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The article examines a controversy among securities traders, members of and employees of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong, China over a proposal by the exchange to shorten the break in trading taken for lunch from 90 minutes to one hour. It is noted that no major stock exchange in a Western country has a midday break in trading. Choi Chen Po-sun, a woman stockbroker leading the protest of the proposal, states that lunch is a Chinese tradition.

The article discusses comments from Martin Wheatley, the departing head of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, China. Wheatley urged that investors be cautious about investing in China, noting that a bull market in Chinese stocks was reminiscent of a mania for U.S. Internet companies in the late 1990s that ultimately collapsed.

The article discusses developments in the struggle for the assets of ailing casino mogul Stanley Ho. In a televised statement in Hong Kong, China, Ho explained how he wants his assets distributed among two of his several wives, and the five children of a different wife. Angela Ho, a daughter of Ho whose family has been left out of his plans, has contested the proposed division of assets. Stanley Ho owns 18% of holding company SJM Holdings Ltd.

The article discusses remarks made by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) futures commission chief Ashley Adler in 2012 concerning initial public offering (IPO) rules for bankers in Hong Kong.

The article reports on the agreement reached by Hong Kong, China regulators with the local retail-banking unit of Citigroup Inc. under which the bank will offer to buy Lehman Brothers-related products from investors.

The article reports on the compromise between Hong Kong and Beijing, China that led to the approval of the election law overhaul in the former on June 25, 2010.