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Hong Kong Tax, Offshore and Legal News Headlines 2002
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30/12/2002 Hong Kong To Tighten Up Listing Requirements In 2003
27/12/2002 Hong Kong Stock Market Reports Record Listings In 2002
26/12/2002 PCCW Continues To Improve Balance Sheet
24/12/2002 Hong Kong Listed Companies Still To Publish Paid Press Ads
20/12/2002 Hong Kong Property Restructuring Upsets Minority Shareholders
17/12/2002 Hong Kong Banks Encourage On-Line Business Services
13/12/2002 Hang Seng Bank To Offer On-Line Banking In China
12/12/2002 Hong Kong Accountants Propose Temporary Tax Surcharge
12/12/2002 Surveys Predict Massive Outflow Of US IT Jobs
11/12/2002 First Retail Hedge Fund Launched In Hong Kong
10/12/2002 Hong Kong Issues Second Report On Securities Market Modernisation
09/12/2002 Consolidation Beckons In Hong Kong's Electronic Trade Management
05/12/2002 Fitch Says Hong Kong Deficit Won't Hurt Rating
04/12/2002 Indian Satellite Channels Uplinking From Hong Kong To Withhold Tax
03/12/2002 Hong Kong Economy Poised For Recovery, Experts Suggest
03/12/2002 PCCW Continues To Cut Back, But Market Unimpressed
29/11/2002 Offshore Bookies Unconcerned By HK Move To Legalize Soccer Betting
29/11/2002 Hong Kong's SFC Approves First Retail Hedge Funds
27/11/2002 Hong Kong's Exports Shine In October
26/11/2002 China Tightens Up Foreign Investment Regime
25/11/2002 Hong Kong's Brokers Fight To Keep Minimum Commissions
22/11/2002 Hong Kong Is 'The Shining Pearl Of China', Says Zhu
22/11/2002 HK Auditors Slammed For Failing To Detect Profit Tax Cheats
22/11/2002 Bermuda Law Firm Strengthens Worldwide Investment Funds Practice
19/11/2002 HKEx Scraps Automatic Delisting Plans
19/11/2002 Hong Kong Plans Integrated Multi-Modal Digital Trading System
18/11/2002 Penny Stocks Fiasco Not A Factor In Kwong's Departure
18/11/2002 AMP Abandons International Pretensions
15/11/2002 Hong Kong Legislators Meet To Discuss Tax Solutions
14/11/2002 Regulator Says Hong Kong Banks Face Period Of Consolidation
13/11/2002 Hong Kong Named Freest Economy For Ninth Year Running
12/11/2002 Market Resistance Derails Quarterly Reporting Plans In Hong Kong
11/11/2002 China Telecom's IPO Finally A Done Deal
06/11/2002 China Telecom Launches Cut-Down IPO
05/11/2002 China Telecom To Re-Launch Aborted IPO
04/11/2002 Hong Kong's Economy Probably Still Contracting
04/11/2002 Foreign Firms In China Accused Of Tax Evasion
01/11/2002 China Telecom IPO Postponed
01/11/2002 Hong Kong's Half-Year Deficit Reaches HK$70 Billion
31/10/2002 Hong Kong's Civil Servants Reject Pay Cut Calls
30/10/2002 Hong Kong Tax Hike Would Hit Lenders Hard, Warns HSBC Securities
29/10/2002 Tung Says Sales Tax Would Exacerbate Hong Kong's Deflation Problem
29/10/2002 China Telecom Making Heavy Weather Of IPO
28/10/2002 Calls For Removal Of Dollar Peg In Hong Kong Continue
25/10/2002 Quadriga Offer Retail Hedge Funds in The US
25/10/2002 HKEx Treads Carefully Over New Delisting Proposals
25/10/2002 S&P Revises Local Currency Outlook For Hong Kong Down
22/10/2002 Hong Kong Government Will Not Impose Sales Tax In Next Budget
21/10/2002 BondsInAsia Forges Link With HKMA's CMU
