http://www.thestandard.com.hk Latest headlines from The Standard Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 RSS newsfeed by The Standard The Standard, Sing Tao News Corp. editor@thestandard.com.hk todd.john@singtaonewscorp.com http://www.thestandard.com.hk/url_to_some_image.gif http://www.thestandard.com.hk http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122621&sid=36460807&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 The world's second largest industrial aluminum extrusion product maker - China Zhongwang Holdings (1333) - will be ready to produce complete compartments for high-speed trains by the end of the year. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122620&sid=36461116&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Premier Wen Jiabao has vowed to push growth as Beijing starts to ease national monetary policy in a bid to combat the economic slowdown. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122614&sid=36461317&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Beijing will remain the primary focus of China City Railway Transportation Technology Holdings (8240) as the capital's metro network is expected to triple in eight years. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122599&sid=36461547&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun- wah said he hopes Hong Kong will sign a free trade agreement with Taiwan, and strengthen bilateral collaboration. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122598&sid=36461585&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 All holders of Hong Kong identity cards are entitled to apply for a flat at Heya Green, a non- subsidized project of the Housing Society. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122612&sid=36461638&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 China Nonferrous Mining Corp has delayed opening its retail book, but it will not shelve its HK$2.44-billion initial public offering. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122600&sid=36461916&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Mainland builder SOCAM Development (0983) expects business to rebound as more completed projects come on the market after June. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=122601&sid=36461935&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Alibaba Group Holding is near an agreement to buy back a 20 percent stake in itself from Yahoo for about US$7 billion (HK$54.6 billion) and may announce a deal soon, a person with knowledge of the matter has said. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=122613&sid=36460945&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Minutes from the Federal Reserve's April policy meeting show that additional monetary policy accommodation may be needed if US economic recovery falters. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=122622&sid=36461266&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Lately, investors have become concerned that Greece may leave the euro zone. If that happens which currency will Greece use and will the market accept it? Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=122579&sid=36460249&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 A miner buried underground for 17 days following the flooding of a colliery is recovering after being freed from what looked like his tomb. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=122580&sid=36460871&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan (HK$429.6 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, in a sign of Beijing's determination to bolster confidence in the city formerly run by ousted leader Bo Xilai. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122605&sid=36201262&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 ART HK 2012 is just around the corner, with double the number of galleries taking part compared with two years ago, and most of them internationally celebrated institutions. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122584&sid=36460647&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Retired policeman Wai Shiu-yung said exercise helped him recover from a liver transplant. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122583&sid=36460685&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Around 60 people demonstrated outside the Philippine consulate-general in Admiralty yesterday to urge Manila not to challenge Chinese sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122606&sid=36460798&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Making public bodies exempt from the Competition Bill would set an international precedent that may threaten Hong Kong's competitiveness as a financial hub. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122617&sid=36461000&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 A school in Tseung Kwan O is among those showing the way forward with a back-to-basics approach for young minds that must worry the monopolistic publishers of textbooks. It's a good story. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122616&sid=36461217&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 The police plan to use electric vehicles for patrols has run into trouble with the frequent breakdown of 12 imported electric motorcycles. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122582&sid=36461246&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Doctors have formed the Atrial Fibrillation Alliance to help people become more aware of the relationship between an irregular heart beat and stroke. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122615&sid=36461402&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Visitors and locals had to switch to buses when a breakdown in the driving unit of The Peak Tram brought services to a halt for five hours. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=122585&sid=36461494&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Some 100 disabled people, many in wheelchairs, joined a rally to call on Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun-ying to address their needs. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=122574&sid=36434480&con_type=3&d_str=20120521 The Avengers has proven to be a box office smash hit worldwide, including Hong Kong. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=122575&sid=36460257&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Japanese people are set to go extinct. If you extrapolate current birth rate figures, the country's last child will be born before the end of this millennium, Tohoku University researcher Hiroshi Yoshida revealed. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=122597&sid=36461286&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed five people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings, including a famed medieval castle early yesterday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=122591&sid=36461296&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Ukraine's president has rejected the idea of letting ailing ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko be freed from jail for treatment abroad ahead of next month's Euro football tournament. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=122592&sid=36461421&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Two men have been arrested over the bombing of a school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old girl and seriously injured five more teenagers. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=122593&sid=36461441&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Yemen's army and air force, supported by local militiamen and with US backing, pressed an offensive to expel al-Qaeda from their southern bastions, with fighting concentrated around the town of Jaar yesterday. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=122594&sid=36461444&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Burma aims to restore a stretch of the infamous "Death Railway" to Thailand which was initially built by Japanese- held prisoners of war. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=18&art_id=122576&sid=36460241&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Charges of sexism in the official line-up of movies have driven organizers of the Cannes Film Festival to hit hit back and claim they will continue to select pictures based solely on merit. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=18&art_id=122578&sid=36460243&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Rocker Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat took a swipe at the "failed" war on drugs as they made the presentation in Cannes of Lawless - their Prohibition-era rural gangster movie. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=18&art_id=122577&sid=36460455&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 A Romanian director who exploded onto the scene five years ago by capturing the Cannes Film Festival's top prize pleaded with critics to go easy on his latest contender. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=122586&sid=36460529&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Center Brian O'Driscoll believes Leinster can build a European rugby dynasty after the Irish province clinched a third European Cup triumph in four seasons with a 42-14 win over Ulster at Twickenham. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=122587&sid=36460628&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 England finally dismissed Shivnarine Chanderpaul, pictured, after another marathon effort from the West Indies great ensured the hosts would have to bat twice to win the first Test at Lord's. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=122595&sid=36461136&con_type=3&d_str=20120521 Didier Drogba insists Chelsea never stopped believing they could win the Champions League after he scored the crucial penalty in a nerve-shredding shootout triumph over Bayern Munich. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=122596&sid=36461137&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Newcastle United won the HKFC Citibank International Soccer Sevens at their first attempt when they defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in a thrilling Cup final last night. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=122588&sid=36461794&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Spain's Jorge Lorenzo, pictured, won the French MotoGP in Le Mans and took the overall lead in the championship in front of a crowd of over 80,000 who braved heavy rain. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=122602&sid=36461362&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Facebook chairman and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg got married to longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan a day after the much awaited trading debut of the social networking website. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=122603&sid=36461363&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 A rare annular solar eclipse will be seen this morning from parts of Hong Kong - but you'll have to get up early. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=122604&sid=36461364&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Hundreds of people cashed in after an HSBC ATM machine began paying out double - and the bank said they can keep the unexpected windfall. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=122607&sid=36461365&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Transgender Jenna Talackova got her wish and went to the ball, but her fairy- tale run didn't quite end like her Cinderella dream. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=122611&sid=36461366&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 The score is now 1-1 for Angela Merkel and David Cameron - on the football field at least. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122610&sid=36460727&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Tough terms for private hospital operators have influential political figure Bernard Charnwut Chan balking at a bid for a project in Wong Chuk Hang. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122608&sid=36460985&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 More than six in 10 accident and emergency doctors may leave next year amid a heavy workload, according to a survey. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122618&sid=36461143&con_type=3&d_str=20120521 Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok- sing and his pre-handover predecessor Andrew Wong Wang-fat yesterday traded barbs over the former's decision to halt the filibuster on the government's by-election bill. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122609&sid=36461235&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong yesterday strongly hinted he might leave the government after his current term ends on June 30. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122619&sid=36461905&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 Blind activist Chen Guangcheng began a new life in the United States yesterday - but he hopes to return to China some day. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=48&art_id=122581&sid=36461356&con_type=3&d_str=20120521 Children of wealthy families are widely seen as living their dream, particularly those who take over the family business. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=48&art_id=122589&sid=36461357&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 If - or when - policymakers finally decide Greece should leave the euro, the exit could happen so quickly that "new drachma" currency notes might not be printed in time. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800 http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=48&art_id=122590&sid=36461358&con_type=1&d_str=20120521 A surge local currency debt issues by Latin American governments, offering relatively high coupons and double-digit yields, could become a strong alternative investment as uncertainties grow in Europe and the United States. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:02 +0800