HKTB Terminates Travel Merchant Credentials
The Hong Kong Tourism Board says that it has revoked the credentials from three some merchants under the Quality Tourism Services scheme.
July 2007
Dell China Reveals Retail Plan
Amit Midha, co-president of Dell China, has told local media that Dell will expand rapidly to the fourth and fifth tier cities in China and to carry out its retail plan before China's National Day…
St. Regis Plans Third China Property
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts is soon adding its third property in China, the St. Regis Hotel, Tianjin.
Voluntary Notification Scheme For Meat Importers To Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety is going to launch a pre-statutory voluntary notification scheme for game, meat and poultry meat importers and distributors on August 1.
Average Wages Of Chinese Urban Workers Continue To Increase
In the first half year of 2007, the average wage of on-duty staff and workers in urban areas reached RMB10,990, a year-on-year increase of 18.5 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China.
Starbucks Raises China Prices
Starbucks has announced that it will increase prices for its goods by about 9 cents in the United States, but it has already raised prices in China.
Suzhou Welcomes First Franchised 24K Hotel
24K Hotel has now turned its eyes to Suzhou and has opened a franchise hotel there.
Chinese Raids End Aspirations For Software Counterfeiting Syndicate
Microsoft says raids and arrests in China over the past two weeks mark the culmination of a multiyear investigation into a major software counterfeiting syndicate based in Guangdong.
White Rabbit Creamy Candies Exports Resume
News from Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Group is that the 10 containers of White Rabbit Creamy Candies that had been halted at customs for containing suspected formaldehyde, are now being exported to the destination countries.
EU's Green Barrier Forcing Fujian Electronics To Spend
The European Union's Energy-using Products legislation, to be enforced by each of the European Union member countries starting August 1, is reportedly forcing Fujian's electronics sector to increase costs.