Press Digest: Hong Kong - Sept 25

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25/09/2015 02:31

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Following are some of the leading 
stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not 
verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.   
     
    SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST     
    - JD.com  JD.O , China's second-largest e-commerce services 
provider by sales, is gearing up to expand operations across 
Asia and pursue potential international investments after 
opening its new office in Hong Kong, said its chief human 
resources officer and general counsel Rain Long. (http://bit.ly/1KFfXQY) 
   - Former chief justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang spoke out in 
defence of judicial independence in Hong Kong and called on 
Beijing to refrain from overriding judgements of the top court. 
(http://bit.ly/1Oxigvu) 
    - More than 1,000 people have signed up to take part in a 
Facebook event, "Let's bring our musical instruments to take 
MTR"  0066.HK , on October 3 after a university student was 
threatened with a HK$2,000 ($258.07) fine for carrying a cello - 
 extra-large musical instrument - onto the train. (http://bit.ly/1Vcj5OG) 
     
     
    THE STANDARD 
    - Hong Kong billionaire and casino magnate Lui Che-woo on 
Thursday set up what could be the largest prize in the world - 
HK$2 billion ($258.07 million)- to recognize individuals or 
organizations that have made contributions to advancing 
civilization. (http://bit.ly/1OxiQth) 
    - Some parts of the artificial island to be used for the 
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project might have moved but it is 
safe overall, said Hong Kong's Director of Highways Lau 
Ka-keung, responding to reports that some parts of the 
150-hectare island built for the bridge's boundary crossing 
facilities had been moving by as much as seven metres. (http://bit.ly/1NXzFxu) 
    - An unprecedented 2,000 objections on voter registrations 
were lodged this year, up from the previous record high of 86, 
Electoral Affairs Commission chairman Barnabas Fung Wah said. (http://bit.ly/1YEr32f) 
     
    HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL  
    - New World Development  0017.HK  Chairman Kar-Shun Cheng 
said Hong Kong home prices might fall as much as 10 percent in 
the coming one year on increasing land supply and a U.S. rate 
hike. The company is targeting HK$10 billion Hong Kong property 
sales in the coming financial year, 42 percent less than last 
year.  
 
     
    HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES 
    - The Hong Kong government is expected to roll out six land 
parcels, involving 3,840 buildable units, when it announces its 
land sale plan for the new quarter next week, the most in seven 
quarters.  
     
    For Chinese newspapers, see............... PRESS/CN    
     
($1 = 7.7498 Hong Kong dollars) 
 
 (Compiled by Clare Jim in Hong Kong; ; Editing by Biju 
Dwarakanath) 
 ((clare.jim@thomsonreuters.com)(+852 2912 6653)(Reuters 
Messaging: clare.jim.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
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