Taiwanese director Leon Dai's low budget family drama on Saturday swept the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars," bagging the best picture and best director gongs. "I want to thank my parents, my mentor Edward Yang and the actors of the film," an emotional Dai told the audience in Taipei. His "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti," based on the true story of a diver's desperate fight for custody of his daughter, was the first local movie in seven years to win best picture... Read Full Story
Jittery investors Friday dumped stock in the two foreign banks with the heaviest exposure to Dubai -- HSBC and Standard Chartered -- as ripples from a feared debt default spread worldwide. Analysts played down fears of major problems at the two London-based banks, which are heavyweight players on the Hong Kong stock exchange with huge operations in the Middle East and Asia. But their share prices bore the brunt of an onslaught of global selling following Dubai's shock announcement that it... Read Full Story
Investors dumped shares in alarm on Friday, sending markets plunging as fears of debt defaults bred fresh concern for the world economy after Dubai's shock request to suspend major loan repayments. Investors "headed for the exit door" after the Dubai government's investment vehicle Dubai World sought to suspend debt payments for six months, IG Markets analyst Ben Potter said. Asian, European and US stock markets fell sharply as investors were spooked by the news, analysts said. The price of... Read Full Story
HONG KONG (AFP) -- A former senior executive in HSBC's commercial banking department was jailed for 20 months in Hong Kong on Wednesday for taking a 60,000 US dollar bribe from a client. The city's District Court sentenced Chen Ching-hsiao, 47, after he pleaded guilty this month to accepting a bribe, a judiciary spokeswoman told AFP. As part of his sentencing, Chen was ordered to pay the bank 60,000 US dollars, the amount that he accepted to approve a 10-million US dollar loan for a... Read Full Story
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Hotels that combine service, technology and comfort have topped a list of the world's best business hotels with the winners offering their guests those added extras that can make all the difference to a trip. Readers of travel magazine Travel + Leisure ranked hotels on a list of services and amenities to come up with their 20 top business hotels, part of the publication's annual World's Best survey. Some offered free Internet access and a 24-hour business center... Read Full Story
Travellers visiting Hong Kong next year will be able to take advantage of some of the new accommodation options on offer in the city. The Hyatt Regency Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui was reopened in October this year, with amenities including the Chin Chin Bar and the Chinese Restaurant. It is the brand's third property in Hong Kong , joining the Grand Hyatt in Wan Chai and the Hyatt Regency hotel in Sha Tin, which opened earlier this year. Another new accommodation option is Hullet House, which is... Read Full Story
An increasing number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination in the former British colony, a report said Monday. Lawyer Raymond Tang told the daily South China Morning Post that his firm was seeing more mainland-born clients legally changing the romanised spelling of their name to appear more like local Hong Kong residents. For example, some Putonghua-speaking mainland clients would ask to have "Zhu" changed to "Chu", and... Read Full Story
As a communist-led nation steeped in old-world traditions which change even a most modern, modernized cities in a nation, China competence not crop up similar to a preferred place for gay vacations ; however, travelers will find which there is a colourful stage in China, together with honour celebrations, clubs, bars, neighborhoods as good as a turn of acceptance which is on a climb as a visible, well-organized LGBT village grows. From well-developed food as good as conform to pleasing... Read Full Story
The singapore super star JJ Lin finally released his new anticipated album “100 Days” after take a break about 1 year. JJ Lin who suddenly lost his voice and coughing out blood on the night of his concert in Beijing, force him to return to Singapore for recovery for most of the year. His fans must wait till 1 year to hear his voice again since his last album Sixology .
During his recovery, the poor JJ Lin expressed that the night he lost his voice felt as long as 100 days. The feelings... Read Full Story
The International Commerce Centre(abbr. ICC Tower) is a 118 floor, 484 m (1,590 ft) skyscraper under construction in West Kowloon, Hong Kong; as part of the Union Square project built on top of Kowloon Station. The development is owned and jointly developed by MTR Corporation Limited and Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong's metro operator and largest property developer respectively. Its formal development name is Union Square Phase 7 and the name International Commerce Centre was officially... Read Full Story