18/10/2002 Economists Warn Against Hong Kong Tax Hikes, Despite Economic Woes
17/10/2002 HKEx Denies Shenzen Merger Talks
16/10/2002 Jersey HSBC Chief Urges Island To Broaden Horizons
16/10/2002 Hong Kong Completes Tracker Fund Disposal Programme
15/10/2002 Lehman Brothers Joins Critics Of Hong Kong's Dollar Peg
11/10/2002 Leung Pledges To Resolve Deficit, Hints At New Taxes
10/10/2002 HKEx Chief Executive Gets Chance To Comment On Penny Stocks Report
08/10/2002 Book-Building Starts For China Telecom Hong Kong Issue
04/10/2002 Hong Kong Unsure Whether Shanghai Is Partner Or Competitor
03/10/2002 HSBC Is Given An On-Line Banking License In China
03/10/2002 Hedge Funds May Desert The US If Regulation Bites Hard
27/09/2002 HK Government Admits Full Extent Of Property Slump Impact For The First Time
26/09/2002 Sales Tax Proposals Gather Momentum In Hong Kong
25/09/2002 Investors Urged To Look Beyond HK's Short-Term Economic Woes
24/09/2002 Hong Kong Shaken By Yet Another 'Peg' Scare
23/09/2002 Tsang Says Hong Kong And Shanghai Not In Direct Competition
23/09/2002 Hong Kong Consumers Brace For Economic Deterioration
20/09/2002 UN Ranks Hong Kong Second Most Popular Destination For FDI
19/09/2002 Hong Kong Stock Market Slumps On Bad US News
18/09/2002 HK Financial Secretary Reassures Venture Capitalists On Tax Base
17/09/2002 HKEx-LSE Joint Venture To 'Reach Across Time Zones'
16/09/2002 Hong Kong Denies Currency Peg Rumours (Again)
13/09/2002 Ma's Apology Too Little, Too Late For HK Investors
12/09/2002 Hong Kong's Penny Share Report A Whitewash
11/09/2002 ING Warns Over Hong Kong Econony
10/09/2002 No Shocks From Hong Kong's Penny Share Report
06/09/2002 Money Laundering Reports Up In Hong Kong
05/09/2002 Hong Kong Stock Exchange In The Doldrums
04/09/2002 Quadriga Opens Hong Kong Office
03/09/2002 PCCW Expected To Report Interim Loss After CSL Disposal
02/09/2002 Hong Kong Struggles Back Into Economic Growth
30/08/2002 Hong Kong's Smaller Listed Companies Organise To Oppose De-Listing Proposals
29/08/2002 BoC (Hong Kong) Beats Interim Expectations
28/08/2002 Hong Kong SFC Chairman Under Pressure
26/08/2002 HKEx May Take Stakes In International Stock Markets
23/08/2002 Hutchison Whampoa Beats Expectations, Still Goes For 3G
22/08/2002 Hong Kong Companies To Benefit From Guangxi Modernisation Push
21/08/2002 Hong Kong Lags Regional Rivals In Terms Of Labour Quality
20/08/2002 Cyberport Looks To China For Tenants
19/08/2002 HKEx Under Pressure
15/08/2002 Hong Kong Presses Senior Market Regulators To Quit
13/08/2002 Hong Kong Joins International Outcry Against US Corporate Fraud Bill
09/08/2002 Standard Chartered Suffers From Bankruptcies In Hong Kong
09/08/2002 Tom.com Pleases With Reduced Loss
07/08/2002 Hong Kong's Retail Sales Down Sharply In June
06/08/2002 Singapore Will Follow Hong Kong On Hedge Funds
06/08/2002 HSBC Gainsays Prophets Of Doom
05/08/2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive Defends Penny Share Panel
02/08/2002 Merrill Lynch Says ETFs Are The Hot Investment Sector
02/08/2002 Panel To Probe Hong Kong's Penny Share Plunge
31/07/2002 HKEx Backs Off Penny Share De-Listing Plan
30/07/2002 Hong Kong Exchange Attacked Over De-Listing Criteria
29/07/2002 Hong Kong Reports Economic Recovery Still On Track
