In April, Harry Wu, an American citizen who is barred from entering China because of his criticism of Chinese prison labor, was turned back when he landed in Hong Kong, despite rules permitting Americans to visit Hong Kong without a visa.
Without that, the Hong Kong of the future would still appear to Marx much as it does now, only far less prosperous.
Your local friends, however, will never let you live it down if you visit Hong Kong without partaking of dim sum, which means "touch the heart" in Cantonese.
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Some have suggested the government was favoring the family of tycoon Li Ka-shing by giving away one of the remaining blocks of undeveloped prime property on all of Hong Kong Island without any competitive bidding.
We can have a classically liberal economy without lots of redistribution, like Hong Kong perhaps, and we can have a classically liberal economy with lots of redistribution, like the Nordics.
Pension funds from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore without QFII licenses may be among the first batch of investors to be included in the new plan, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
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Hong Kong Telecom looks good even without dragging Microsof t into the picture.
In a sign of a shifting near-term outlook, the yuan fell more quickly Monday in the offshore market in Hong Kong, where it trades without restrictions.
The first commercial Dreamliner flight took off in October 2011, flying from Tokyo to Hong Kong , and the planes flew without major problems for more than a year.
He founded Geely in 1998 without a government license, then bought out a Hong Kong-listed shell company, giving him access to capital markets and the flexibility to grow as he wished.
Taiwan is not a Macao or Hong Kong that can be handed to Beijing without the consultation and consent of its people.
Hong Kong is a place that provokes questions, some without answers.
The Hong Kong-based Shaw Prize Foundation recognizes individuals "without regard to race, nationality, gender or religious belief, who have made remarkable achievements in these areas and who have contributed exceptionally to the advancement of civilization and the well-being of mankind, " Prof.
Hong Kong Economic Times says Mr must fight a "battle without gunpowder" against vested interest groups resisting reform.
By then Hong Kong had spent some 140 years as a British colony without enjoying the right to choose its own leaders.
Growing up without electricity and running water in a village near the Chinese University of Hong Kong--where his dad was a professor--he was more interested in hanging out with his friends and skipping school than in learning arithmetic.
By making a big announcement and and redirecting its search engine to Hong Kong, Google left the Chinese government no way to compromise without losing face.
By making a big announcement and suddently pulling out and redirecting its search engine to Hong Kong, Google left the Chinese government no way to compromise without losing face.
Emigrating to Sacramento in 1968 at age 16, after riots in Hong Kong threatened his father's business, Lee started high school without a word of English, skipping lunch for the first few weeks until he learned to point at what he wanted.
Immigrating to Sacramento, California in 1968 at age 16, after riots in Hong Kong threatened his father's business, Lee started high school without a word of English, skipping lunch for the first few weeks until he learned to point at what he wanted.
In Taiwan, one Hong Kong fund manager complains, some listed companies hold their annual general meetings without informing all shareholders.
Nearly three-quarters of 500 low-income families questioned by Oxfam Hong Kong in a recent survey had been on the list for more than 4 years without being offered a flat.
Congress Should Not Approve more money for the IMF without at least attaching stringent conditions, principal among them being that troubled countries receiving monies set up Hong Kong-like currency boards or some other mechanism that can stabilize the affected currencies.
Hong Kong's compactness and excellent transport means that you can live in the area you want without sacrificing access to restaurants, shopping and nightlife.
Mario Francescotti, a senior manager at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, argues that the infrastructure for deep, well-functioning capital markets cannot be built without the participation of the dominant banks.
Mr. Tang lost the election to become Hong Kong's chief executive last March, weeks after local media alleged that his basement was built without a permit (the story was dubbed "Basement-gate" by the press).
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