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...Lan Fo’an, China’s finance minister, said on Wednesday that Beijing would “gradually reduce risks” of local government debt by cutting the number of LGFVs and pushing local governments to sell stranded assets...
...It’s right by Lan Kwai Fong and Soho and is easily accessible....
...“Governments of all levels better get used to belt-tightening and start to understand that this is not a temporary need, but a long-term solution,” finance minister Lan Fo’an told a press conference during...
...In an interview published on Thursday by the People’s Daily, a Communist party mouthpiece, finance minister Lan Fo’an said fiscal spending would increase this year to “better play the role of stimulating...
...Zou Lan, head of the monetary policy department at the People’s Bank of China, said on Friday that the central bank was closely watching the effectiveness of the steps it had taken, which include cuts to...
...In a sign of the economy’s sensitivity to the property sector, the arrest last year of tycoon Truong My Lan, chair of Van Thinh Phat Holdings, sparked a run on Saigon Commercial Bank until the country’s...
...Golden Paramount 8111 Anderson Road, Richmond, BC V6Y 3Z8 Good for: Experiencing meticulous crafted dim sum and a kitchen that excels at breathing magic into the simplest dishes (the beef gai lan should...
...In another, Ke Lan, a Chinese actress, was blocked from Weibo after posting content that was critical of Moscow....
...Zou Lan, head of the monetary policy department of the People’s Bank of China, said at a briefing in Beijing on Friday that the central bank would keep its monetary policy “precise and forceful”....
...In previous years, brokerage CLSA’s corporate box was notorious for risqué themes, Deutsche Bank had a walk-in ice bar stocked with vodka and Lan Kwai Fong was invaded by tipsy Teletubbies....
...On one occasion, clients were taken to a “private lounge” in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong nightlife district called “The Boardroom”, according to a person with direct knowledge....
...Joann Cheng, who is also chair of the Lanvin Group and senior assistant president of Fosun International, Guo’s main Hong Kong-listed vehicle, has been acting as interim CEO....
...Lan said Evergrande had been “poorly managed” and “failed to operate cautiously”, but that the real estate industry more broadly was healthy....
...The glittering bars of Lockhart Road and Lan Kwai Fong have seen many bottles of champagne uncorked, tearful speeches delivered and group selfies taken in a natural cycle of change that starts toward the...
...Last Friday People’s Bank of China official Zou Lan blamed the company for its issues and said they were being resolved through “market and rule of law principles”....
...At least 400 more fishermen have applied for permits to set up sea cucumber farms, and the Chinese-owned Gui Lan sea cucumber hatchery is busier than ever....
...Zou Lan, head of the PBoC’s financial markets department, put paid to such optimism by blaming Evergrande for its predicament and arguing that the company’s decline and fall would be easily absorbed by China...
...Pubs and clubs in Hong Kong will be closed for Easter, dealing a further blow to establishments that have been shut for months....
...That exhibition, Desert Painters, was met with such enthusiasm that the gallery quickly mounted a second one in Los Angeles and a third in Hong Kong....
...Gallerists are debating Art Basel Hong Kong’s offer to host what are being dubbed “ghost booths” at this year’s postponed edition in May....
...Drink in some history A little further east, Hollywood Road turns into Wyndham Street and drops down into the slightly seedy and often heaving Lan Kwai Fong bar district....
...“Life is really tough,” Emily Hong, chief executive of Wiwynn, a server and data centre builder for Meta, Microsoft and Amazon....
...“The defaults among state-owned enterprises have brought China’s bond market to its darkest hour,” says Logan Wright, a Hong-Kong-based analyst at Rhodium Group, a research provider....
...In Lan Kwai Fong, a nightlife district in Hong Kong usually thronged with expats, almost all of the bars are closed and only a handful of patrons are drinking....
...Hundreds of demonstrators, some clad in creative, protest-themed costumes, marched through the city’s financial district to Lan Kwai Fong, a nightlife area known for its raucous Halloween parties before...
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