Hong Kong Informer

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government said Thursday it is postponing a plan to restrict public access to personal information about company directors after protests from journalists and business groups. Information gleaned from the database was used in investigative news reports last year to help expose fortunes linked to Chinese leaders. Plans to limit [...]

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Under public pressure, the government has decided to shelve a controversial law restricting public access to the personal information of company directors. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said yesterday it would hold back the legislation until consensus had been reached on ways to strike a balance between privacy and freedom of information. Full News [...]

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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government said Thursday it is postponing a plan to restrict public access to personal information about company directors after protests from journalists and business groups. Information gleaned from the database was used in investigative news reports last year to help expose fortunes linked to Chinese leaders. Plans to limit [...]

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A top executive of an insurance company that has refused to compensate the deaths of six Hongkongers in Egypt claimed yesterday that their policies clearly stated hot-air balloon flights would not be covered. China Merchants Group vice-president Li Yinquan disputed relatives’ claims that exclusion clauses were not clear. “This is precisely documented in text … [...]

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Family members of the nine Hong Kong people who died in the Egypt balloon crash have questioned loopholes in the insurance and tourism industry after the insurance company involved refused to pay compensation to six families of the deceased. Three men, from the Ho and Siu families, faced the press in Hong Kong on Tuesday [...]

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The Travel Industry Council today suspended the membership of 3A Holidays Company.   The Tourism Commission said the Travel Industry Council Board notified the Registrar of Travel Agents of the decision, stating 3A Holidays breached the council’s Articles of Association.   In accordance with the Travel Agents Ordinance, the registrar will summon the responsible person of [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Stock markets in Asia moved higher Thursday on the heels of positive corporate news and resilience in U.S. consumer spending. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.6 percent to 11,317.61. The Tokyo market shrugged off data showing the Japanese economy shrank for a third straight quarter in the last three months of 2012, [...]

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The first batch of subsidiary legislation for the new Companies Ordinance’s implementation will be gazetted on February 1, the Financial Services & the Treasury Bureau said today.   Five pieces of subsidiary legislation to be introduced are the Companies (Words & Expressions in Company Names) Order, the Companies (Disclosure of Company Name & Liability Status) [...]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon has once again surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company after the iPhone and iPad maker saw its stock price falter. Apple Inc.’s stock has been on the decline since the company’s quarterly earnings report Wednesday suggested that its fast growth phase, rare for a company of its size, [...]

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Hong Kong proposes restrictions on public access to company data HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong has proposed a new law that would allow company directors to keep their personal details secret, after a series of media reports revealed information about the wealth and assets of some senior Chinese officials. Full News here – Read [...]

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is proposing to restrict access to personal information on company directors, after investigative news reports exposed fortunes linked to Chinese leaders.Under the proposed changes, home addresses … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Under the proposed changes, home addresses and ID card or passport numbers of directors would be obscured in filings starting from the first quarter of 2014. The details could also be removed from … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 MANILA – Hong Kong-based Energy World International Ltd. (EWI) will start construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and power … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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The operator of the Tate’s Cairn Tunnel is seeking approval to charge HK$ 1 to HK$ 2 more in road fees from July. The Tate’s Cairn Tunnel Company last raised tolls two years ago, by about 6 per cent. It posted a net profit of almost HK$ 190 million in 2010/11. This time, the company [...]

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Stratacache Inc. has launched a Hong Kong office to drive growth in the Asia-Pacific market. The Dayton-based digital sign company announced the opening on Monday. Stratacaches new office in Hong … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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