** Shares of property developer Carnival Group International
Holdings Ltd 0996.HK rise as much as 11.3 pct on their fifth
session of gains, their highest since Nov. 2
** Company entered into framework agreement and obtained
support from the People's Government of Jiangbei district to
launch Chongqing Carnival Cultural Tourism Comprehensive
Development and Construction project in Chongqing urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1Y80NO
** Co says the project, comprising cultural tourism complex
with entertainment, hotel, and gymnastic, can help expanding its
cultural tourism business
** Stock down 70.1 pct so far this year as of last close
** Carnival has underperformed the Hang Seng Commerce &
Industry Index sector .HSNC by 10.6 percentage points in the
past one month
((Reuters Messaging:
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