Last Olympic Tickets Sold in Hong Kong
On Tuesday, the last batch of 14,000 tickets for the Olympic equestrian events were sold in Hong Kong. The ticket prices ranged from HKD58 to HKD544. In total, 200,000 tickets for the equestrian competitions have been issued and now sold. The events will be held in Hong Kong, and take place from 9 August to 21 August.
Four Chinese Banks Apply to Buy Insurers
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank
of Communications and Bank of Beijing have applied to invest in
domestic insurers, a spokesman of the China Insurance Regulatory
Commission said in a press conference. The State Council will decide
upon approval of the applications. The insurers, on the other hand,
have successfully applied to invest abroad. Twenty of them have
received licenses for the qualified domestic institutional investor
(QDII) programmes.