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Asia Pulp & Paper Co. has reportedly entered the bidding for a stake in Vinda International Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed tissue maker. The Indonesian pulp producer has submitted a preliminary proposal to buy Vinda stock from its majority owner, Essity AB, at a price of over HK$20 per share. APP already sells tissues in China under various brands. Other potential suitors may also emerge, and there is no certainty that APP will proceed with a binding bid. Vinda owns one of China's top tissue brands and also produces products for feminine care, baby care, and incontinence. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses various events and auctions related to banknotes. Spink & Son is holding a series of charity auctions featuring new King Charles III banknotes, with proceeds going to charity. The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) London Branch hosted an Educational Forum with presentations on various topics related to banknotes. Stack's Bowers and Ponterio Hong Kong had a successful world paper money sale, breaking their previous record. Additionally, upcoming auctions by Warwick & Warwick and Noonans are mentioned. The article also mentions the upcoming 12th edition of the Banknote Yearbook. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has been struggling with a shortage of face masks to protect against the coronavirus outbreak. Vinda International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed toilet paper producer, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday, nor did some of Hong Kong's supermarket chains. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has been struggling with a shortage of face masks to protect against the coronavirus outbreak. Vinda International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed toilet paper producer, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment sent after office hours, nor did some of Hong Kong's supermarket chains. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- In the high-stakes world of gift giving in Asia's financial hubs, Montblanc pens and leather folios are out -- toilet paper and surgical masks are most definitely in. The Singapore arm of online trading provider IG Group went viral after handing out party packs with 3M Co. N95 face masks, digital thermometers and bottles of Dettol antiseptic. [Extracted from the article]

A new study conducted by researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University explores the relationship between mental health and well-being in the context of tourism. The study conducted a comprehensive review of existing literature on topics such as mental health, well-being, memorable experiences, emotions, community well-being, wellness tourism, and sustainable development. The research identifies several new research directions for different subjects, including tourists, employees, and the community. The study aims to provide a holistic understanding of the research landscape surrounding mental health and well-being in tourism. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese question-and-answer website Zhihu Inc., which went public in the U.S. in March this year, is said to be considering another initial public offering in Hong Kong, local media the Paper reported Saturday. Zhihu told the Paper an ownership change is standard practice for Chinese companies that list overseas, and the major shareholders and their stakes in the company are unchanged. [Extracted from the article]

Relates author's revisit to Hong Kong and his attempts to keep the memories intact and unchanged. Pursuit of the ferry the same way he did in the 1960s; Reliving; Visit to old friend and tailor George Chen; Paper patterns as symbols of constancy in author's lifetime of constant change.

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong authorities are deliberating whether to curtail public access to the messaging service Telegram, the Sing Tao Daily reported, potentially reviving fears the former British colony is moving closer toward Beijing-style internet controls. In September, Hong Kong strengthened data privacy laws to prevent doxxing, a move that spooked big tech giants. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has received the first access to financial audits from mainland Chinese companies, an issue that has vexed relations between the U.S. and China and threatens to lead to the delisting in New York of giants such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. As part of a 2019 understanding with the Chinese Finance Ministry, the Hong Kong Financial Reporting Council has now obtained the first batch of audit papers from mainland China, becoming the first offshore regulator to break through the state secrecy barrier. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the protests against the extradition bill by residents of Hong Kong, China. Topics discussed include papered around construction sites, in underpasses, with memos stuck all over their body; idealistic student versus experienced pragmatist, idle youth versus taxpayer; and formations with pictures of pro-Beijing politicians forming the squares.

The article reports that the London Stock Exchange is likely to gain its first paper company after Bilt Paper of India chose the exchange over Hong Kong and Singapore for its initial public offering (IPO) worth more than 330 million U.S. dollars. Bilt Paper aims to gain access to sector specialists in Europe and emerging market investors in Great Britain. The company is owned by listed Indian group Ballarpur Industries and private equity investors Lathe Investment.

