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#China - Country Garden faces fresh test for onshore bond extensions

> #HONGKONG: Embattled developer #CountryGarden faces a new round of voting by creditors to extend several debt maturities on Monday (Sep 11)

> Country Garden, one of the few large Chinese developers that have not defaulted on debt obligations, has been facing liquidity pressure with reduced available funds as sales plunged, its interim financial statements show.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/china-country-garden-new-round-voting-creditors-extend-onshore-bonds-3761081

🆕 🎢 Ouverture le 20 novembre 2023 pour la nouvelle zone World of #Frozen de #HongKong #Disneyland. Elle comprendra entre autres, une montagne russe et un parcours scénique ➡️ https://bit.ly/3hfJfOh #themeparks #disney

@GordonFawks @Hawkwinter PRECISELY!

Ideally noone would need a car becaise #PublicTransport would be so #affordable, #accessible and #comfortable that driving a #car is a massive #downgrade.

Like in #Singapore, #Hongkong, #Tokyo and #Amsterdam...

We invite you to step into the quirky and menacing world created by author Jeffrey Eaton. All Dalton Lee mystery thrillers are now available for all e-book formats.

The hardcover for our latest, "Murder Becomes Macau," will be available soon. murderbecomes.com

#DaltonLee #MurderBecomes #JeffreyEaton #Macau #HongKong #MysteryThriller #Detective #Architect #Architecture #Terrorists #TheOrganization #O

Hong Kong, Shenzhen deluged by heaviest rain on record

> The heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago drenched Asian financial hub #HongKong on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 100, media reported, as unusually wet weather caused by typhoons brought more disruption to southern #China

> Videos showed water cascading down steep hillsides in the former British colony, flooding waist-deep in narrow streets [..] malls, metro stations and tunnels
https://archive.ph/2023.09.08-123044/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-hong-kong-shenzhen-deluged-by-heaviest-rain-on-record/

HSBC to halt corporate remittances to and from Russia

> HSBC Group will halt remittance services to and from #Russia and #Belarus for its corporate clients next month as financial institutions respond to Western sanctions over the #UkraineWar

> The British financial services group [..] in #HongKong, sent letters in the past month notifying business customers that it would no longer process commercial payments starting Oct. 27..."
https://archive.fo/2023.09.08-061725/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finance/HSBC-to-halt-corporate-remittances-to-and-from-Russia

"Stärkste Regenfälle seit 1884:

Straßen verwandelten sich in reißende Flüsse, U-Bahnen wurden überflutet: In #Hongkong fiel in einer Stunde so viel Wasser vom Himmel wie noch nie seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen und es könnte weitergehen."

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/hongkong-verzeichnet-staerkste-regenfaelle-seit-1884-a-04a101f7-579f-4ee9-abd8-18dc9d8c4413

Hong Kong was hit by a sudden deluge of heavy rainfall on Thursday night and into the early hours of Friday (September 8), resulting in widespread flooding that transformed streets into rivers and submerged dozens of vehicles.
#AureFreePress #GlobalWarming #climatechange #hongkong

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-record-breaking-rain-and-flash-floods-in-hong-kong/

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Hong Kong - 158.1mm of rain fell between 11pm and midnight
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3233782/hong-kong-observatory-issues-red-rainstorm-alert-warns-significant-road-flooding

#weather #climate #HongKong #ChunderRoad

3 new #PoliticalPrisoners in #HongKong on Wed, all related to the notorious police attacks at Prince Edward MTR station, Aug 31, 2019:
-1 for obstructing police (grabbing a cop apprehending a citizen)
-2 for possessing offensive weapons (laser pointers)
https://bit.ly/3Z6m5jC

Hong Kong court urges new framework for same-sex unions

> Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Sham scored a partial victory before Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday, with the judges acknowledging the need for a framework to legally recognize same-sex partnerships formed abroad.
https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-court-urges-new-framework-for-same-sex-unions/a-66723029 #lgbtq #hongkong #china

"Murder Becomes Macau" is the fourth mystery thriller from the publishing company I co-own with Jeffrey Eaton, the author of these Dalton Lee mysteries: https://murderbecomes.com/macau.html

The books are not about a murder, really. They are about finding the murderer in time to prevent a heinous act of terror. The architecture-rich locales in Eaton’s books always factor in. You'll find out why...

#DaltonLee #MurderBecomes #JeffreyEaton #Macau #HongKong #MysteryThriller #Detective #Architect #Terrorists

My thought are for my lovely friend Ink, who is in Hong Kong, in the path of a really terrifying typhoon #HongKong

Please try to keep safe!

"#HongKong has grounded flights, shut down its stock market and closed schools as super #TyphoonSaola (#Goring) barrels towards #China’s southern coast.

The finance hub issued a T8 threat warning – the city’s third-highest – at about 2:40am local time on Friday (18:40 GMT on Thursday).)

Hong Kong grounds flights, shuts schools as super Typhoon Saola nears | Weather News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/1/hong-kong-grounds-flights-shuts-schools-as-super-typhoon-saola-nears

Two arrested in Hong Kong for 'foreign collusion

>The two men, who authorities did not name, were linked to the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund", a now-defunct group that helped pay legal and medical costs for people arrested during the 2019 protests.
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/667450/international/rest-of-the-world/two-arrested-in-hong-kong-for-foreign-collusion #China #HongKong

Andrew Chan, a Hong Konger currently living in Australia, was forced to delete an article from the website he edits after his family in Hong Kong was threatened by police. He has now shut down his organisation which promoted Cantonese language and culture

#HongKong #China #HumanRights #Cantonese

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-30/fiction-hong-kong-national-security-law-andrew-chan-search/102788164

US photographer Matthew Connors has been denied entry to Hong Kong for the second time after documenting 2019 protests

#HongKong #China #SurveillanceState

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-interview-photographer-08292023170220.html

Morning Hong Kong by Fabrizio Massetti

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxeMC_zHWi00

#cityscape #cina #hongkong #backlit #building #fabriziomassetti #sunrise #sun #sunlight #sunset #flickr