Mr. Wheatley, a Briton who spent 18 years at the London Stock Exchange before taking the Hong Kong post in 2005, said the problems with Chinese companies listing outside their home jurisdiction, including those that list in Hong Kong, were exacerbated by the fact that regulators seeking more information about a company rely on third-party investigators.
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In his 18 months as Hong Kong's post-handover chief executive, the former shipping magnate has been chided as unhurried, unfocused and unable to manage.
But, as in 1995, next year's polls are expected to return 20 legislators by direct election -- as mandated by the Basic Law, Hong Kong's post-1997 constitution.
The delegation was led by Donald Tsang, who was appointed by China in June as Hong Kong's second post-colonial leader.
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The reason is fairly straightforward, according to James Porteous, a sports journalist at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
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Wall Street's performance followed a rebound on world markets that saw Japan's Nikkei up 6.4 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng post its biggest single-day gain in more than a decade.
His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Asian Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Economic Times, Investor's Business Daily, and Australian Financial Review.
According to South China Morning Post, Hong Kong last drew unlucky sticks in 2009, year of the global financial crisis, and in 2003, when severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) killed hundreds in the city.
"Fighting words from first NPC spokeswoman Fu Ying, " Hong Kong's South China Morning Post headline reads.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported on October 28th that China had begun talks with the pirates.
Rentals in Central Hong Kong are likely to hit a post-2008 record high in the second half of 2011.
The greatest frustration of post-handover Hong Kong is perhaps its blocked political aspirations.
Reporters from Hong Kong's South China Morning Post saw villages "abandoned" by the young and middle-aged, leaving children and the elderly behind.
He also seems to be taking deliberate steps to prove he has the vision and the daring to remake post-Crisis Hong Kong.
The cost of living on Hong Kong has surged to a new post-colonial high, sparking much of the outrage with the mainland.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post notes that Lou Jiwei, a "reformist wealth fund boss", is nominated as the new finance minister.
"China, despite being the North's closest ally, has realised its strategy of subtle persuasion is not effective, " Hong Kong's South China Morning Post comments.
Woo, 48, stepped down in 1994 as Wharf chairman, reportedly because he was in the running to become the first chief executive of post-1997 Hong Kong.
Guangdong's pilot programme for revealing the personal assets of officials is under fire for omitting privately-gained wealth or family assets, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports.
Internet users are outraged by the early release on parole of a Shanxi official who was jailed for accepting bribes, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post highlights a Global Times story yesterday that reveals China reportedly considered using drones in northeast Burma to kill a fugitive suspect.
Meanwhile, residents are speculating on how the return of clear, blue, smog-free skies to Beijing has coincided with the two sessions, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post observes.
Cardinal Joseph Zen, a former bishop of Hong Kong, tells South China Morning Post that Pope Francis should follow former Pope Benedict in maintaining a stern attitude towards Beijing.
At the time, High Court Judge Andrew Cheung said he saw no evidence to support "a shifted societal consensus in present-day Hong Kong regarding marriage to encompass a post-operative transsexual".
"Rather than protecting privacy, many outraged netizens suspect the new regulations will merely help to hide illegal wealth amassed by corrupt officials, " Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post says China's influence on North Korea is limited and the US, not China, is ultimately the key player in defusing the crisis on the peninsula.
Experts tell Hong Kong's South China Morning Post that the upcoming NPC meeting is expected to offer few surprises, with an "overriding focus on economic stability" amid the global financial downturn.
Bishop John Fang Xingyao, chairman of the state-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, hopes the new Pope can "turn over a new leaf" in relations, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports.
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