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'Urban homes too dear even for me'
The man tipped to become the next housing chief says property prices are so high in popular urban areas that he cannot afford to live there. Phila Siu 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=123657&sid=36791652&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Twist again
The Federal Reserve extended its monetary stimulus to a US economic recovery that looks at risk of stalling, renewing its effort to depress borrowing costs by selling short-term bonds to buy longer-dated ones. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=31&art_id=123656&sid=36791651&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Spaces tight for students
With summer upon us, the rental market is nearing its traditional peak season, when an increase in leasing demand is underpinned by university students seeking accommodation, especially those who have not been able to secure a dormitory space on campus premises. Karen Ha 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=48&art_id=123655&sid=36789666&con_type=3&archive_d_str=20120621
Memories are made in Oxford for Burma's champ
Home is where the heart is, and for Aung San Suu Kyi that's in Burma. But her heart beats fondly for Oxford, the English seat of learning. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123654&sid=36789725&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Squeezed developers in cry for change
With housing curbs in the mainland in place for more than two years now, developers have been feeling the pinch as sales plummet. But it seems that some have finally lost patience and are trying to reverse the policy - and in rather a high-profile manner. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123653&sid=36789724&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Cartoon characters come alive
You've got to hand it to the new generation, literally, as fans of Old Master Q will find out shortly at Hong Kong's first Cartoon Avenue. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=123652&sid=36789723&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Devil-may-care buyers go flat out
A top-floor apartment in Kwun Tong's Laguna City recently sold for more than HK$11 million, or HK$13,700 per square foot. Mary Ma 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=49&art_id=123651&sid=36789720&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
New device gives heart to long-suffering
A new device to prevent cardiac failure promises to save the lives of those suffering from abnormal heart rhythms. Choya Choi 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=123650&sid=36761750&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Payout pain set to end for public hospital doctors
The end is in sight in the long-running legal tussle between the Hospital Authority and public hospital doctors over calculation of compensation for working on statutory holidays and off-days. Staff Reporter 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=123649&sid=36791134&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Tsang in wrong, admits head of civil service
The acceptance of hospitality from tycoons by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen can be seen as "misconduct," retiring civil service chief Denise Yue Chung-yee conceded. Eddie Luk 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=123648&sid=36789363&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Opera group takes cultural pick
A well-known arts group has backed the nomination of Florence Hui Hiu-fai as secretary of the new cultural bureau. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=123647&sid=36787629&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Best recipe is to love what you do
The other day, a couple of friends and I were talking about aspirations and careers when, out of the blue, memories of lunches at a Japanese restaurant that used to be near where I live washed over me like sunshine on a cold winter morning. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=123646&sid=36789366&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Assange sparks asylum row
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has sought political asylum inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has breached bail conditions and is subject to arrest, police said yesterday. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=123645&sid=36790212&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
Texas father escapes charges for killing man raping daughter
A Texas father who beat a man to death with his bare hands after catching him sexually assaulting his five-year-old daughter should not face criminal charges, a grand jury has ruled. 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=123644&sid=36790991&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
iBond investor numbers double as trading nears
The strong response to the second batch of iBonds will sharply reduce individual allocations as more than 300,000 valid applications have been received for just HK$10 billion worth of the inflation-linked notes. Victor Cheung 6/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=123643&sid=36790858&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120621
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