Hong Kong marks 15 years since Chinese handover. 30 June 2012Last updated at 23:58 ET Hu Jintao offered greetings to the people of Hong Kong Hong Kong has begun marking the 15th anniversary since its handover from UK to Chinese control.
Chinese President Hu Jintao is leading the main events. He earlier swore in businessman CY Leung as the territory's new leader. China loosens grip on yuan investment in Hong Kong. 6 February 2012Last updated at 16:35 By Juliana Liu Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News Foreign investors are keen to invest directly in shares in Chinese firms.
Open art studios in Hong Kong : Arts & Architecture, Hong Kong. In the outer reaches of Hong Kong, pockets of old industrial buildings are a reminder of the city's manufacturing heyday, before the region’s factory work relocated to mainland China in the 1980s.
But the run-down, grey blocks did not remain vacant for long. In an effort to find affordable space, cash-poor creative types flocked to former industrial centres like Kwun Tong, Wong Chuk Hang and Fo Tan, turning former meatpacking warehouses and textile storage facilities into low-cost studios, showrooms and boutiques.