The United States is not alone. Commercial rents in Moscow,Hong Kong, Singapore and Mumbai have fallen thirty percent or more.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

The last flu pandemic was in nineteen sixty-eight, caused by the so-called Hong Kong flu.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

The carefully packed box of bones was sent to a hospital in Hong Kong.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Stephen Schwartz is an economist at the Spanish investment bank BBVA in Hong Kong.

VOA: special.2010.11.13

She says the bones from the nineteen forty-nine shipment remain in Hong Kong.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Part of the American Navy at that time was based in Hong Kong.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Ming Hong Ward came to the United States from China in nineteen eighty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

In a separate incident, on Monday pirates opened fire on a Hong-Kong registered ship some 1,000 nautical miles off Somalia's coast.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Hong Kong's pandemic alert will remain at its highest, as at least eight suspected flu cases still awaiting test results.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang "In Hong Kong,we have spent some $11.2 billion on economic stimulus measures.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Ms.Tenenbaum is set to deliver a speech Tuesday,in Hong Kong, at a toy safety meeting organized by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

Its owner,Hong Kong-based "Swire," may face fines of up to $1 million if found guilty of environmental breaches.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

In trading,Japanese stocks were up nearly two percent, while markets in Hong Kong, South Korea,and Australia were up about half a percent.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Shares in Tokyo finished up 4.4 percent, while stocks in Hong Kong gained more than seven percent.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Equally excited fans greeted the launch from Hong Kong to Frankfurt, where some arrived as early as 3 am to be first in line.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Hong Kong health authorities closed off the hotel on May 1 after a confirmed swine flu case - a Mexican tourist who stayed there.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Geoffrey Crothall of the Hong-Kong based China Labor Bulletin says the strikes are tolerated because they are private disputes between factory workers and factory bosses.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Hong Kong's response has been influenced by its experience with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) six years ago, which killed nearly 300 people in the territory.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Markets that are showing strong gains include Taiwan, South Korea,Hong Kong,and Macau.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

"I believe that most Hong Kong people will feel that we have won the first battle, able to control the spread of infection from the first index patient,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Key benchmarks in China and Hong Kong fell sharply on Monday.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Hong Kong's leader Donald Tsang has apologized for the inconvenience.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

His comments came at the start of the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, where international delegates and representatives of the International Monetary Fund met to discuss the region's economic future.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell almost five percent.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Dr.York Chow is Hong Kong's health secretary.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Economist Vincent Chan from Credit Suisse in Hong Kong believes the main problem for the government is to manage expectations of the second generation of migrant workers who form the back bone of China's success.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The Mexican tourist, who is in stable condition, is the only case of swine flu in Hong Kong so far, but Dr.Chow says the city should not be complacent, because the virus continues to spread worldwide.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Australian authorities originally said about 30 tons of oil were lost when 31 containers of fertilizer slipped from the Hong Kong-flagged "Pacific Adventurer" ship and punctured fuel tanks in the hull as the ship was battered in cyclone-stirred waters.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13