On Thursday, Hong Kong police arrested five senior staff at the media organization and froze HK$18 million ($2.3 million) in company assets. (Bloomberg) -- The board of Next Digital Ltd., which publishes Hong Kong's Apple Daily, will meet on Monday to decide whether to shut down the pro-democracy newspaper, according to a top adviser to owner Jimmy Lai, after police arrested top editors and froze its bank accounts. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will have to achieve a vaccination rate of at least 80% before it will consider reopening its borders to mainland China and the international community thereafter, The Standard reported, citing a top government official. Hong Kong has been working toward the reopening of the border with mainland China as both continue to enforce a Covid-Zero strategy of eliminating the virus within their borders. [Extracted from the article]

A paper tycoon and his wife are reported to have made Hong Kong's most expensive luxury property purchase this year, paying HK$1.45 billion ($180 million) for a nine-apartment complex in Repulse Bay. The deal comes as Hong Kong's property market makes a comeback: prices have climbed for 10 straight weeks, rebounding from a slide that began last August. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Next Digital Ltd. plans to stop publishing Apple Daily later this week if authorities don't allow access to its bank accounts, and will make a final decision on Friday, the pro-democracy newspaper reported on Monday. The newspaper, which cheered on Hong Kong's unprecedented pro-democracy protests in 2019, has been under increasing pressure since China imposed a national security law on the city last year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- China replaced the head of its top agency overseeing Hong Kong, in the latest shakeup after months of anti-government protests in the Asian financial hub. Zhang Xiaoming will be replaced as director of the Hong Kong & Macau Affairs Office by top national political adviser Xia Baolong, China's State Council said in a statement Thursday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- China replaced the head of its top agency overseeing Hong Kong, in the latest shakeup after months of anti-government protests in the Asian financial hub. Zhang Xiaoming will be replaced as director of the Hong Kong & Macau Affairs Office by top national political adviser Xia Baolong, China's State Council said in a statement Thursday. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on recycling prices in Hong Kong with expected to drop in recycling process. Topics discussed include bracing for buildup of cardboard waste; according to Hong Kong Recycle Materials and Reproduction Business General Association for cutting the price to pay local waste exporter; and build up landfill with recycling prices to drop a new two decade low.

Xia Baolong, 67, the vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, will replace Zhang Xiaoming as director of the Hong Kong & Macau Affairs Office, the State Council said Thursday. "The reshuffling at this interesting moment may point to a deep distrust from Xi Jinping toward the former faction dealing with Hong Kong affairs", said Sonny Lo, a Hong Kong-based academic and political commentator. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- China named an official known for tearing crosses from the roofs of churches to lead the agency that oversees Hong Kong, in the biggest shakeup yet after months of unrest. "The reshuffling at this interesting moment may point to a deep distrust from Xi Jinping toward the former faction dealing with Hong Kong affairs", said Sonny Lo, a Hong Kong-based academic and political commentator. [Extracted from the article]

Prices closed at 51.23 yuan a metric ton at the end of trading Friday, with 4.1 million tons of trades conducted, according to the official WeChat account of the carbon market. Keywords: 386@HK; 836@HK; 857@HK; VRSK; ALTNRG; ASIA; BASIC; BUSINESS; CHINA; CHM; CLIMATE; CMD; COS; ELC; EUROPE; GOV; HK; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; NRG; OIL; UTI; WORLD EN 386@HK 836@HK 857@HK VRSK ALTNRG ASIA BASIC BUSINESS CHINA CHM CLIMATE CMD COS ELC EUROPE GOV HK INDUSTRIES MARKETS NRG OIL UTI WORLD China's national carbon market opened with a flurry of trades that sent prices surging, yet it'll be years before the system helps the top polluting nation curb its emissions. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that China Sunshine Paper Holdings Co. Ltd. has been listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. in Hong Kong, China on November 29, 2007. According to the report, the global offering of Sunshine Paper comprises 100 million shares, wherein 90 million shares will initially be offered to professional, institutional and other investors through international placing, while the remaining 10 million shares will initially be offered to the public.

