It's a good idea but I don't think Mr Hu likes too many threads on one location. Besides a new thread will definite invites trolls, from you know where, to come in to enjoy themselves. Let's try to use this thread for all HK news and updates for the meantime and see what happen.
No signs corruption becoming more rampant in HK: advisory committees
HONG KONG: The advisory committees that oversee Hong Kong's anti-graft body, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), have said that there are no signs corruption is becoming more rampant in the...
IMF warns Hong Kong properties face price correction
HONG KONG: The International Monetary Fund has warned that Hong Kong could see an abrupt fall in property prices after years of dramatic increases in one of the world's most expensive housing markets.
Home prices in the Asian financial...
Breaking down China's overseas investment
China's ODI has been on an upward trend
While China has written a splendid chapter on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) over the past decade, there have also been many stories about its outbound direct investment (ODI). Instead of just...
China's fiscal revenues rise 21.9 pct in November
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's fiscal revenues grew 21.9 percent year-on-year to 787.1 billion yuan (about 125.12 billion U.S. dollars) in November, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday.
The growth rate was higher than the...
Islands in Hong Kong
Peng Chau 坪洲 Old folkies people watching under a tree on a hot day
Shh he looks mad
Two kids on bikes LOL
A Tian Hau procession
Selling dried seafood
A firetruck
An ambulance
A newer village
Well folks, this is a mid size island life and...
Islands in Hong Kong
Peng Chau 坪洲 Shan Tang Tsuen 山頂村義祠
Peng Chau Market 坪洲街市
Kam Fa Festival...
Islands in Hong Kong
Peng Chau 坪洲 Kam Fa Temple 坪洲金花廟
Peng Chau Seven Sisters Temple 仙姊廟
Store front Gospel Church 坪洲福音堂
Store front church...
Islands in Hong Kong
Peng Chau 坪洲 Tung Wan Beach 坪洲東灣海灘
A small village on the far end of Tung Wan Beach
A public toilet (typical in HK)
A storefront church
A sightseeing boat takes tourists to other islands
A health clinic...
Islands of Hong Kong
Peng Chau 坪洲 is a small island, about 1km2, located east of Lantau Island and north of Cheung Chau. Ferries are the only transport to and from the island where bicycles are the only means of moving around. Here you experience small island lifestyle...
Lamma ferry crash inquiry to start next week, Justice Michael Lunn says
Lamma ferry collision survivor, Chiu Ping-chuen (centre), attends the hearing of Commission of Inquiry into the disaster.
The commission of inquiry into October's deadly ferry collision off Lamma Island will start on...
Islands of Hong Kong
Cheung Chau 長洲's Pak Tai Temple
a Tian Hau Temple
Beach houses (the nearer ones are under renovation)
A U Right store
A street scene
Selling dry fish
張保仔館 name after an infamous pirate that preyed these shores more than...
Islands of Hong Kong
Cheung Chau 長洲 famous Bun Festival, an old picture
The buns
The bun towers
Da Jin Welcome gods
Rice wine jugs for the gods 長洲太平清醮的神棚
Islands of Hong Kong
Cheung Chau 長洲 shore patrols
A replica of 張保仔's pirate boat
A scene on Sun Hing Praya Street
Merchants on the same street
Bela Vista Villa Resort
Lutheran Village Resort
Island supplies
Hmm, very tranquil
Your problem is you always want handouts for your country; be they from Japan, India or Uncle Sam. Why don't you go home and contribute like many of your compatriots and be a proud Dai Viet. :smokin:
Canada OK's foreign energy takeovers, but slams door on any more
Nexen headquarter building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada
(Reuters) - Canada approved China's biggest ever foreign takeover on Friday, a $15.1 billion bid by state-controlled CNOOC Ltd for energy company Nexen Inc., but...
Islands of Hong Kong
Cheung Chau 長洲, a Hung Shing Temple
A Cheung Chau temple
Pei Tai Temple basketball court
A street scene, notice bicycles are the only form of machine aided transportation and are allowed in most streets. They are rented by the day
A bay scene with...
Islands of Hong Kong
Cheung Chau 長洲, a distant view, with Lantau Island southern shore in the background
Jockey Clun Ming Fai Camp
A public pier
A 1898 view of the village
Bo Yue Wan rocky shore
The beach on Tung Wan (East Bay)
View of the same beach from Warwick...