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Both Hong Kong (the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) and the Republic of Singapore are former British colonies which have maintained trade relations since the 19th century, and have both become an important financial centre, maintaining diplomatic missions and trade offices to further their bilateral relations.
Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-king (Chinese: 曹文錦; 1925 – 12 August 2019) was a Chinese-born entrepreneur who established shipping and textiles businesses in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Tsao took over his family shipping business in Shanghai and moved it to Hong Kong when the Communists took over China. He founded International ...
The Container Committee was appointed by the Governor Sir David Trench on 12 July 1966 to advise the government on the containerisation revolution in cargo handling. In early 1967 the committee declared that Hong Kong had to build the capacity to handle containers, otherwise the territory's economy would suffer and its port would be bypassed in favour of Singapore and Japan. [1]
In Hong Kong and Singapore, due to small domestic markets, domestic prices were linked to international prices. South Korea and Taiwan introduced export incentives for the traded-goods sector. The governments of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan also worked to promote specific exporting industries, which were termed as an export push strategy.
Wong Chuk Hang (Chinese: 黃竹坑) is an elevated MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the eastern section of the South Island line, built on the Staunton Creek Nullah and off the old site of Wong Chuk Hang Estate in Staunton Creek (Chung Mei).
The Singapore branch of Yaohan was a joint venture of Yaohan Department Store Co, Ltd. and Development Bank of Singapore, Singapore Nomura Merchant Bank, Singmanex Pte Ltd and Tiger Pte Ltd. [4] As of 1974, the branch had 550 staff; [4] expanding to 1400 by 1979. [11] The branch also owned the Yaohan trademark for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei ...
A construction worker who murdered his 76-year-old former employer in a frenzied tool attack faces a life sentence in prison for his crimes.. Heber Enoc Diaz, 27, of Pasadena, was convicted as ...
Ng's eldest son Daryl Ng Win Kong was born in Hong Kong in 1978 but holds Singaporean citizenship. [21] He is the deputy chairman of Sino Group [ 22 ] and the Chairman of Yeo Hiap Seng . Ng's eldest daughter, Nikki Ng Mien Hua (黃敏華) attended Yale University as an undergraduate, and went on to receive a master's degree from the University ...