Hong Kong

This after the Hang Seng index dropped 6.3 percent to close at 19,620 last week.

Standard Chartered blames the drag from net exports for the lower-than-expected growth.

Hongkong Post is working with online shopping and group-buying websites to provide a platform for merchandise delivery and counter collection, and cash-on-delivery services for them. Hongkong Post is also developing other new e-commerce-related business.

Hongkong Post announced that new 2011 Mid-Autumn Festival gift sets will be available under the Mainland-Hong Kong-Macau Gift Fulfilment Service until September 4.

Ninety per cent of eligible primary and secondary students, approximately 220,000, will receive advance payment of textbook assistance for the 2011/12 school year.

Customs seized more than $4 million worth of electronic goods in a two-day crackdown on smuggling.

Customs seized 185 suspected pirated textbooks and arrested 12 people during a raid seven second-hand book shops.

The $6,000 handout scheme will commence on August 28, according to Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Prof KC Chan.

Hong Kong proposes to progressively phase out incandescent light bulbs to conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions and alleviate the impact of climate change.

CEO Charles Li said they can try to defend the websites when attacks come but they don’t know who the attackers are and how to prevent them from striking.

HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest bank by market value, fell 2.9%.

With retail sales growth staying above 27% for three consecutive months.

The group’s technology and Beijing Capital’s resources the JV to further expand its magnetic water treatment business.

The group’s new marble trading business has made considerable profit contribution.

The company sees Hong Kong as a highly efficient logistics centre and a global hub for trade in garments and luxury goods.

The company expands capital channel overseas while fending off rising CNY exchange rate risk.