Hong Kong stocks jumped 315.55 points, or 1.41 percent, to close at 22,771.39 on Monday.
Turnover continued to shrink, totaling HK$51.9 billion ($ 6.71 billion) from 60.50 billion HK$ of the previous trading day.
China is in the midst of a golden age of weddings, a boon for businesses from photo studios to global platinum miners and to the housing market.
Shao Mingqing was a jobless young man with only a junior high school diploma when his luck turned around a few months ago with the skyrocketing price of garlic.
George Clooney star of the film "Up In The Air" poses with girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis,at the film's premiere in Los Angeles, California November 30,2009.
Jennifer Aniston attends the Gala evening to celebrate the re-opening of Hotel La Mamounia on November 26, 2009 in Marrakech, Morocco.
Female applicants for the army are being asked to showcase their talents in an interview process never before used and exclusively for women.