On Asian Thursday trade Hong Kong's Hang
Seng Index lost 0.21% or 38.22 points and closed at 18,378.23 on
investor sentiment that cheap loans from ECB will not curb debt crisis. Major
decliners were toys and clothes producer Li & Fung Ltd, trading down 2.9%
and resource firm China Coal Ltd dropping 1.53%. On the upside Alibaba.com Ltd.
gained 0.5% following announcements that Yahoo Inc. is considering
cutting most of its proprietorship in Asian securities.