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PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - Sept 15

Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:46pm EDT

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HONG KONG, Sept 15 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

-- Six construction workers were killed on Sunday afternoon in Hong Kong's worst industrial accident in a decade, after a work platform plunged 20 floors down a lift shaft at the International Commerce Centre, the city's tallest building,

APPLE DAILY

-- HSBC (0005.HK) (HSBA.L) has appointed China International Capital Corp (CICC) and CITIC Securities (600030.SS) to handle its Shanghai listing, which could raise about HK$56.9 billion ($7.34 billion), according to market sources.

-- Shanghai Industry Holdings (0363.HK), Sino-Ocean Land (3377.HK) and Nan Fung Group are some of the anchor investors in China-based Glorious Property's Hong Kong listing, which aims to raise up to HK$11.9 billion. The companies could invest about US$130 million, according to market sources.

HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL

-- China Resources Cement Holdings (1313.HK) has raised its funding target by 36 percent to HK$4.7 billion on the back of the booming property market, according to market sources.

HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES

-- Guangdong-based property company Evergrande Real Estate Group, which aims to raise up to HK$11.7 billion in a Hong Kong stock exchange listing, is seeking approval from the stock exchange regulators this Thursday.

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