
Hong Kong exchange marks progress in luring more listings from abroad

In Malaysia’s Johor, Chinese voters prize affordability over politics

Koo can see Johor changing around him, even if the promised wealth has not reached his bank account.
Northern Metropolis’ science and education focus key to Hong Kong’s future

Francis Neoton Cheung is the chairman of Doctoral Exchange, a public policy research collective, and a former member of the Land and Building Advisory Committee.
Chinese clinic extracts 12 teeth from man after he complains of ache in one tooth
A Chinese clinic has been punished by authorities after it extracted the 12 remaining teeth from a 63-year-old man with high blood pressure and heart disease, and withdrew all the money from his accounts.
The man, surnamed Li, from Baoji, northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, went to the Datuanyuan Dental Clinic to have an aching tooth checked last September.
Li recently told Chinese media outlets that he believed the clinic’s ads, such as “Get a dental implant in the morning and eat
Low prices fail to deter thieves from stealing Malaysia’s premium durians
Wenny Ooi, 27, said thieves targeted her family’s stall twice on June 25 and June 29, marking the first break-ins since they started the business six years ago.
In the first incident, two baskets of Black Thorn, also known as Or Chi, were stolen but footage from the surveillance camera shows only one thief
Uniqlo defies sluggish China market with double-digit profit growth

Same-store sales rose, driven by enhanced marketing and “buoyant demand” for summer products in May, when temperatures started to rise. Easy pants, UV-protection items, T-shirts and other summer products all saw strong sales, according to the
The radar system that Taiwan says tracked the PLA’s ballistic missile launch

Philippines looks to space for bird’s-eye view of South China Sea threats

But analysts said the ambition would be constrained by the technical, financial and manpower hurdles of turning space assets into military capability.
How the RMB Business Facility will help consolidate Hong Kong’s financial role
Hong Kong’s updated yuan financing tool for banks, featuring a quota 150 per cent larger than before, was launched on Friday, giving a significant boost to the use of the Chinese currency in daily global business.
What is the RMB Business Facility?
The RMB Business Facility is a funding window run by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) that allows participating banks to borrow yuan at the relatively cheap Shanghai three-month interbank offered rate, which is about 2 percentage points lower than the US Federal Reserve
