HK CPI rises 4.1 pct in January

HK CPI rises 4.1 pct in JanuaryHONG KONG, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's overall consumerprices rose 4.1 percent in January over the same month a yearearlier, smaller than the corresponding increase of 4.9 percent inDecember 2014, the Census and Statistics Department said onMonday.Netting out the effects of all government's one-off reliefmeasures, the year-on-year growth of the Composite Consumer PriceIndex (CPI), the underlying inflation rate, was 2.3 percent inJanuary, also weaker than December's 3.1 percent rise.The smaller growth in January was mainly attributed to thehigher prices in January last year around the Lunar New Year whichled to a higher base of comparison.A government spokesman said the inflation remained on an easingtrend last month. Nevertheless, the visible moderation in the year-on-year rate of Composite CPI was also partly due to the differencein timing of the Lunar New Year, which fell in mid- February thisyear, but in late January last year.He noted that, as to the outlook, inflationary pressures shouldbe contained in the near term, as the soft international commodityprices and lower global inflation should keep imported inflationtame, while local cost pressures will likely stay moderate.Enditem

HK CPI rises 4.1 pct in January

23 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 4.1 percent in January over the same month a year earlier, smaller than the corresponding increase of 4.9 percent in December 2014, the Census and Statistics Department said on Monday.

HK's composite interest rate down to 0.36 pct in Jan.

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23 (Xinhua) -- France's Foreign Minister (FM) Laurent Fabius arrived in Niger on Sunday to reiterate France's support in the fight against Boko Haram terrorist group.It should be recalled that some French soldiers have been deployed alongside Nigerien troops to fight against Boko Haram in Niger's southeast region.

French FM in Niger under auspices of anti-Boko Haram war

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Foreign exchange rates in Singapore

Foreign exchange rates in SingaporeSINGAPORE, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bankrates of foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar onMonday.Monday Wednesdaybid/ask bid/ask Australian dollar 1.0602/1.0607 1.0625/1.0630British pound 2.0934/2.0941 2.0853/2.0864 euro 1.5449/1.54521.5488/1.5494 Hong Kong dollar 0.1756/0.1757 0.1751/0.1752 Japaneseyen 100 1.1417/1.1419 1.1412/1.1416 Swiss franc 1.4391/1.44001.4507/1.4520 U.S.

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23 (Xinhua) -- Iran will quit nuclear talks if the other party aimed to impose their wills on Tehran in the ongoing negotiations, the country's senior negotiator told state IRIB TV on Monday.

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2月20日,受降雪天气影响,我省部分景区游客接待量较同期有所回落,节庆游、主题文化游、休闲度假游等产品受到游客青睐。 大年初一,全省普降瑞雪,受降雪和降温天气影响,部分县市道路出现结冰,对游客出行造成一定影响。

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China vows to step up bribery blacklist

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has vowed to improve the national online database of people convicted of bribery to better combat corruption.Song Hansong, director of the SPP's job-related crime department, said the top procuratorate will promote the use of the blacklist system at the central level this year and launch a job-related criminal record archive.The SPP also plans to improve the bribery database to support batch queries and online reservations for inquiries in a bid to make public inquiries more convenient, Song said.Launched in February 2012, the database makes names of convicted bribers available across the country for public inquiry.Anyone discovered to be on the list will likely be disqualified for bidding on government projects and companies may even be forbidden from operating.Procuratorates at various levels had accepted 4.34 million inquiries as of November last year. More than 2,000 companies and 2,400 individuals on the blacklist have been punished since February 2012, according to SPP figures.

青藏铁路沿线和西藏重点口岸将实现空气质量实时监测

青藏铁路全长1956千米,东起青海省西宁市,南至西藏拉萨市,沿线生物多样性丰富,但生态环境却十分脆弱,一旦破坏,难以恢复。 樟木、吉隆等边境口岸,是西藏对外贸易的“黄金通道”,当地边民多依赖于当地特色农牧产品致富,良好的生态环境是确保边境贸易可持续发展的保障。

Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

23 (Xinhua) -- The following are Monday's major Hang Seng Indices managed and compiled by the Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hang Seng Bank:dollars) 3,734 6,370 -2,636

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