26/07/2002 BoC Falls Less Than 10% On Listing
25/07/2002 Bank Of China Listing Will Test Share Price
24/07/2002 Deflation Continues In Hong Kong
23/07/2002 BOC Offer Succeeds In Hong Kong
22/07/2002 Hong Kong May Offer Tax Incentives For Technology R&D Investment
19/07/2002 BOC Issue Fighting World Equity Slump In Hong Kong
19/07/2002 Hong Kong To Regulate Internet Cafes
18/07/2002 Hong Kong's Financial Services Secretary Voices Concerns About HKEx Trading Hours
18/07/2002 Hedge Fund Support Systems Supplier Opens Up In Hong Kong
16/07/2002 BOC Retail Subscription Starts Today In Hong Kong
15/07/2002 Hong Kong's Reserves Make Good First Half Profit
12/07/2002 Hong Kong's Civil Servants Angered By Pay Cut Plans
11/07/2002 Hong Kong Retains Key Strategic Role
10/07/2002 HKMA Outlines New Securities Rules For Banks
09/07/2002 Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Warns Of Tax Increases
09/07/2002 BOC Announces Cautious IPO Price Range
08/07/2002 ASEM Finance Ministers Consider Anti-Money Laundering Measures
08/07/2002 Hong Kong Listings Row Bubbles Away
05/07/2002 Hong Kong Row Over Regulation Of Listing Process
04/07/2002 British Regulator To Vet New HKEx Listings, Report Suggests
03/07/2002 Economic Downturn Represents Opportunity For Hong Kong
03/07/2002 PCCW Will Make Further Non-Core Disposals
02/07/2002 China Reiterates Support For Hong Kong
02/07/2002 Hong Kong And LSE Detail Alliance Plans
01/07/2002 Hong Kong SFC Eases On-Line Account Opening Procedure
28/06/2002 Cato Institute Keeps Hong Kong As Freest Economy
26/06/2002 HKMA Doesn't Want To Deal With Customer Complaints
26/06/2002 Bank Of China Hong Kong Listing Set For July
25/06/2002 Hong Kong Banks Close To Credit Data Sharing Deal
24/06/2002 HKEx Reaches Agreement With Banks Over Extended Trading Hours
21/06/2002 HKEx Will Launch ELIs With Simplified Rules
20/06/2002 Microsoft Takes Space In Cyberport
19/06/2002 Experts Warn Over Decline In Hong Kong Betting Tax Revenue
19/06/2002 Removal Of Export Tariffs On HK Products Unlikely This Year, Says Chinese Official
18/06/2002 HKEx Wants To Speed Delisting Plans For Poorly Performing Companies
18/06/2002 HKIFA Proposes Investment Route For Mainland Capital
17/06/2002 HK Investors Went On Mutual Fund Buying Spree In April
17/06/2002 Hong Kong To Sell $8bn Tracker Stocks In 3rd Quarter
14/06/2002 FDI Growth In China Slows
13/06/2002 Hong Kong's SFC Boosts Powers Over Listed Companies
12/06/2002 Survey Shows Hong Kong's Young Industrialists Confident On SAR Outlook
12/06/2002 HKT Under Attack Again By Telephone Competitors
11/06/2002 Bank Of Butterfield Retreats From Competitive Hong Kong
11/06/2002 HSBC To Expand Hedge Fund Operations
10/06/2002 Mainland Companies See Hong Kong As Gateway To Foreign Markets
10/06/2002 HKMA Wants Better Bank Complaints Mechanism
07/06/2002 Hong Kong SFC To Boost Investor Protection Measures
06/06/2002 Stock Exchange Alliance Likely To Boost Chinese Listings In London
06/06/2002 Hong Kong Progresses On-Line Trading Structure
05/06/2002 IPO Boom Expected In Hong Kong This Year
05/06/2002 E*Trade Reduces US Trading Commissions
05/06/2002 China May Unify Tax Rates Next Year
03/06/2002 Hong Kong's Economy Turning The Corner?
