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HSBC admits losing data of 159,000 account holders May 8, 2008
The bank said it had lost track of the server during renovation work at a Kwun Tong district branch in east Kowloon on April 26. Police say the server was stolen and they are still investigating the case. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Hong Kong Leg of Olympic Torch Relay Starts as Activists Question Freedom May 2, 2008
Windsurfer , who won Hong Kong's only gold medal in the 1996 Olympics, was the first to carry the torch when the relay started in Kowloon on the north side of the harbor. Hundreds of supporters wearing red shirts and waving Chinese flags cheered as Lee and other carriers such as local pop star jogged along the route, which will take the torch to Hong Kong island and the city's exhibition center. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Pro-Tibet protester hassled as Hong Kong torch relay begins May 2, 2008
Two hours before the relay began, people started lining up along the streets near the start of the event in the bustling tourist shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. As a light rain fell, some spectators had big Chinese flags, while others carried protest signs. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Torch relay winds through streets of Hong Kong May 2, 2008
Police detained five to seven pro-democracy and human rights activists in the city's Kowloon Park with an hour after the relay's start. The torch was to be carried through canyons of skyscrapers and outlying communities in the New Territories and involve 120 torchbearers and a ride aboard a dragon boat. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Protest snuffed out amid ecstatic support for Olympic torch May 2, 2008
A huge crowd lined the start of the relay, which was due to take eight hours and 120 torchbearers to traverse Kowloon and be carried on a dragon boat and horseback before crossing the harbour to Hong Kong Island. Mary-Anne Toy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
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Ritz-Carlton sees Asian demand softening Apr 22, 2008
By 2010, in China the group will have hotels in Guangzhou, Sanya on the tropical island of Hainan, Shenzhen, Kowloon in Hong Kong, Macau and Shanghai. China is no Bali or Phuket, Mr. Cooper said, But the rates are certainly where one needs them to be in order to be relatively profitable. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Saugus Police Log Week of April 8-14 Apr 16, 2008
A caller reported a break into a motor vehicle parked at Kowloon, 12:47 a.m. ... Kowloon management reported a group of people left without paying, 7:56 p.m.. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Small screens, big plans Apr 10, 2008
The girls from the Holy Family Canossian School in Kowloon City were unanimous in their determination to make a first film to commemorate their fleeting primary school days together, no matter the format. "We used a big camera to shoot, and then a small screen to view," they attested, "but we can also try other sizes.". (CNN -- International)
Reporter's Notebook: Hong Kong rises with mainland Apr 1, 2008
Outside the city center, huge new residential complexes are still going up both in the ritzy expat beach towns of the south island and in the white collar and middle class working areas of Kowloon and the New Territories. These are strong signs of a rising standard of living both for the elite captains of industry and the everyday worker and bureaucrat. (EETimes)
A 'Cyberport' in the storm? Mar 28, 2008
"Cyberport is quite picturesque, with lots of space and outdoor areas; however, the general lack of infrastructure within and around the location makes it frustrating and unattractive," remarks one particularly disgruntled employee, who has been commuting to Cyberport from the Kowloon side for the past two years. "There is only one ATM for HSBC," she continues, "which is not fully operational, with no capabilities to deposit a check and often no cash. Everything costs more here, from lunch, to... (CNN -- International)
Second Life sends users on virtual vacations Mar 10, 2008
(03-09) 04:00 PDT Second Life -- I stood atop a 10-story slum in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong ... "Kowloon" was a "sim," or simulator, of the real place ... It took me multiple trips and dozens of hours in Second Life - exploring, stumbling, being tongue-tied ("chat"-tied), falling off Kowloon skyscrapers and otherwise disgracing myself - to get my bearings, to be able explore this world with some small degree of confidence. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Swire Says China, Property, Drink Units May Counter Impact of Global Slump Mar 6, 2008
The company was in talks to spin off the Festival Walk shopping mall in Kowloon Tong into a real estate investment trust, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported in September. Swire will complete a retail and hotel project at Sanlitun, Beijing, its first development in mainland China, this year, the statement said. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
