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...credit crisis is hurting even small Hong Kong businesses, according to Danny Lau, chairman of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprise Association. "Bankers are tightening loans," Lau says. "That will affect most small businesses. Some of them have loans from banks in order to run their operations. Now they will have to tighten up, or they will have to contract in the future." Last week, U-Right, a clothing retailer with about 100 outlets in Hong Kong and another 500 in China, was forced to liquidate after it could not meet bank demands to repay its debts. By Sunday...
...corner. Junior defender Lizzy Nichols then came close as well, serving in a free kick from close to midfield that took a wild bounce in the box, forcing Bulldog keeper Ayana Sumiyasu to push the ball over the bar. The complexion of the game changed after senior midfielders Rachael Lau and Erin Wylie were substituted at around the 20-minute mark. Play opened up with possession evening out, as the two sides traded attacks in each other’s halves and both defenses held strong. Harvard came out aggressively after the break, with Baskind, Sheeleigh, and Wylie all managing...
...years spent together. Four unique sets of abilities that set them apart. All on one squad—the Harvard women’s soccer team.The numbers add up quite nicely for the Crimson’s fantastic foursome of defender Nikki Rhodes, forward Erin Wylie, and midfielders Rachael Lau and Allison Keeley, first featured together in the Crimson on September 28, 2005.Having since then withstood three different coaches and countless teammate changes, these four of the five seniors on the current team remain today as a steady ship of calm amidst the seas of turmoil. “We?...
...front of the net. It was the second goal of the season for Gerow, and Harvard never looked completely comfortable afterward.“Anyone will tell you that the first few minutes of a game or a half are the most important,” senior Rachael Lau said. “They came out fired up, and it’s important for us to match that intensity.”The game became a battle for possession in the midfield, and each team had its chances to score. Baskind and Sheeleigh teamed up for some pretty plays...
...partners in Hong Kong, Brazil, Japan, France and China - the choice facing most directors is stark. "You either do very low-budget films for the local market, or some side markets like Southeast Asia, or you do really huge, huge-budget films as a co-production with China," says Lau. Medium-sized productions are few, meaning that up-and-coming directors are finding it hard to make the transition to mainstream features. Occasionally, established filmmakers will nurture protégés. To is producing medium-budget movies from editor and director Law Wing-cheong and screenwriter-director...