31/05/2002 HKeX Chairman Apologises For Trading System Outage
31/05/2002 Hong Kong Bans Offshore Betting From Today
29/05/2002 Digger Driver Blacks Out Hong Kong's Futures Market
28/05/2002 Hong Kong Trade Figures Gradually Recovering
27/05/2002 Hong Kong And London Stock Exchanges Form Alliance
24/05/2002 HKMA Chief Warns Over Asian Stability
24/05/2002 Hong Kong To Sort Out Taxation Of Hedge Funds
22/05/2002 S&P Downgrades Hit Hong Kong Property Sector
21/05/2002 Hong Kong Government Bites Bullet On Civil Service Costs
21/05/2002 Economist Says Hong Kong May Abandon Dollar Peg
20/05/2002 IMF Gives Hong Kong Positive Assessment
17/05/2002 Guangdong Official Explains New Customs Procedures
16/05/2002 Moody's Maintains Positive Credit Rating For SAR
15/05/2002 Hong Kong Securities Regulator Says It Won't Interfere With Listed Companies
14/05/2002 Chinese To Liberalise Customs Procedures For Hong Kong Manufacturers
13/05/2002 HKMA Relaxes Foreign Bank Entry Barrier
10/05/2002 Retail Bonds Are Flavour Of The Month In Hong Kong
09/05/2002 S&P Reaffirms Hong Kong's Credit Ratings
08/05/2002 Hong Kong's SFC Takes On Stock Exchange Powers
07/05/2002 Hong Kong's Exchange Fund Turns A Profit Again
06/05/2002 Hong Kong On-Line Stationery Supplier Is Successful
03/05/2002 Hong Kong Authorises Retail Access To Hedge Funds
03/05/2002 Hong Kong Ready To Ban Offshore Betting
02/05/2002 Hong Kong Bond Trading Portals Merge
01/05/2002 Switzerland Edges Ahead In Competitiveness Survey
01/05/2002 HKMA Says Banks Are Taking Risks On Home Loans
30/04/2002 China Likely To Give Hong Kong Economic Assistance
29/04/2002 Hong Kong Banks Agree Not To Share Home-Loan Data
26/04/2002 Oracle Puts Off Cyberport Occupation
26/04/2002 IMF Says Exchange Rate Peg Is Correct For Hong Kong
25/04/2002 EIU Topples Hong Kong In Asian Rankings
24/04/2002 Hong Kong Analyst Queries Level Of Hedge Fund Demand
24/04/2002 Deflation Continues In Hong Kong
22/04/2002 IMF Boosts Hong Kong Growth Forecast
19/04/2002 Successful Hong Kong Tap Issue Strengthens Market
17/04/2002 S & P Threatens Hong Kong With Credit Rating Downgrade
16/04/2002 Safer HK Hedge Funds Likely To Escape Minimum Investment Requirement
15/04/2002 Hong Kong Government Says It Will Monitor Singapore Tax Changes
15/04/2002 Chinese Investment Scheme For Hong Kong Imminent
12/04/2002 Hong Kong Air Cargo Growth Fuels Recovery Hopes
11/04/2002 ADB Growth Forecast For SAR More Than Twice Government Estimates
11/04/2002 Standard Chartered Is Tax-Inefficient, Says Newspaper
10/04/2002 Hong Kong Hedge Funds Threaten Government
09/04/2002 IBA Dismisses Fears Over Longer Trading Hours At HKEx
09/04/2002 Hong Kong Corporate Governance Improves
08/04/2002 Hong Kong Faces Hedge Fund Tax Dilemma
08/04/2002 Cyberport Opens With Three Tenants
05/04/2002 Price War Among Hong Kong Brokers Continues
05/04/2002 Hong Kong's Legal System Struggling To Keep Up
04/04/2002 Hong Kong 'Chapter 11' Bill May Become Law
03/04/2002 Hong Kong Think Tank Says Civil Service Cuts Counter Productive
01/04/2002 PCCW Faces Union Action Over Lay-Offs
29/03/2002 Private Banking Is Growth Industry In Hong Kong, Report Reveals
29/03/2002 Hutchison Whampoa To Gain Irish 3G License
28/03/2002 Hong Export Slide Slows, Economists Optimistic
28/03/2002 HKEx Takes Stake In Bond Trading Portal
27/03/2002 IRS Offshore Credit Card Tax Evasion Investigation Extended
27/03/2002 Bank Of China Buys Hong Kong E-Broker
26/03/2002 Guaranteed-Return Funds Boom In Hong Kong
22/03/2002 HSBC May Launch Retail Hedge Funds In SAR
22/03/2002 Andersen To Join PWC In Hong Kong
21/03/2002 Forbes Applauds SAR For Not Imposing Sales Tax
21/03/2002 PCCW Turns The Corner
20/03/2002 BritCham Calls For More Targeted HK-China Agreement
20/03/2002 E*Trade Meets HKMA To Discuss Online Banking Expansion
