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The retired 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at court where he will go on trial alongside four fellow democracy supporters for their role in running a fund to help defend people arrested in anti-government protests. Cardinal Zen, one of Asia's highest-ranking Catholic clerics, was originally detained earlier this year under a national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong to quell dissent. IMAGES
Ninety-year-old retired Catholic cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at court Tuesday to face charges of failing to register a protest defence fund, after initially being arrested under Hong Kong's national security law. Zen is one of Asia's highest-ranking Catholic clerics. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- The Chinese real estate giant Evergrande continued to fall Tuesday on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as it lost 3.51 percent of its value at the noon to $0.28 per share. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). B-ROLL OF OUTSIDE VIEWS OF EXCHANGE SQUARE (HK BOURSE) IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Sep 20 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark index of the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng, dropped Monday 3.5 percent at 3:00 p.m. local time (7:00 GMT) on a day marked by the falls of companies in the real estate sector, which fell more than 6 percent.The uncertainty regarding the future of the Chinese real estate developer Evergrande, one of the largest in the Asian country, has dragged other companies in the sector such as Henderson Land or New World Development to fall more than 10 percent at that time. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WALK PAST AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD SHOWING THE HANG SENG INDEX FIGURES IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Jul 5 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong stocks sank on Monday as the Hang Seng Index fell 0.6 percent, or 166 points. to 28,143. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: ELECTRONIC BOARDS DISPLAYING STOCK FIGURES OUTSIDE THE EXCHANGE SQUARE THE BUILDING HOUSING THE HANG SENG BOURSE, IN HONG KONG.