The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) is holding a hearing this Thursday in Washington, DC on the above subject. Among those testifying will be Prof. Paul Gillis, the author of the excellent China Accounting Blog. His testimony is…
2013-03-06
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) is holding a hearing this Thursday in Washington, DC on the above subject. Among those testifying will be Prof. Paul Gillis, the author of the excellent China Accounting Blog. His testimony is…
2013-03-06
Customs officers have arrested a 41-year-old driver for attempting to smuggle electronics worth $1.9 million at Lok Ma Chau control point.
The officers stopped his truck around 7pm yesterday and found 10 cartons more than the 149 that were declared.
The undeclared goods included 320 tablet computers, 75 smartphones and 40 digital cameras.
2013-03-06
A restaurant employing two illegal workers was fined $80,000 at Shatin Magistrates' Courts today.
During a crackdown on illegal work on November 19, two former domestic helpers found working at the restaurant as a waitress and a cleaner were arrested.
The workers were charged with breaching conditions of stay, and the restaurant was charged with two counts of employing a person not lawfully employable, with a fine of $40,000 for each.
2013-03-06
The Immigration Department and Police today arrested five men and two women Mainland visitors, aged 32 to 59, in an anti-illegal employment crackdown in Sheung Shui.
They were arrested for breaching their conditions of stay by being involved in suspected parallel goods trading in San Fung Avenue in Sheung Shui.
Officers seized large amounts of baby food and diapers.
Visitors are not allowed to take up employment in Hong Kong, whether paid or unpaid, without the Immigration Department's permission.
2013-03-06
First ghost weddings; now ghost cities. Ghost cities in China have been in the news a lot lately. The term refers to places like Ordos in Inner Mongolia, where a vast expanse of residential and office buildings lies uninhabited, the…
2013-03-06
First ghost weddings; now ghost cities. Ghost cities in China have been in the news a lot lately. The term refers to places like Ordos in Inner Mongolia, where a vast expanse of residential and office buildings lies uninhabited, the…
2013-03-06
This heading is, alas, not my own. It comes from my colleague, Jonathan Turley, to whom I forwarded this item knowing that he could say something wittier about it than I could.
2013-03-06
This heading is, alas, not my own. It comes from my colleague, Jonathan Turley, to whom I forwarded this item knowing that he could say something wittier about it than I could.