19/03/2002 Hong Kong Edges Towards Liberalising Hedge Funds
18/03/2002 Hong Kong Gets Thumbs Up
18/03/2002 Andersen Seeks Hong Kong Partner
15/03/2002 HK Multinationals Warn Over Exclusion From CEPA Deals
14/03/2002 Hong Kong Wants Tax Free Exports To Mainland China
14/03/2002 Hong Kong Passes Securities And Futures Bill
13/03/2002 Chinese Mainland Nipping At SAR's Heels
13/03/2002 China May Allow Investment Into Hong Kong Shares
12/03/2002 Hong Kong On The Verge Of Relaxing Hedge Fund Marketing
12/03/2002 Guangdong Governor Says Not In Competition With Hong Kong
11/03/2002 Bank Of China Drops New York Listing
08/03/2002 Negative Reactions To Hong Kong's Feeble Budget
07/03/2002 Hong Kong Budget Contains Few Surprises
07/03/2002 Cathay Pacific Hit By September 11 Attacks
06/03/2002 Hong Kong Jockey Club Warns Against Betting Duty Increases
06/03/2002 US Eases Rules For Some Foreign Banks
05/03/2002 HK Demonstrators Stage Tax Increase Protest
05/03/2002 E*Trade To Offer Online Banking In Hong Kong
04/03/2002 Property Tax Recommendations Affect HK Stocks
04/03/2002 Shenzhen May Compete Against Hong Kong With Tax Cuts
01/03/2002 KPMG Calls For Sales Tax Introduction
01/03/2002 Rivals Say PCCW Is Obstructing Telecoms Liberalisation
28/02/2002 Hong Kong Launches Residency Scheme For (Very) High Net Worth Investors
27/02/2002 Hong Kong Brokers Face Tighter Regulation
26/02/2002 HK Financial Secretary Soothes Tax Hike Fears
26/02/2002 CzechInvest Sets Out Its Stall In Hong Kong
25/02/2002 Government Report Sounds Alarm Over HK Fiscal Reserves
22/02/2002 Hong Kong's SFC Shilly-Shallies Over Hedge Funds
22/02/2002 Honk Kong's Tradelink To Float In September
21/02/2002 Tung Chee-Hwa To Serve Second Term As HK Chief Executive
21/02/2002 Hong Kong Official Rejects Call To Reduce Taxes
19/02/2002 EU Trade Commissioner Tells Southeast Asia To Open Markets
19/02/2002 China's Central Bank Chief Strengthens Hong Kong Links
15/02/2002 Accountants Warn HK Government Over Sales Tax Plan
14/02/2002 China Says It Would Bale Out Hong Kong In A Crisis
07/02/2002 Hong Kong Chief Positive As Confidence Slumps
04/02/2002 HK Tax Experts Warn Deficit Poses Threat To Investor Confidence
01/02/2002 Hong Kong Chief Secretary Addresses FATF Meeting
31/01/2002 SAR Losing Edge, Says Survey
31/01/2002 PwC Estimates $50bn Hong Kong Deficit
29/01/2002 Bank Expresses Concerns Over HK Economic Recovery
29/01/2002 FATF Announces Agenda For January 30 Meeting
28/01/2002 Hong Kong H-Share Liquidation Raises Difficult Issues
28/01/2002 China And Hong Kong Hold Free Trade Talks
25/01/2002 Hong Kong Economists Would Accept Tax Increases
25/01/2002 Hong Kong Defers Authorisation Of Hedge Funds
24/01/2002 Shenzhen SEZ Output Reaches 300bn Yuan
23/01/2002 Hong Kong May Force Unveiling Of Directors' Pay
22/01/2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive Admits Serious Economic Problems
22/01/2002 Venture Capital IPO Pulled In Hong Kong
21/01/2002 Hong Kong Government On The Coals Over Budget Deficit
16/01/2002 Discussions Between HK And China Over Free Trade Area To Take Place Soon
16/01/2002 PCCW Issues Bonds To Intel
15/01/2002 Greater Integration Between Hong Kong And China Urged
15/01/2002 Hong Kong Floats Manufacturing Zone Idea
10/01/2002 DBS TD Waterhouse Launches Online Trading Service In Hong Kong
09/01/2002 PwC Predicts That SAR Budget Deficit Will Last For Three More Years
08/01/2002 Calls Continue For Broader Tax Base In Hong Kong
08/01/2002 Outlook Good For HK Hedge Funds In 2002
07/01/2002 HKMA Chief Says Hong Kong Currency Peg Is Secure
04/01/2002 PCCW Cuts 400 Jobs In London
03/01/2002 25% Of HK Stockbrokers May Face Axe In April
03/01/2002 Hong Kong Budget Deficit Increases
02/01/2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive Lauds SAR's WTO Opportunity

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