HONG KONG: WEEK IN REVIEW, 25May2013

Bye Bye Barry; H7N9 deadlier than we thought; Mr Tong bought the booze; Teleportation devices at Galaxy Macau?; Poor little dolphins; Rents fall for first time in years; Who’s right Goldman or Temasek?; Here’s what happened this week.

HONG KONG: CLOSING WRAP, 23May2013

Sell everything; PetroChina hits snags in Myanmar; Lenovo’s impressive Q1; Sinopec Engineering flop; Departures at ICBC linked to HKMEx; Here’s what you missed today.

HK beef 37% more expensive than Shenzhen or Guangzhou

Food and Health Bureau examined supermarket prices for fresh beef in HK, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. They found Shenzhen prices were 41% lower, and Guangzhou prices were 33% lower.

Ta Kung Pao

Guangzhou boy survives 8-story fall

From Want China Times:

It was quite the stumble the Guangzhou native took after he and his playmates — siblings of the friends the parents were visiting that day — ended up outdoors. Fortunately, his potentially fatal leap of excitement was softened by a hardy flower bed, which had become soft after several days of rain. After the fall, the boy simply sat up and took the elevator back up to the friends’ apartment, where he said he wanted to “take a rest.”

Guangzhou developers must submit new home prices to city for approval

Read More, South China Morning Post

Guangzhou set to allow 72-hr visa-free visits

Guangzhou is expected to become the third Chinese city to allow foreign visitors to transit for 72 hours without a visa, according to Tan Wangen, general manager of China Southern Airlines. Read More, China Daily

Guangzhou Police Rough Up Woman Selling Fruit

 

China Digital Times