Hong Kong companies, which are often family-run, have been using various means to artificially inflate their share prices, according to Jie Gan, a Hong Kong-based finance professor at Beijing's Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, who was speaking generally. The paper billionaires' companies were dropped from the indexes compiled by FTSE Russell, MSCI Inc. and Hong Kong's Hang Seng, when they began announcing in 2015 that companies flagged by Hong Kong's regulator would no longer be eligible. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: 10182Z; 1710Z@SW; 3240627Z; 340949Z; 5091Z; BABA; BIDU; JD; NTES; YUMC; ALLTOP; ASIA; BUSINESS; CHINA; CONS; CONSD; COS; GOV; HAR; HK; INDUSTRIES; INTERNET; MARKETS; NORTHAM; STK; SVC; TEC; TMT; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPAS EN 10182Z 1710Z@SW 3240627Z 340949Z 5091Z BABA BIDU JD NTES YUMC ALLTOP ASIA BUSINESS CHINA CONS CONSD COS GOV HAR HK INDUSTRIES INTERNET MARKETS NORTHAM STK SVC TEC TMT TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPAS US regulators have picked companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Netease Inc. in the first batch of inspections after reaching a deal with China to end a decades-long impasse over access to audit papers of Chinese firms listed in New York. A Deloitte spokeswoman said the firm doesn't comment on clients or on any specific company's matters. Unlike multiple state-owned firms that are voluntarily exiting New York exchanges, they're also privately controlled firms with powerful American investors. [Extracted from the article]

A Deloitte spokeswoman said the firm doesn't comment on clients or on any specific company's matters. Keywords: 10182Z; 1710Z@SW; 3240627Z; 340949Z; 5091Z; BABA; BIDU; JD; NTES; YUMC; ALLTOP; ASIA; ASIATOP; BUSINESS; CHINA; CONS; CONSD; COS; GOV; HAR; HK; INDUSTRIES; INTERNET; MARKETS; NORTHAM; STK; SVC; TEC; TMT; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPAS EN 10182Z 1710Z@SW 3240627Z 340949Z 5091Z BABA BIDU JD NTES YUMC ALLTOP ASIA ASIATOP BUSINESS CHINA CONS CONSD COS GOV HAR HK INDUSTRIES INTERNET MARKETS NORTHAM STK SVC TEC TMT TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPAS US regulators have picked companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Netease Inc. in the first batch of inspections after reaching a deal with China to end a decades-long impasse over access to audit papers of Chinese firms listed in New York. The audit firms are summoning relevant staff back to Hong Kong, preparing top management, IT and internal control teams to greet the inspection team. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents information on a police raid of the offices of "Apple Daily", a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, China, on June 17, 2021. Topics discussed include the detention of the paper's top editors and staff and confiscation of files and hard drives, the decision of feature writer Shirley Leung and her colleagues to continue to write and publish stories despite the incident, the reason behind the raid, and the implications of the assault for the country's democracy movement.

(Bloomberg) -- The suspect in a Taiwan murder case that sparked Hong Kong's biggest political crisis in decades is willing to turn himself in to Taiwanese authorities, a Hong Kong newspaper reported. Chan Tong-kai, a Hong Kong man who has been accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend during a Valentine's Day trip to Taiwan, is ready to return to the island and surrender after his release from jail on a related money-laundering charge, the Sing Tao Daily reported Friday. "The pastor eventually convinced him to agree in principle to surrender himself in Taiwan, although Chan hoped that he would not be sentenced to death by Taiwan authorities", the newspaper said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The Communist Party's flagship newspaper criticized Apple Inc's decision to approve an app that shows police activity in Hong Kong and to allow its iTunes store to carry a song that's become a rallying cry for demonstrators in the midst of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests. The change was implemented via software on iPhones sold in Hong Kong and Macau after Apple released new versions of its iOS 13 operating system. [Extracted from the article]

Presents several photographs of the fire rituals by Daoists and Buddhists in Hong Kong, China. Information on the religious aspects of fire and smoke; Materials used in fire rituals; Purpose of burning a paper house.

