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Hong Kong's Jimmy Chan Wins World's Best Santa Contest In Sweden
Jimmy Chan, a 44-year-old man from Hong Kong has been crowned the number one Santa in this year's World's Best Santa Contest. The annual event was held in Sweden as part of the Snöyran winter festival. The...
Harper regained Access for Canadian Beef to the Hong Kong Market
The beef cattle industry in Canada, particularly in Alberta, has been in dire straits since the discovery of a cow that had been infected with BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy). In August 2006 the Canadian... 
created by albertacowpoke | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Hong Kong protest timeline
Hong Kong's citizens have a long and proud tradition of taking their grievences onto the streets. Unfortunately, they have been wasting their time. The latest in a series of protests over the years... 
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Hong Kong's ghostly seas warn of looming global tragedy
Shark fins for sale.Death in Hong Kong: Polluted seas warn of looming tragedyHONG KONG — The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of... 
Toyota Motor to quit F1 racing after 2010 season
Here is a shocker ... Toyota Motor Company follows the lead of Honda and gives up on Formula 1. That's right, Toyota will compete for only one more season and focus on building hybrids! "Toyota Motor Corp. ... 
World markets fall 1.5% on Wednesday -weak U.S. consumer report
As evidence mounts, that the U.S. consumers will not return to their spendthrift ways, Asian markets overnight fell by 1.5%. The U.S. Dollar lost ground against the Japanese Yen and Oil dropped below... HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements. HSI, MHI, HHI and MCH Futures Markets There will be mandatory intra-day variation adjustment calls in the Hang Seng Index (HSI), Mini-Hang Seng Index (MHI),... 
Palin to Speak US Foreign Policy in Hong Kong, Closed Session
Former Alaskan governor and US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is due to speak in Hong Kong on Wednesday about her views on US foreign policy, health care, and governance at a CLSA Investor Forum. This... 
Canadians in Battle of Hong Kong honoured
Canadians finally showed gratitude to a small forgotten group of 2000 soldiers, 68 years later. Hong Kong was under British rule in 1941 and when the Japanese invaded , 2000 Canadians battled them against all... 
RP seizes $10.4 million smuggled diamonds
" MANILA -- A British woman has been arrested for allegedly smuggling $10.4 million worth of diamonds into the Philippines, an official said Friday. Officers from the presidential anti-smuggling group arrested... 
Human rights group deplores torture of Baluch students
An international organization working as a watch-dog on human rights violations in Asia has taken a serious note of torture of students in the restive Baluchistan province, where an insurgency which the Baluch... 
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Typhoon Molave On Crash Course With Hong Kong
Severe tropical storm Molave has continued to track west to west northwest overnight and appears to be on a crash course with Hong Kong and southern China within the next 24 hours. According to the Hong Kong... 
created by TyphoonHunter | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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3253 views | 25 recommendations | 9 comments
Baby Among New Sufferers As Malaysia Swine Flu Cases Jump 4 Times
Malaysia swine flu sufferers has jumped fourfold within one week. And today,it jumped further by another 11 new cases,including a toddler,aged 19 months. Among the earlier confirmed cases is a six-month-old baby... 
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Swine Flu Rampage
The influenza A(H1N1) virus has gone on a rampage resulting in the closure of four Malaysian primary schools and classes in three other schools.Tonight at 8p.m. Malaysian time,TV 7 reported SRK Assunta 1 and Seri... 926 views | 33 recommendations | 2 comments
