Really entertaining story from Reuters on the whole Garth Peterson corruption scandal. It's an in-depth look at one man's attempt to make as many high-level government contacts as is humanly possible in order to do as many real estate deals as possible. Gordon Gecko would be proud of this dude.
In the end, Garth Peterson, a [...]
I don't know about you, but despite all those rosy scenario stories out there in the press today following releases of various bits of economic data (hint: the numbers are on the way up), this news makes me a bit queasy:
China's urban housing prices rose in October by the largest amount in more than [...]
One of the overarching themes in my FDI Law class is the importance of understanding government policy. A lawyer can be quite competent just by learning the law, but if that lawyer can also understand government policy and its relationship to the content of laws and regulations, he/she can be a real expert. It's also [...]
The Law Reform Commission is seeking views on its proposal to introduce a mechanism for multi-party litigation in Hong Kong.
Joel Martinsen of the great site about Chinese media, advertising, urban life and many more fascinating subjects, Danwei.org, has a great blog about 'Painted plagiarism of push-up photograph' read here.
Police have issued 181 fixed penalty tickets and 132 summonses to motorists and pedestrians violating traffic laws in east Kowloon.