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06 Feb 12 - Countries Hong Kong News
Global broadband snapshot: Hong Kong throttles the rest of the world
The leader of the pack is Hong Kong, with advertised broadband download speeds of a whopping 300Mbps and 300Mbps upload speeds to match.
Freedom Investing 2012
I took 14 of the developed countries with the largest investable markets and compared their current economic freedom score with their returns over the past 1, 3, 5 and 10 years.
Hong Kong jewellery show set to sparkle
Hence this year's Hong Kong show has attracted an impressive 3000 exhibitors representing 46 countries and regions.
Hong Kong International Stationary Fair Sees 4-percent Increase in Visitors
9-12 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, drew 15000 visitors, up 4 percent, compared with last year. Domestic visitors numbered 7441, a rise of 10 percent, and more than 8100 international visitors from 117 countries and regions came, ...
Pakistan is safe country, feels Hong Kong coach
LAHORE: Hong Kong team coach Le Vincent says National Cricket Academy has all the international level facilities and it is one of the best academies of the world.
HUTCHISON TELECOMM HONG KONG
Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong and Vodafone plan to jointly provide customers with enhanced network coverage, harmonised roaming rates across multiple countries and greater cost efficiencies. The duo also plans to support multinational corporations with ...
Vic bird flu cases hit export markets
"The effect on the industry is not huge but it's bothersome because we do have some trade with Japan and Hong Kong," Dr Dubs said. "It's not uncommon for countries to initially react by putting a ban on and then review it once they can fully absorb the ...
Can Hong Kong Solve its Garbage Crisis?
Hong Kong has a trash problem. With more than 7 million people and limited available land, the city-state is one of the world's most densely populated urban areas.
International Healthcare News: Expats 'want to live in Australia'
The HSBC Expat Explorer survey polled 3385 expatriates from more than 100 nations and found Australia was ranked as the top location for their next assignment, beating other countries such as Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and the US.
US omitted from second wave of equivalence assessments
South Africa, Australia and Hong Kong are among the countries that will be in the second wave of assessments for third-country equivalence with Solvency II, the European Commission has said. The US is absent from the list, but the commission said that ...
Taiwan complaints have familiar ring
I was surprised to discover that despite having the right to elect their head of government, people in Taiwan have just as many complaints as those in Hong Kong. One issue is high housing prices, seemingly a common problem in developed countries.
China has moral high ground over "dirty skies"
By John Foley | HONG KONG Feb 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - China is fighting for its right to pollute. The government has banned Chinese airlines from paying a pointless new European emissions tax.
US housing more affordable than other English countries: study
Detroit, at 1.4 times, was the most affordable big city in any of the 325 areas surveyed in six countries and in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong. In contrast, the index was 12.6 in Hong Kong, by far the priciest market. And Canada, despite being ...
Indonesia, Pakistan Sign Expanded Trade Deal
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong In an effort to increase economic cooperation between the two countries, and as a possible forerunner to a full bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Indonesia and Pakistan signed a preferential trade agreement ...
India taxes curb branch enthusiasm, says DBS
Currently, 60% of DBS' assets are in Singapore and it's looking to diversify into other markets, mostly linked to China such as Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, besides India. “We are one of the only banks that has a sizable presence in both the Indian and ...
Philippine officials in China raise concern over illegal recruitment
In a statement, the Philippine embassy and Consulate Generals in China, including Hong Kong and Macau, said they observed an escalating number of illegal recruitment cases in their respective host countries. They renewed their warning to Filipino ...
Pinoys to compete in world's largest rugby tournament in Hong Kong
The Philippine national men's 7s rugby team - the Philippine Volcanoes - will compete in March in the world's largest rugby sevens tournament: the "Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens." A news release on the website of the Philippine Consulate ...
Asia Society Expands, in Houston and Hong Kong
Even as cultural organizations around the country contract because of the economic downturn, Asia Society is pushing against the tide with two new multimillion-dollar buildings, one of which opens in Hong Kong next week, the other in Houston this ...
Bogus state leaves Hong Kong registry red-faced
The fanciful Principality of Hutt River, about 520 kilometres north of Perth, is among scores of countries that the Hong Kong Companies Registry lists as foreign places of incorporation. The so-called principality, which is not recognised by ...
Myanmar to Singapore: Help us become a rich country again
Done correctly, Myanmar may even experience an economic boom akin to that of the four Asian economic tigers (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea).” Singapore's economic clout is widely felt throughout Southeast Asia, its investments is so ...
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