The Moustache Feb 27, 2008
He scarpers to Hong Kong for a game of Kowloon ferry pinball before drifting away to mainland China where he regrows the mo. Then Agnes appears and everything seems to be OK. Psychological questions propel an existential film that collapses, with flair and appeal, into confusion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* Web sex pics spark free-speech debate in Hong Kong Feb 16, 2008
Three suspects have been formally charged, including a 24-year-old man in Kowloon who was charged on Tuesday with publishing obscene materials after he was said to have posted 100 photos. He did not enter a plea and was freed on bail of HK$10,000 (US$1,282). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
INTERNET SEX VIDEO CASE RAISES FREE-SPEECH ISSUE IN HONG KONG... Feb 13, 2008
The police have already arrested nine people, and three have been formally charged, including a 24-year-old man in Kowloon who was charged on Tuesday with publishing obscene materials for having allegedly posted two files holding 100 photos. He did not enter a plea and was freed on bail of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, or $1,282. (The Drudge Report)
Out of this world Feb 7, 2008
The man, who grew up in an impoverished single parent family in Kowloon, explores a father-and-son relationship in CJ7. Life was tough then. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Rel, GMR may bid for Delhi station Feb 7, 2008
With the aim to make it the 'face of Delhi' in the run up to the Commonwealth Games, the railway ministry is looking to turn the New Delhi Railway Station into a world-class facility modelled on the famous Beijing and Kowloon stations in China. But, if sources in the railway ministry are to be believed, even the landscape around Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj might just get an 00004000 intense facelift. (India Times, India)
Tenth day of cold weather warning in HK sets record Feb 2, 2008
Minimum temperatures at various parts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in south China were below 10 degrees Celsius on Saturday, and overcast sky and foggy showers were seen across the Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. Hong Kong Observatory reminded the public to put on more clothes and ensure adequate indoor ventilation when using old-type gas water heaters. (Xinhuanet, China)
The war on disease in Asia: Avian virus Jan 28, 2008
Princess Margaret Hospital in Kowloon, which cared for one-third of SARS patients, also opened a state-of-the-art infectious disease facility in June. It has the most advanced technology available to care for infected patients in isolation while protecting medical workers, but it shares a problem with U.S. hospitals: a shortage of nurses, said Dr. Chow Chun-bong, medical director for infectious diseases. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
A Tale Of Three Cities Jan 19, 2008
All were once centers of manufacturing, but all have been able to shift their economic focus to the service sector as factories moved from New York's lower east side, or London's Park Royal estate, or the thousands of tiny enterprises in Kowloon, to the American sunbelt or up the Pearl River delta from Hong Kong to Guangdong province. All are or have been great ports. (Time.com)
Tommy Lau, ran Chinese restaurant with passion for perfection Jan 12, 2008
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Lau of Marietta; two other daughters, Tami Vinson of Denver and Lindy Lau of Atlanta; a stepson, Todd Kamon of Marietta; three sisters, Anna Chun Wan Lau of Marietta, and Chun Ming Lau and Chun Fong Lau, both of Kowloon City in Kowloon, Hong Kong; a brother, Tung Hing Lau of Kowloon City, and a grandchild. ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lightscape Technologies Launches LED Screen Rental Service; Announces New Lighting Systems Contracts Dec 22, 2007
Continued Mr. Tan, "Lightscape has also been engaged to provide LED lighting solutions for the new W Hotel Hong Kong. Lightscape is designing and supplying LED-based "W" logos for the property. The W Hotel Hong Kong is an ultra-chic 383-room waterfront hotel located in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. The development, scheduled to open in mid-2008, is owned by Hong Kong-listed company Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.". Mr. Tan concluded, "With the enhancements our new LED Screen Rental Service brings to our... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
DLF, Hines to Compete to Develop New Delhi Railway Site as Prices Surge Dec 20, 2007
Indian Railways appointed U.K. architect Terry Farrell, who built Hong Kong's Kowloon Station and London's MI6 Headquarters, to redesign the rail hub, as Asia's oldest network redevelops 21 stations in the next three years. Hines, a closely held U.S. investor, is developing Cannon Street station and 400,000 square feet of office space above it in London's financial district. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Asia bright for investment bankers Dec 19, 2007
