IT leadership in the PRDs other SAR

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Macau's tech gurus crowded into the Four Seasons Hotel on the Cotai Strip for the 2013 Macau CIO Leadership Forum, sponsored by Computerworld Hong Kong with Macao Computer Society as supporting ...

Press Digest - Hong Kong - May 22

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HONG KONG | Tue May 21, 2013 11:53pm EDT HONG KONG May 22 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST -- Hong Kong's commercial crime bureau arrested three men on Tuesday after it was asked by the Securities and Futures Commission to take ...

Hong Kong to open for afternoon as rains ease

Market Watch - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong's stock market was due to open at 1 p.m. local time for the afternoon session after the Hong Kong Observatory dowgraded its rain warning to "amber" from "black," indicating easing rains. The morning session was cancelled due to the ...

Op-Ed Contributor Chinas Brutal One-Child Policy

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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Global Gaming Expo Asia 2013 Fahrenkopf - Macau should not fear competitors

Macau Daily Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Japan, Thailand, the Philippines or Singapore have been conquering space in the gambling world, but the president of the American Gaming Association believes that, even with more players in the market, Macau has nothing to fear. Speaking at the opening of the Global Gaming Expo Asia 2013, Frank Fahrenkopf said that with further competition Macau could only evolve as a primer gambling ...

Galaxy to Spend Up to HK$60 Billion in Casino Expansion

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (27) , the Macau casino operator founded by billionaire Lui Che Woo, plans to spend as much as HK$60 billion ($7.7 billion) to expand operations on the increasingly popular Cotai strip. ...

Macau hosts Asia’s largest gaming expo

Inquirer Business - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Gambling machines are displayed at the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of gambling innovations at the glitzy Venetian hotel in Macau on May 21, 2013. The largest gaming event in Asia, showcasing the industry’s latest products, services and technologies, is taking place amid a decline in growth rates in the former Portugese colony’s gaming industry as China’s economic ...

Dow Jones industrial average posts 22nd high of the year

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Federal Reserve presidents and sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its 22nd high of the year Tuesday. Regional Fed Presidents James Bullard ...

Kerry Logistics Deploys Hybrids in Hong Kong

Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The vehicles operating in Hong Kong are using a combination of fuel and battery-powered electricity. For two years, the logistics service provider will operate three conventional trucks in parallel to the new hybrid trucks, and a research team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University will compare performance, diesel consumption, and maintenance cost of the two ...

Treat Hong Kong for HKs sake or the karma will never end

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Richard Hughes's Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time: Hong Kong and Its Many Faces must be one of the most mentioned books among the city's intelligentsia. Few take the trouble to read it, but we have all heard of it because the title and especially Hong Kong's "many faces" both past and present are so full of diversified meanings that it is forever ...

Half of The Rice in Guangzhou Is Polluted

The Atlantic - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Jeff Chiu/AP The latest in China's rolling cascade of food safety disasters comes from Guangzhou -- the capital of Guangdong province in southern China, and one of China's largest cities -- where 44 percent of rice samples were found to ...

Extensive gold reserves discovered in northwest China

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Geologists in China say they've found gold reserves in a northwestern province that could be worth $32 billion to the country's economy. The discovery was made in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. The gold deposit in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is estimated to contain at least 53 tons, Zeng Xiaogang, ...

Air Lease Corporation Announces the Placement of Two New Airbus A321-200s with Air Macau

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Air Lease Corporation ( ) announced long term lease agreements with Air Macau for two new Airbus A321-200 aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery in October 2014 and March 2015. "ALC has worked closely with Air Macau's management team since 2010 to provide fleet planning solutions that enhance their future operations. We are pleased ...

Scotiabank says China reevaluating Guangzhou deal

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Cameron French TORONTO | Tue May 21, 2013 4:34pm EDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) Chief Executive Rick Waugh said on Tuesday that Chinese authorities are reevaluating whether they want to go ahead with a deal to sell 20 percent of Bank of Guangzhou to the Canadian bank. Scotiabank, Canada's No. 3 lender, announced the C$719 million ($698.09 million) purchase ...