Okada bets to win with fine dining and casinos

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Kazuo Okada, the Japanese billionaire engaged in a fierce legal battle with Las Vegas casino tycoon Steve Wynn, is diversifying his pachinko company with a string of his own restaurants and is negotiating to build a casino resort in South Korea. On Tuesday, Okada opened a 25,000-square-foot fine dining complex in Hong Kong, the first step in an expansion plan that includes ...

Survey: Hong Kong mobile users want to be found

Hong Kong mobile phone users want you know where they are, said TNS that recently released its annual report Mobile Life Study. According to the company, 86% of Hong Kong mobile phone users who haven't used location-based services want to start using them, compared to the global average of 60%.

Hong Kong Builders Go West in China With Bet on Chengdu

Hong Kong developers are heading deeper into China to lure shoppers, investing at least $1.3 billion to build malls in Chengdu, the city vying with Chongqing as the economic hub of the country’s west.

Billionaire Okada bets to win with fine dining and casinos

HONG KONG - Kazuo Okada, the Japanese billionaire engaged in a fierce legal battle with Las Vegas casino tycoon Steve Wynn, is diversifying his pachinko company with a string of his own restaurants and is negotiating to build a casino resort in South Korea.

In Hong Kong, pockets of serenity amid the urban chaos

A tram or ferry ride away from the skyscraper forest lie miles of trails that can lead hikers to hillside monasteries, idyllic fishing villages and wilderness camping. Birds twitter and sunshine twinkles through groves of bamboo and banyan trees adorned with cascades of orchids. With every step, my Vibram boot soles crush hibiscus blossoms littering a pathway, while butterflies flutter around a ...