The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
One man; one vote; one forlorn hope? ACCORDING to its chief executive, Donald Tsang, Hong Kong has reached another “critical juncture” in its political development. A reform proposal unveiled by his government on November 18th aims to increase the level of democracy “substantially” in 2012 when Mr Tsang’s successor is chosen and a new legislature elected. Pro-democracy...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Hong Kong - Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Monday wrote to parents urging them to support a controversial programme to test 22,000 pupils for drugs. Urine samples are to be taken from pupils in 23 schools and results shared between teachers, police an...
The Mess That Greenspan Made (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
President Obama is in Asia, talking with various trading partners about the future of the global economy, the topic of America's biggest exports - U.S. dollars and asset bubbles - likely to come up during these discussions unless, somehow, they've all missed comments coming from last week's APEC gathering as reported in the Wall Street Journal. Bubble Fears Surface at APEC Gathering The U.S. has limited...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
We here at TPC aren’t the only ones concerned about the parallels with Japan. There appears to be an increasingly loud drumbeat over the shocking similarities between Japan in the 90’s and the U.S. This morning, Hong Kong’s leader Donald Tsang had some rather alarming comments: “I’m scared and leaders should look out. America is doing exactly what Japan did last time.”...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
(This guest post originally appeared at the author's blog ) We here at TPC aren’t the only ones concerned about the parallels with Japan . There appears to be an increasingly loud drumbeat over the shocking similarities between Japan in the 90’s and the U.S. This morning, Hong Kong’s leader Donald Tsang had some rather alarming comments: “I’m scared and leaders should...
Fund my Mutual Fund (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Ron Paul appeared this morning for a 10 minute segment with the morning crew, with some updated thoughts on his long running battle for transparency within the Federal Reserve. The same Fed that Hong Kong's leader, Donald Tsang, says has an excellent chance to cause the next bubble / crisis (then again they've been the root source of just about all of them the past 2 decades). The Federal Reserve’s...
Credit Writedowns (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Hong Kong’s leader Donald Tsang has come out with a scathing criticism of U.S. monetary policy, comparing it to Japan’s which he believes contributed to 1997’s Asian crisis. This is the most direct and strident criticism of the U.S. Federal reserve’s monetary policy from a major international politician yet. Bloomberg reports: The Federal Reserve’s policy of keeping [...]...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
New Zealand has concluded negotiations on a free trade deal with China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced on Friday. Key and Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang made the announcement in Singapore on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. "Bilateral trade relations between New Zealand and Hong Kong, China, have taken a further...
Cactus Kate (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
This is the funniest things I've read in a while Trevor Mallard, who clearly qualifies for the 90% subsidy as an old MP, has "outed" himself pre-travel. He's going to the UK, will watch the rugby at Twickenham (lucky as there's no rugby experience quite like Twickers) and catch up with a few drinking buddies and one of his kids. We may laugh but now having MP's submit travel plans in advance...
battery replacement,laptop battery (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In early November last year, shortly after Donald Tsang, Hong Kong’s chief executive went on television to appeal for central government’s strong support under current financial storm, a dozen of women from mainland rushed to Hong Kong for help carrying cash and credit cards with them. They headed for Elements Square which is opened no [...]
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A boom gathers momentum HAVING seen the damage caused by property bubbles, Hong Kong officials are determined not to have a repeat on their own patch. Last month the territory’s de facto central bank pushed banks into increasing the amount of cash they demand of homebuyers. John Tsang, Hong Kong’s usually tepid financial secretary, called in big developers to warn of government intervention...
Wholesale replica designer handbags (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In early November last year, shortly after Donald Tsang, Hong Kong’s chief executive went on television to appeal for central government’s strong support under current financial storm, a dozen of women from mainland rushed to Hong Kong for help carrying cash and credit cards with them. They headed for Elements Square which is opened no [...]
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Uncertainty over government policy has caused consternation among Hong Kong property buyers. The special administration region's chief executive Donald Tsang has made it clear that the government doesn't was a "huge" property bubble, and is willing cool the market by any means available. Reuters: Last month, Tsang said the government, which sells land by auction, could make more available...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's leader on Monday vowed to act to prevent a bubble in the city's property market. Chief Executive Donald Tsang promised business leaders that he had the tools in place to stabilise the market if necessary, and that action alr...
Hongkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Another report in the SCMP today about a woman conned into having sex with a man, this time under the pretext of exorcising ghosts in her flat. This time it's a 63 year old unemployed man and a 47 year old housewife. Once again, the man is charged with " procuring unlawful sexual acts by false pretences." (I guess that's the British spelling of pretenses') Jeez, if that's really against the...
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konaxis.net | 07/08/2009
HongKong is the Chinese yuan's clearing center outside the mainland as the Chinese currency is used to settle trade transactions between the territory and five mainland cities. The first cross-border yuan trade settlement was announced by the Bank of China (BOC), China's largest foreign exchange bank, to have been completed on Monday, July 6. The payee was Shanghai Electric International Economic and...
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