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Chief Executive Donald Tsang said on Monday it will not shift away from having its currency pegged to the US dollar for at least two years and that its exchange rate system was well equipped to deal with capital inflows.

An amendment regulation was gazetted in Hong Kong on Friday to ensure that motor vehicle biodiesel will meet the necessary standards.

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government on Friday unveiled a list of measures to increase the transparency of property sales, in a bid to cool public anger over a developer's selective floor-numbering tactic.

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Wednesday paved the way for a move towards universal suffrage with a proposal to increase the number of people who elect the city's leader.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's unemployment rate for the three months ended October fell slightly to 5.2 percent, the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said Tuesday.

The government and Legislative Council have a joint responsibility to take the territory's democratic system forward.

The four Chinese Navy convoy fleets on anti-piracy patrol in Somali waters since last December have escorted 1,110 merchant ships through the troubled waters, a senior officer of the People's Liberation Army said Friday.

The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.

Friday, 13 November 2009, 3:49 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government NZ-Hong Kong trade agreement strengthens bond Trade Minister Tim Groser hailed today's announcement of the conclusion of the New Zealand - Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Agreement as a significant further step towards regional economic integration.

I couldn't help having some sympathy for Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen last week when he spoke out about being smeared by certain parts of the media.

With flagging attendance at China's first Disneyland park, the Hong Kong special administrative government is eager to expand, especially with competition from a new Disneyland expected to be completed in Shanghai in 2014.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang's popularity rating has dropped to a new low, according to a Hong Kong University poll released Tuesday.

Air conditioners, refrigerators and compact fluorescent lamps for sale in Hong Kong will have to carry energy labels with information on their energy efficiency performance starting from Monday.

Introduction and Background In its Consultation Paper on Proposals to Enhance Protection for the Investing Public 1 issued on 25 September 2009, the SFC has published wide-ranging proposals to address some of the perceived short-comings in the current regulatory environment for the sale of unlisted investment products to the public.

China's central government has officially approved the Shanghai Disneyland Project, the Shanghai municipal government announced Wednesday.

The global inflationary pressure is expected to remain muted in the near future, partly reflecting slow economic recovery, Hong Kong's financial chief John Tsang said Wednesday.

Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 4th November, 2009 Hong Kong is hoping to clinch Unesco World Heritage status for a 49-sq km geological site which boasts the high-rise city's most dramatic land and seascapes, officials confirmed Wednesday.

China's purchasing managers index expanded for the eighth straight month in October to 55.2, adding to further signs the recovering economy is on firmer ground, a survey by a government-sanctioned industry group said Sunday.

The Double Nine Festival may slip by quietly on the local front, but in Hong Kong and China, Oct 26 is cause for celebration.