The article reports on the plan of Hong Kong, China-based paper and packaging producer Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. (LMPM) to build a containerboard mill in Vietnam. LMPM will use proceeds from an issuance of shares, which is expected to raise $187 million. The company aims to start the new operation in the last quarter of 2008 or the first quarter of 2009.

According to local media reports, the arrested individual is Fung Wai-kong, the managing editor and chief opinion writer of the now-defunct pro-democracy paper Apple Daily. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that preparations for initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong, China have continued strongly all summer, with sellers undeterred by the anxieties that have haunted debt and equity traders around the world. There are currently 10 IPOs, either in marketing or premarketing, expected to raise nearly $6 billion. The Hang Seng Property index is up about a third in 2007, as investors have clambered aboard stocks that are being propelled by China's rapid economic growth and urbanisation.

Announces the decision of Hong Kong, China to issue new bank notes.

The article reports on the developments in the operation of German firm KfW, including plans to raise 70-75 billion euros in 2013. According to the company's head of capital markets, Horst Seissinger, they expect higher interest in their bond issuances in 2013. Seissiner said that they will still focus on Asian currencies, particularly on Hong Kong and Singapore dollars.

The article reports on the plan of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. to commission PM 15 and PM 16 paper machines in Hong Kong, China in 2009. It states that PM 16 will create recycled containerboard and PM 15 will make 400,000 tons per year of kraft linerboard. It claims that the production capacity of the company will total to 180,000 tons of pulp and 5.45 million tons of paper.

The company's flagship paper, Apple Daily, closed its newsroom last week after its assets were frozen by the Hong Kong government under the city's national security law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on an article published in the June 10, 2014 issue of "South China Morning Post," which reported on the issuance by the State Council of the People's Republic of China of a white paper on the one country two, systems issue in Hong Kong, China. Topics covered include the determination of China to maintain control in Hong Kong amid the debate over political reform, and the warning by China against outside forces that will use Hong Kong to interfere in China's affairs.

The article focuses on the Hong Kong's most profitable newspaper "The South China Morning Post." Publisher of an English-language daily with a circulation of just 110,000 in a city that's 97% Chinese, South China Morning Post (Holdings) Ltd. earned $68 million--after taxes--on $118 million in revenues in the fiscal year 1992. In late 1986 to early 1987, the owners sold the paper to Media Tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. In buying the Post, Murdoch saw something that escaped the sellers: a tight labor market and a surging middle class of Chinese job-hoppers who eagerly pored over the Post's classified help-wanted advertisements. Since Murdoch acquired the Post, classified lineage has nearly trebled and rates have been almost doubled. Such large employers as Hongkong Bank and Cathay Pacific are virtually permanent job advertisers.

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong plans to expand scrutiny on capital flows and transactions by Chinese officials, according to a recent consultation paper on anti-money laundering. As part of the proposals, Hong Kong seeks to tighten requirements for virtual asset trading operations and introduce a two-tier registration regime for business dealings in precious-asset-based instruments, according to the consultation paper. [Extracted from the article]

According to a survey by Bank of America Corp., concerns about a systemic credit event are increasing among fund managers due to issues in global property markets. About one in six respondents consider this to be the biggest risk facing markets, up from one in eleven in December. The disquiet is particularly focused on US commercial real estate and Chinese property markets. The Federal Reserve's potential interest rate cuts to alleviate pressure on real estate have been hindered by higher-than-expected inflation numbers. Smaller banks are at risk of default rates in their commercial real estate loan books, while larger banks are considered more stable. A 10% default rate on commercial real estate loans could result in $80 billion in additional bank losses, leaving over 300 smaller regional banks at risk of solvency runs. The Federal Reserve is working with lenders to address expected losses, and regulators are ensuring that loan-loss reserves and liquidity levels are sufficient. The survey found that nearly 40% of fund managers see US commercial real estate as the most likely source of a credit event, while 22% see Chinese real estate as the biggest threat. The turmoil has also affected German lenders with exposure to US commercial real estate. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the collaboration agreement between Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. and Nippon Paper Industries Co. in Hongkong, China after the former sold 455 million dollars worth of share to the latter.