HK investors are headed for mainland
Zhang Hongpei and Yang Kunyi Published: Mar 11, 2021 06:48 PM
Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2019 shows a view of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge from the Ngong Ping 360 cable car in south China s Hong Kong. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
Lured by favorable policies, an improving business environment and a push for innovation, more businessmen from China s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) are seeking opportunities in the Chinese mainland while expressing the hope that their hometown could regain steady development pattern and emerge from the social unrest and COVID-19 disruptions.
Starting from scratch with three men and now having more than 100 staff, it has been a cherished opportunity for Michael Wong, chairman of international forwarder M&S International Forwarding, to chase his dream in Shenzhen, South China s Guangdong Province, which neighbors Hong Kong.
Robert Xie loses appeal against convictions over brutal Lin family murders
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Robert Xie s appeal against his five murder convictions has been dismissed in the NSW Court of Appeal.
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Former doctor Robert Xie has lost an appeal against his convictions for violently murdering five members of his family in their Sydney home.
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Three of his grounds of appeal involved DNA evidence found in his garage
Xie, who appeared via video from jail, put his head in his hands when the decision was handed down
After four trials, a jury found Xie guilty of bashing his newsagent brother-in-law Norman Lin, Mr Lin s wife Lily, their sons Henry, 12, and Terry 9, and Lily s sister Irene, to death while they slept in their beds at North Epping in 2009.
Robert Xie convictions for Lin family murders upheld by appeal court
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Robert Xie, who was jailed for life for the brutal murders of five members of his extended family in Sydney’s north-west, has lost his bid to overturn his convictions in the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Xie, 57, was found guilty in 2017 of murdering his brother-in-law Min “Norman” Lin, 45, Mr Lin’s wife Yun Li “Lily” Lin, 43, her sister Yun Bin “Irene” Lin, 39, and the Lins’ two sons, Henry, 12, and Terry, 9.
Robert Xie pictured in 2016.