Yep, same as the Hong Kong iTunes store...missing these apps and ebay too.
Well, I found those apps off the internet "somewhere" (ebay.ips etc...) and placed them in my iTunes/Mobile Applications folder on my mac. Right clicked on the files and opened with iTunes to place them in the iTunes Applications directory. Although they are there, they wont sync with the iPhone/touch...it says the file is not authorised on this computer. So I guess it's DRM'd even though they are the free apps.
I then right-clicked on the app icon in iTunes to Get Info and noticed that it was purchased by someone else. I guess this is the problem. You can't do Show Package Content in Finder btw.