You might not have caught the news from early in the week about a possible acquisition of a Chinese brewery by beer colossus InBev-AB. I didn’t see much coverage of the deal, and to be honest, it is a fairly run-of-the-mill M&A transaction that probably means little to folks outside of the beer/beverage market. Moreover, the story […]

See if you can figure out what all this means: Local television should broadcast an English-language legal program to make foreign residents more aware of Chinese law, a partner from a local law firm proposed Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Shanghai People’s Congress. “If Shanghai wants to become an international finance and shipping […]

A Mainland woman has been jailed for a year by Sha Tin Magistracy for fraud.

She was sentenced today after pleading guilty to lying to an immigration officer and attempting to obtain services by deception.

The Immigration Department found the 28-year-old married a Hong Kong permanent resident in May last year and obtained the Confirmation Certificate on Delivery Booking from a private hospital for child birth.

She was intercepted at China Ferry Terminal on December 12, and showed the certificate to an immigration officer, saying she had come to visit her husband. She claimed the husband was the natural father of her expected baby.

The department doubted the woman’s claim and refused her entry.

In a subsequent investigation she admitted the natural father of her baby was her Mainland ex-husband, proving she falsely told immigration officers that her resident husband was the natural father to gain entry into Hong Kong.

She also admitted to telling the same lie to the private hospital when reserving the confinement services to facilitate her delivery in Hong Kong.

The Monetary Authority today issued an alert about fraudulent website www.crystalgatetrustb.com. 

The site is operated by an alleged "Crystalgate Trust Bank", which claims that it offers various banking services in Hong Kong.

The alleged bank is not authorised under the Banking Ordinance to conduct banking business or the business of taking deposits in Hong Kong, nor does it have the approval to establish a local representative office.

The authority has reported the case to Police.

Anyone who has provided personal information to the site or conducted financial transactions through it should call Police on 2860 5012.

The Immigration Department has arrested 22 Mainlanders for breaching their conditions of stay by being involved in parallel goods trading.

Officers raided a number of blackspots for parallel goods trading in Sheung Shui today, including Po Shek Wu Road, Po Wan Road, San Wan Road, and Choi Yuen Road.

They arrested the culprits, aged 22 to 59, and seized large amounts of nappies, milk powder, sweets, health food, and electronic products.

Visitors are not allowed to take up employment in Hong Kong, whether paid or unpaid, without the department’s permission.

Customs officers have arrested a 36-year-old man at the airport who was carrying 7kg of cocaine worth $8.2 million.

Upon his arrival from Bolivia yesterday, officers found the drugs in false compartments in his luggage.

He will be charged with drug trafficking and will appear in Tsuen Wan Magistracy today.