Issue: June 27, 2012   (Archive)
Monday, May 20, 2013   



PLA skydivers land for handover bash
Paratroopers from the PLA are planning to drop in on handover celebrations. And to prepare for the show, members of the 8-1 Parachute Brigade of the People's Liberation Army held a rehearsal at San Wai Barracks in Fan Ling yesterday.

Subway on wrong track over perverts
A Shanghai subway operator has caused uproar by warning women not to wear revealing clothes to avoid being groped by "perverts."

Disco lights shine bright for boss
The stock market has been diversifying in the types of businesses listing - potential offerings include, for example, enterprises such as cha chan tengs and pinball machine companies.

Tough times for sick men of Europe
Perhaps the finances of cash-strapped Greece are even worse than thought.

Chan to stay on as antiquities chief
In an apparent U-turn, Bernard Charnwut Chan has decided to stay on as chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board until his term finishes at the end of this year.

George goes into his shell for last time
Lonesome George, a giant of a star among tortoises on one of the Galapagos Islands, has died and left the world one species poorer.

Bankers feeling the pain again
Top financial firms including CLSA, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and UBS have reportedly cut at least 50 jobs in Asian arms in the past three weeks.

Love bus looks for best match
Love was in the air yesterday, or on the road, at least. Students, the elderly and reps from 14 nongovernment groups boarded the "Love Ideas, Love HK" bus.

Kwok matriarch in good spirits
Sun Hung Kai Properties matriarch Kwong Siu-hing is in good spirits, her second son Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong said after visiting her in hospital.

Feuding sisters issue joint funeral notice
The feuding daughters of late Nan Fung founder Chen Din-hwa have appeared together publicly - at least in print - to announce the funeral of their father.



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