Financial Results for First Month of 2009-2010 Financial Year
May 29, 2009 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced today (May 29) its financial results for April 2009, the first month of the current financial year. |
Hong Kong Exchange Fund Totals US$210.94 Billion
May 29, 2009 - Total assets of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund amounted to HK$1,645.4 billion (US$210.94 billion) on 30 April 2009. This is HK$41.5 billion (US$5.32 billion) higher than at the end of March 2009, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). |
HKETONY honoured by Mayor of Chicago
May 29, 2009 - Hong Kong, represented by Mr. Donald Tong, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, was honoured at a reception hosted by Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, for bringing the best of Hong Kong’s culture to Chicago. |
Hong Kong Government announced $16.8b relief measures
May 26, 2009 - Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang has unveiled a new round of relief measures which will cost the Government HK$16.8 billion (US$2.15 billion), bringing the total stimulus package since last year's Budget to HK$87.6 billion (US$11.23 billion), or 5.2% of GDP. |
China Aircraft Services Limited expands aircraft maintenance service scope with new hangar at HKIA
May 22, 2009 - China Aircraft Services Limited (CASL) today (May 22) announced the opening of its new aircraft maintenance hangar at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). The opening ceremony was officiated by the Secretary for Transport and Housing of the HKSAR Government, Ms Eva Cheng, and the Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government of the PRC in HKSAR, Ms Guo Li. Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong, Mr Simon Galpin, was also invited as one of the official guests. |
HK’s Chinese Music Virtuosi joins Fulcrum Point ensemble in Chicago debut
Chicago, IL, May 19, 2009 - The “‘Hong Kong at the Fulcrum Point” concert, featuring the Chicago debut of the six-member Chinese Music Virtuosi ensemble from Hong Kong with the Windy City’s Fulcrum Point New Music Project, impressed upon a full-house audience at the Thorne Auditorium of Northwestern University this (May 19, Chicago time) evening. |
A Hong Kong Day under a Sunny Chicago sky
Chicago, IL, May 19, 2009 - Chicago City’s most populous Daley Plaza was packed with visitors today (May 19, Chicago time) as Donald Tong, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, officially launched a series of Hong Kong folk art programmes, which has since Monday, May 18, been staged in the plaza. |
A Taste of Hong Kong Cuisine with Fine Wine in Chicago
May 18, 2009 - Some 180 special guests from the Chicago area were treated to the delights of Hong Kong’s renowned cuisine at this evening’s (May 18, Chicago time) “Champagne, Wine, Dim Sum.......and MORE: The Joy of Wine and Hong Kong Cuisine” event. They also learned about Hong Kong’s growing reputation as a wine-distribution center at this unique dim sum and wine pairing event. |
Chicagoans see Hong Kong at close range
Chicago, IL, May 18, 2009 - From today (May 18, Chicago time) till the end of the month, Chicagoans have yet another opportunity to exam Hong Kong city at close range, as the “This is Hong Kong” Exhibition unveils at the Chicago Cultural Center. |
GDP Forecast Revised Downwards
May 15, 2009 - The global financial crisis and the ensuing severe recession continued to weigh heavily on the Hong Kong economy. Following a contraction of 2.6% in the fourth quarter of 2008, GDP registered a sharp year-on-year decline of 7.8% in real terms in the first quarter of 2009. |
Hong Kong Convention on Ship Recycling Adopted
May 15, 2009 - The five-day International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Diplomatic Conference on Ship Recycling held in Hong Kong successfully concluded today with the adoption of an important international convention, the “Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009”, providing a regulatory framework to ensure ships are disposed of in a safe and environmentally friendly manner at the end of their operating life. |
Chicago business community reassured of Hong Kong’s financial viabilities
May 15, 2009 - Hong Kong, a city that has weathered the Asian financial crisis with the resilience of its people, will emerge from the current financial tsunami strong and in good shape to capture the opportunities ahead, Director of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office in New York (HKETO) Monica Chen told the business community in Chicago today (May 14, Chicago time). |
Hong Kong Secretary for Education Congratulates Local Universities for High Asian University Rankings
May 12, 2009 - Hong Kong Secretary for Education, Mr. Michael Suen, today said he was gratified that a number of Hong Kong higher education institutions ranked among the top in the first-ever Asian University Rankings published by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Limited), an international information specialist in the higher education sector. |
Hong Kong Government Welcomes OECD Article Commending Hong Kong’s Tax System
May 11, 2009 - In response to media enquiries on May 10, a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government spokesman welcomes an article by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) commending Hong Kong’s transparent tax system and its efforts to comply with international standards of exchange of tax information. |
Further Services Liberalization Under CEPA
May 11, 2009 - On May 9, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Central People's Government agreed on further services liberalization and trade co-operation under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). |
Hong Kong director hosts discussion at “Hong Kong Cinema: The Next Generation” film series in Chicago
May 9, 2009 - Chicago audience took part in an enthusiastic discussion with Hong Kong film director Mr. Kenneth Bi and producer Ms. Rosa Li about his film “The Drummer” and Hong Kong films in general at the Gene Siskel Film Center on May 9 evening (Chicago time). |
Land Auction Yields US$7.82 Million
May 5, 2009 - A government plot of land in Sheung Shui sold for HK$61 million (US$7.82 million) in the first land auction held by the Lands Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government for the 2009-2010 financial year. |
Film series kicks off “Hong Kong Comes to Chicago 2009” Festival
May 5, 2009 - Hong Kong film director Mr. Chan Wing Chiu attended the premiere screening of “A Decade of Love” in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center on May 1 evening (Chicago time), kicking off the “Hong Kong Cinema: The Next Generation” film series. |
Director of HKETONY officiates at opening of “Contemporary Hong Kong Through a Chicago Lens” exhibition” at Northwestern University
May 1, 2009 - An exhibition featuring contemporary Hong Kong through the eyes of Chicagoans is launched today (May 1, Chicago time) at the Northwestern University Evanston campus. |
First H1N1 Case Confirmed in Hong Kong
May 1, 2009 - Chief Executive Donald Tsang said Hong Kong's response level had been raised from "serious" to "emergency" as the first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) – previously known as
"swine flu" – had been found in the city. |
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