Determined to defend the singer's dignity and prevent the scattering of her items of commemorative value, the friends had not set upper limits on bids for her trophies, CDs, costumes, photograph albums, and newspaper clippings.
Hong Kong recorded a Balance of Payments (BoP) surplus of 71.5 billion HK dollars (about 9.22 billion U.S. dollars) (as a ratio of 11.6 percent to GDP) in the third quarter of 2015, Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department (C&S) announced on Monday.
Hong Kong's IPO fundraising from Jan. 1, 2015 to Dec. 15, 2015 was 246.5 billion HK dollars (about 31.8 billion U.S. dollars), the world's highest for the period, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) said.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) said Wednesday that it has not yet reached any agreement on the establishment of the Shenzhen-HK Stock Connect.
Mainland Chinese markets closed at a three-week high on Thursday as both traders and volatility returned from a week-long holiday to play catch up with recent global rallies.
Hong Kong stocks slid on Monday, dragged down by gloomy global markets as negotiations between Greece and its creditors break down.
Hong Kong stocks plunged 1.93 percent on Wednesday, the biggest drop since February, amid concerns that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates earlier than expected.
Hong Kong received 243.5 billion HK dollars in tax revenue in 2013-14, setting another record high after the 2012-13 collection year, according to Inland Revenue Department of the city government.
In order to improve livelihood of the needy and the disadvantaged, five measures involving 20 billion HK dollars (2.58 billion U.S. dollars) has been announced by Hong Kong's financial secretary John Tsang on Wednesday.
The Hong Kong government Thursday approved three grants totaling 4.918 million HK dollars ( about 634,580 U.S. dollars) to three relief agencies for providing relief to typhoon victims in the Philippines.
Hong Kong stocks fell 0.51 percent, or 120.12 points, to close at 23,218.12 on Thursday as a Chinese bad-debt management company's shares soared in its trading debut.
Hong Kong's first public housing block in Shek Kip Mei has been converted into a youth hostel and is expected to welcome its first group of guests on Friday.
The Hong Kong government has approved two grants from the Disaster Relief Fund totaling 5.48 million HK dollars (706,549 U.S. dollars) to two relief agencies to undertake relief projects for victims of drought and flooding on the Chinese mainland, a government spokesman said Friday.
Hong Kong Disneyland announced Monday that it earned a profit of 109 million HK dollars (14.06 million U.S. dollars) in the fiscal year ending Sept. 29, 2012, the first time the park recorded a profit since its opening in 2005.
A new hybrid of flower, Noctilucent Butterfly Orchid, will be at sale on the biggest in-door Chinese New Year Flower of Hong Kong beginning on January 25 in East Point City.
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