Hong Kong To Launch Microfinance Pilot Scheme

The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) has announced that it will shortly seek approval to launch a microfinance pilot scheme with a trial period of three years, from mid-2012.

Pattaya Mail

Hong Kong circa 1857 was an exciting and dangerous place. This was the message to the Pattaya City Expats Club on Sunday, January 22. Master of Ceremonies Richard Silverberg called on fellow member Harry “Sig” Sigworth to introduce the Club’s guest speaker Dean Barrett.

Hong Kong based businessman cheated by two Delhi con men

New Delhi, Feb 2 : A Hong Kong-based Indian businessman has alleged he was cheated to the tune of Rs.2.55 crore by two Delhi residents who promised to supply him silicon manganese for selling to Arcelor Mittal, police said Thursday.

Barbara Barton Sloane: Hong Kong Enters The Year Of The Dragon

Let there be no doubt, Hong Kong is a world-class city at the crossroads of a new Asia. With its myriad of offerings and certainly now, in the Year of the Dragon, the Big Lychee is beginning to look and feel an awful lot like the Big Apple.

KEEPING AN EYE ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Anna Coren is an anchor and correspondent for CNN International, and hosts World Report, broadcast live every weekday from CNN's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. Although she made a name for herself in "tabloid" television in Australia, she is now the regional face of the international 24-hour news network.