In central Hong Kong, office space is so scarce that Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse recently signed deals to move their offices across Victoria Harbour to less-fashionable Kowloon to accommodate growth, making them the first big banks to do so. UBS expects GDP growth in Asia, excluding Australia and Japan, to ease next year to 8. (India Times)
Asia will find it hard to repeat a record-breaking 2007 Dec 19, 2007
In central Hong Kong, office space is so scarce that Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse recently signed deals to move to less-fashionable Kowloon to accommodate growth. UBS expects GDP growth in Asia, excluding Australia and Japan, to ease next year to 8. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Clearing travel hurdles for equestrian Olympics in Hong Kong Dec 18, 2007
Dressage and jumping, as well as all of the medal ceremonies, are to be held in Sha Tin, a community about 10 kilometers, or six miles, north of the tip of Kowloon Peninsula, which in turn is a couple of kilometers across Victoria Harbor from Hong Kong Island ... Visitors will be expected instead to ride a commuter train that leaves every three to eight minutes from East Tsim Sha Tsui train station in Kowloon and runs up to the border with mainland China. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fly to Hong Kong for $558 Nov 17, 2007
Splurge for Hong Kong's famous five-star service in a great location on the Kowloon waterfront and Victoria Harbor ... Swift ferry service transports locals and tourists through the SanPan boats between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Land is Hong Kong's asset Nov 10, 2007
Two dozen of them were moving, bow waves and wakes creasing the narrows between Hong Kong island and Kowloon: ferries, tugs, barges, and a couple of Star Line liners returning through the mist from the overnight casino cruises that allow passengers to gamble legally outside Hong Kong's territorial waters. More ships were at anchor, awaiting their place at the container wharves. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Asia's literary scene coming of age Nov 9, 2007
Xu Xi in Kowloon City in Hong Kong. Her work, long hailed by literary scholars, is getting attention from Western publishers. (International Herald Tribune)
Hong Kong's bacteria are too much for Batman Nov 5, 2007
But a scene where the caped crusader jumps out of a Hercules C130 cargo plane into the sea between Hong Kong island and Kowloon has apparently been scrapped after the water was found to contain such high levels of life-threatening bacteria that the actor, Christian Bale, would have been at risk of catching much more than a cold. "The plan was for Batman to be seen jumping into the water and then climbing up some bamboo, or something similar, on to a pier. But when they checked a water sample,... (Guardian Unlimited)
'Indians are bastards anyway' Oct 27, 2007
I believe that today I am also a strong advocate of close relations with India," he was recently quoted as saying. Bring home the bastards, such are the compulsions of geopolitics. This is the same India whose nuclear tests a few years ago drew sanctions from the US. But as in the Bangladesh war, it has lost little time in reversing its position. Now it conducts military exercises with India and offers to make fighter jets with it. In addition to US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas... (Asia Times Online)
How Hong Kong changed; Fighting the good fight; India and Myanmar Oct 19, 2007
The part of town known as Kowloon City was Sin City. Raw sewage ran in an open canal. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Hong Kong's heyday Oct 17, 2007
Forty years ago I came to live here with my family, landing on a heart-stopping thumb of land sticking out in the harbor that served as a runway, where the landing wheels seemed about to snatch the laundry off the clotheslines of Kowloon. Hong Kong was then what they called a British Crown Colony, with most of it on a 99-year lease - "on borrowed time in a borrowed place.". (International Herald Tribune)
John Woo, Goldman Resuscitate Hong Kong Film Industry as China Opens Doors Oct 17, 2007
Movies produced by local studios accounted for about 40 percent of Hong Kong ticket sales last year, down from 80 percent in the early 1990s, says Woody Tsung, chief executive officer of the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association. The younger Southeast Asians are different than their grandparents,'' says Baptist University's Ng. (Bloomberg)
H.D.S. Greenway column on Hong Kong during China's Cultural Revolution Oct 16, 2007
HONG KONGFORTY YEARS ago I came to live here with my family, landing on a heart-stopping thumb of land sticking out in the harbor that served as a runway, where the landing wheels seemed about to snatch the laundry off the clotheslines of Kowloon. Hong Kong was then what they called a British Crown Colony, with most of it on a 99-year lease - "on borrowed time in a borrowed place.". (Boston Globe)
Visit Hong Kong Oct 14, 2007
