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Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong to finally get a competition policy (Market Watch)As Hong Kong moves closer to implementing a competition policy, the tycoons who dominate big business in the city-state will be watching closely.

Hong Kong duo grab second chance for Beijing spots (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports)LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Jean-Michel Saive of Belgium qualified for his sixth Olympics on Sunday and Hong Kong's Lin Ling and Tie Yana also earned their places in Beijing after earlier being ruled ineligible to compete at the Games.

Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Hong Kong, May 11 (DPA) The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be due to climate change, bird experts here have said.

Hong Kong stock index adds 2 Chinese companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Hong Kong's blue chip Hang Seng Index has added two Chinese companies and removed two local ones, reflecting growing interest in mainland businesses.

Hong Kong jewellery tycoon jailed for kickbacks, fraud (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Hong Kong jewellery tycoon was jailed on Friday for paying millions in illegal kickbacks to local travel agents to bring tourists to his showrooms, tax fraud and other offences.

Hong Kong jeweler Tse Sui-luen gets 39 months in jail (People's Daily)Hong Kong's billionaire Tse Sui- luen, founder and ex-chairman of the Tse Sui Luen Jewelry empire, was sentenced to three years and three months in jail on Friday for offering illegal kickbacks to travel agents. Tommy Tse, son of Ts ...

Reception held in Hong Kong to mark Europe Day (People's Daily)A reception highlighting the cultural diversity of the European Union (EU) member states was held Friday night to celebrate the Europe Day, which falls on May 9 this year. Dozens of consul generals in Hong Kong and representatives f ...

Hong Kong stock index drops 1.5 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Hong Kong's key stock index dropped its third straight session Friday as investors sold real estate companies. The blue chip Hang Seng Index fell 386.62 points, or 1.5 percent, to 25,063.17.

Malaysian panel to be similar to Hong Kong’s ICAC (The Star)HONG KONG: The Malaysian Commission on Anti-Corruption (MCAC) will very likely be structured along Hong Kong’s much-revered Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong, watchers say (EARTHtimes.org)Hong Kong - The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be down to climate change, bird experts said Saturday. The birds - a great frigate and the white-tailed tropicbird - were both spotted around Po Toi, Hong Kong's southern m...