PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - Sept 17

HONG KONG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST -- Steel-to-property conglomerate CITIC Pacific Ltd (0267.HK) aims to list in Shanghai if regulations permit, although a spokesman for the red chip denied the company had hired CITIC Securities to run the deal.

-- Leading 3G mobile operator Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings' sole equipment supplier, Nokia Siemens Networks, has started a five-year infrastructure expansion programme for the company to enable higher download speeds.

HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES

-- Taking advantage of the rising prices of shares in gambling companies in Hong Kong, Wynn Macau is considering increasing its IPO fundraising target by 30-40 percent to HK$10 billion from HK$7.8 billion, according to a market source.

HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL

-- China South City Holdings (1668.HK), a Shenzhen-based integrated logistics and trade centre operator, which is launching a Hong Kong IPO, has won land development rights for two projects in Nanchang and Nanning.

APPLE DAILY

-- The number of new swine flu cases hit another record high yesterday with 683 infected, pushing the total to 20,000 so far, the Centre for Health Protection said.