For about five Hong Kong dollars (less than one dollar Canadian or US) you can take the famous Star Ferry between Hong Kong and Kowloon and see the city from the water; make sure to board the top deck for the best views and note that the ride is particularly spectacular at night ... Take a walk along the waterfront on the Kowloon side to admire the endless shipping traffic or Hong Kong's Walk of Stars ... If you have time, Kowloon also offers many opportunities for world-class shopping and... (Suite101.com)
Deutsche Bank in Moscow, Greentown, Citigroup: Global Real Estate Deals Sep 12, 2007
Credit Suisse Hong Kong May Move to Kowloon, Morning Post Says. Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group may seek to escape the high rents of Hong Kong's Central district by moving to the International Commerce Centre, or ICC, in Kowloon, the South China Morning Post said today, citing unidentified people. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Briefly: Air China not planning to merge with China Southern Aug 31, 2007
Air China, the world's biggest airline by market value, said Thursday that it had no plans at present to merge with China Southern Airlines or other carriers (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Sincere Watch (Hong Kong) Limited Announces Results for the First Quarter of FY2008 Aug 9, 2007
During the current quarter Q1/FY08, the Group opened new boutiques in Ocean Terminal, Kowloon and Shin Kong Place, Beijing. In addition, the company's flagship Franck Muller boutique at Central, Hong Kong, was considerably enlarged and refurbished. (PR Newswire)
Triad-Style Attacks On Tycoon's Interests Roil Hong Kong Jul 7, 2007
At about the same time, a sedan rammed into the front door of New World s Renaissance Hotel in the tourist district of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. At about the same time the next day, a van carrying seven gangsters slammed into the back entrance to New World s headquarters in the central business district, followed a few minutes later by a vehicle, also with seven gangsters aboard, ramming into the front door of JW Marriott Hotel. (Forbes -- Business)
Chinese Estates Shares Surge After Developer Says It Had Takeover Approach Jul 4, 2007
Chinese Estates, bought by Joseph Lau in 1986, last month formed a venture with four other Hong Kong builders to develop a HK$5 billion residential project in the city's West Kowloon district. The venture earlier paid the government HK$4 billion for the site in an auction. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Still shining brightHong Kong's wealth has soared since the handover Jul 3, 2007
Kowloon is located across the bay from the main island. It is home to two million people, some of them old, many of them working class. (BBC News -- Business)
Democracy 'is no closer' after decade Jul 2, 2007
Hong Kong island and the Kowloon peninsula, which contain some of the world's most congested areas, are the hubs. The rest is made up of sparsely-populated or unpopulated outlying islands and a mass of suburban and rural land connected to China's southern coast. (Scotsman)
Hong Kong in the 10 Years Since Handover to China and Before: Timeline Jul 1, 2007
Britain takes Kowloon Peninsula from China as a result of the first Convention of Peking. Aug. 29, 1842. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Hong Kong marks handover to China Jul 1, 2007
1860 - China cedes Kowloon peninsula to Britain for all time. July 1, 1898 - Britain begins 99-year lease on New Territories and 235 adjacent islands. (Aljazeera.Net)
In the teeth of the Dragon Jul 1, 2007
" ROD MASON Superintendent, Hong Kong Police TEN years ago, Rod Mason, originally from Stirlingshire, was standing on Hong Kong waterfront in the pouring rain watching the Royal Yacht Britannia sail away from the British colony for the last time. A career policeman, he was on crowd control duty in Kowloon, but the assembled multitude had conducted itself peaceably, cheering as a spectacular fireworks display closed the curtain on 156 years of British rule. "The biggest change was at midnight... (Scotsman)
Newsweek: Aiming to be Asia's NYC Jun 30, 2007
Northward in Kowloon, modern container portstheir giant cranes lined up like robotic elephants on paradeload waiting freighters. Barges scurry like worker ants, flags from every port of convenience flap in the breeze and jetfoils buzz back and forth from Macau. (MSNBC -- International)
10 Years After Handover Jun 30, 2007
" What that meant was that Hong Kong would have a high degree of autonomy, and the people would rule themselves. That has happened to a degree, but China has never allowed universal suffrage, although that was the ultimate aim in the basic law introduced at the time of the handover. Instead, business leaders continue to hold strong influence on the territory and upon the ear of Beijing. If you re looking for physical changes in Hong Kong a territory is made up of a series of nearly 260 small... (Fox News)
'Fragrant harbour' that became UK's colonial prize Jun 29, 2007
The territory was expanded to include the peninsula of Kowloon in 1860 after a second conflict over opium. And in 1898 Britain acquired a 99-year lease on the so-called New Territories, a far larger strip of peninsular land, and the island of Lantau. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
