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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 2:12 pm Press Release: Joint Press Release 22 May 2013New Zealand/Hong Kong Feature Film Eternity Wins Official Selection to the 16th Shanghai International Film FestivalEternity, the feature film by New Zealand director Alex Galvin, has been officially selected into the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) which this year runs from [...]

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SHANGHAI (AP) — China’s biggest city and financial hub is known for designer boutiques and fine dining. Yet wallet-draining Shanghai also offers activities that cost nothing, from walking on the riverfront Bund to sculpture parks and historic sites. Here are five of them. THE BUND A walk along the Bund is an introduction to the [...]

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(54 mins ago) Stocks in Hong Kong opened lower today. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.5 percent to 21,926.99. In Shanghai, stocks were down slightly in early trading as investors awaited China's preliminary manufacturing data for April dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.10 percent, or 2.14 points, to 2,240.03.- … Full News [...]

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Cheng Naishan, widely considered an icon of Shanghai literature who enjoyed close personal ties with Hong Kong, died on Monday morning in hospital after a long battle with leukaemia. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks slip on China data – Business Recorder image HONG KONG: Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai tumbled on Monday after data showed the rate of growth in the Chinese economy slowed in the first three months of the year. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 1.43 percent, or 316.38 points, … [...]

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(54 mins ago) Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai tumbled on Monday after data showed the rate of growth in the Chinese economy slowed in the first three months of the year. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 1.43 percent, or 316.38 points, to end at 21,772.67 on turnover of HK$ 55.03 billion, AFP reports. [...]

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The Centre for Health Protection has been informed of two more confirmed human cases of Influenza A (H7N9) in Shanghai.   The National Health & Family Planning Commission notified the centre the cases involved a 59-year-old man and a 67-year-old man.   The Shanghai Municipal Public Health Bureau said the patients’ six close contacts have [...]

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The Centre for Health Protection has been informed of two more confirmed human cases of Influenza A (H7N9) in Shanghai.   The National Health & Family Planning Commission notified the centre the cases involved a 74-year-old man and a 66-year-old man.   The Shanghai Municipal Public Health Bureau said the 11 close contacts of the [...]

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The Centre for Health Protection has learned of three more confirmed human cases of Influenza A (H7N9), all in Shanghai.   The National Health & Family Planning Commission notified the centre tonight that the cases involved two women, aged 67 and 52, and a four-year-old boy. The younger woman died yesterday; the older one is [...]

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Announcements will be made at Hong Kong’s entry points appealing to travellers from Shanghai and Anhui to report to port health officers if they feel unwell.   Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Leung Ting-hung said leaflets will also be given to travellers reminding them to inform local staff or health officers at immigration checkpoints [...]

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The Centre for Health Protection has received notification from the National Health & Family Planning Commission concerning three confirmed human cases of influenza A.Two men in Shanghai, aged 87 and 27, died on March 4 and 10.A 35-year-old woman in Anhui is in critical condition.All three patients tested positive for H7N9.According to the commission, the [...]

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The Centre for Health Protection has received notification from the National Health & Family Planning Commission concerning three confirmed human cases of influenza A.    Two men in Shanghai, aged 87 and 27, died on March 4 and 10.    A 35-year-old woman in Anhui is in critical condition.   All three patients tested positive [...]

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Mainland Chinese stocks plunged in early trading Thursday, also dragging down their Hong Kong counterparts, after the nation's banking regulator moved to curb risks posed by wealth-management products offered by lenders. The Shanghai … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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(12 mins ago) Stocks in Shanghai dived by nearly 4 percent at the close today following real estate market cooling measures including higher down payments and a 20 percent tax on sales profits. The … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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(34 mins ago) Stocks in Hong Kong fell 0.27 percent following a rally in the previous session and after data showed growth in Chinese manufacturing slowed in February. The benchmark Hang Seng Index … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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