may use a reference from the Oxford Dictionary: “Mission” refers

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – edition no. 2138

* Macau picks up Ice Bucket Challenge * DSAT vows to wrap up major road projects soon * Sandoval brings the flavors of Cuban jazz to town * Israel, Hamas accept Gaza war

The Buzz: Large wildfire threatens southern Greek village

Greek authorities have partially evacuated a southern village near a major archaeological site due to a large wildfire that is being swept on by strong winds. The fire brigade says

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