By the numbers Jun 29, 2007
Area: 1,100 sq. km., comprising Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories and many small islands. Density: 6,250 people per sq. km.. (Globe and Mail)
Wax figure of Deng Xiaoping exhibited in HK Jun 29, 2007
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions, National Wax Museum of China and some other organizations jointly organized the exhibition which will be held until July 13 at Olympian City, a shopping mall in Kowloon. Also featured was the vehicle that Deng rode in during an inspection of troops at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1984. (Xinhuanet, China)
Interview: Hong Kong's future tied to motherland Jun 29, 2007
Asked whether Hong Kong will go on with the West Kowloon project to boost cultural development, he said that he expected the project will be under construction starting from 2009 and that a first facility will be put into operation by 2011. The project will not only house concert halls, theaters and other performance venues but also provide special places for the performance and study of traditional Chinese operas to showcase traditional Chinese culture to the world. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hong Kong through the lens Jun 29, 2007
There are also some pioneering landmarks, such as The Orphan (1960), starring a very young Bruce Lee, and The Long Arm of the Law (1984), much of which is set in the infamous and now-vanished Kowloon Walled City. There's also some new material that has never played here before, like Johnnie To's much anticipated Election 1 and Election 2. (Georgia Straight)
Decade of changeHong Kong residents reflect on 10 years under Chinese rule Jun 28, 2007
Kowloon was a bustling noisy place - noise of rickshaws, trams, street vendors and people. Pals and I would take the weekend transport truck into Kowloon and wander around. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Mickey Mouse Dons Gas Mask for Hong Kong's Party: William Pesek Jun 27, 2007
Reclamation projects make you wonder if you will be able to walk from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon in a few years. Many residents, for example, are enraged by the demolition of the clock tower at the Star Ferry complex, which some view as Hong Kong's Big Ben. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Mainlanders reshape life in Hong Kong Jun 24, 2007
At the mountain's base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors -- and important changes. (Boston Globe)
Hong Kong's pollution clouds its future Jun 23, 2007
Standing by the Star Ferry on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour, he recalled looking "across at what should be the Hong Kong skyline, and you can't even make out the buildings." ... Hong Kong's skyline as seen from the Kowloon side near the Star Ferry pier in the late afternoon. (CNN)
Mainland accent brings a new tone to a vibrant city Jun 23, 2007
Daniel Groshong for the International Herald Tribune At the Kowloon Tong station, trains carry commuters as well as visitors to Hong Kong from the China border ... At the mountain's base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. (International Herald Tribune)
Land sale reflects market uptrend Jun 14, 2007
An urban plot in 's western Kowloon was sold on Tuesday for HK$5 ... The land is located at Hoi Fai Road in western Kowloon. (People's Daily Online, China)
We got it wrong on HK, Time admits Jun 13, 2007
Property prices - in many ways the best measure of the territory's success because they are followed so closely by the man (and woman) on the Kowloon minibus - dipped after the handover and again after SARS, but are now once again rising to stratospheric levels. "Things did not come to a grinding halt in 1997," says Sir David Akers-Jones, 80, a former acting governor who stayed on in Hong Kong after retiring. (People's Daily Online, China)
Obituary: Rita Wong, 95 Jun 7, 2007
One night, on a small sampan, she floated with her brother, who was also in Kowloon, back to Macau where she worked at a church hospital and saw dozens of people die every day for lack of medicine. When she learned that several of her classmates were working at the American hospital in Chongqing, the wartime capital of China, Ms. Wong decided that she would go and join them. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Starling suspected H5 virus positive in HK May 30, 2007
The carcass of the Starling, believed to be a Red-billed Starling, was collected by department staff on May 26 at Mong Kok in Kowloon, following a public referral. A department spokesman reminded the public to observe good personal hygiene. (People's Daily Online, China)
China's Hong Kong Surpasses U.K. in Wealth, Undercuts Singapore in Taxes May 10, 2007
In 1860, China ceded the tip of the adjacent Kowloon peninsula as well ... This year, the government was confronted by an angry mob when it demolished the downtown pier for the Star Ferry, which has shuttled between Hong Kong island and Kowloon for 100 years. (Bloomberg)
