Archive for March 7th, 2019
Business Briefs 07 March 2019
* The Ministry of Construction will auction over 80.57 million shares of Viglacera Corporation (VGC) with the starting price not lower than VND23,000. The bidding is [...] » More
Asian markets mixed, traders await movement on China-US talks
Asian markets fluctuated Wednesday as investors await the latest news on the China-US trade talks, though Australian stocks rose and the local dollar fell as weak economic [...] » More
HK suspends stock connect purchases in Chinese firm
Hong Kong’s stock exchange has suspended share purchases of Han’s Laser Technology made from overseas through the city’s stock connect with the Shenzhen [...] » More
HK man who raped and molested domestic helper jailed for 11 years
A Hong Kong man who raped his domestic helper and was exposed because the woman kept a sample of his semen as evidence was jailed for 11 years on Tuesday. Sentencing Tsang [...] » More
HK port cargo throughput down 8.2 pct in 2018
Hong Kong’s total port cargo throughput in 2018 dropped 8.2 percent compared with 2017 to 258.5 million tonnes, official data showed on Tuesday. Within this total, [...] » More
Fatal crash: HK motorist sounded alert on stopped truck 15 minutes before Citybus double-decker slammed into it
A member of the public has revealed that he sounded an alert on a broken-down truck in the middle of a Hong Kong highway about 15 minutes before a double-decker bus slammed [...] » More
Will retail investors be sidelined by HK’s proposed licensing regime on cryptocurrency trading?
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong are taking steps to reorganise their operations by offering separate trading platforms for professional investors, as they heed calls [...] » More
HK pro-democracy group travels to Taiwan to discuss fugitive extradition proposal, risking wrath from Beijing
Pro-democracy politicians and activists who oppose a Hong Kong government proposal for a fugitive extradition agreement with mainland China, Taiwan and Macau have taken their [...] » More
Same-sex marriage moves forward at Taiwan Legislative Yuan
Third and final reading unlikely before April 9 A government proposal to legalise same-sex unions moved one step forward at the Legislative Yuan Tuesday, with the next phase [...] » More
Chinese general lists 10 ‘privileges’ Taiwan will ‘enjoy’ under ‘one country, two systems’
Chinese general lists 10 ‘privileges’ Taiwan will ‘enjoy’ after surrendering to ‘one country, two systems’ framework In a recent interview [...] » More
Mainland’s Taiwan affairs chief: Reunification of China is inevitable
“Reunification of the motherland” is an inevitable trend, the Chinese mainland’s Taiwan affairs chief said on Tuesday, calling on people on both sides of [...] » More
US senators offer N Korea sanctions bill, backed by Warmbier parents
Two US senators sought to dial up pressure on North Korea on Tuesday by reintroducing a bill to impose sanctions on any bank that does business with its government, with the [...] » More
Korea court grants bail for ex-president Lee
Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was granted bail on Wednesday, nearly a year after he was arrested over corruption charges. The CEO-turned president, who [...] » More
N Korea hackers targeting US ‘critical infrastructure,’ cybersecurity firm says
A group of North Korean hackers is believed to be actively targeting US businesses and “critical infrastructure,” a report released this week by cybersecurity [...] » More
N Korea restoring part of launch site it promised Trump to dismantle
North Korea has restored part of a missile launch site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with US President Donald Trump last year, South [...] » More
