The first of three Hong Kong-based refugee families who helped shelter National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden when he was on the run, has been granted asylum in Canada. Vanessa Rodel and her ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong changes reverse mortgage rules, paving way for pensioners to settle in ‘Greater Bay Area’
The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation has introduced a rule allowing pensioners to lease property against which they have taken out reverse mortgage loans, a move that could potentially make it easier ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developer Chinachem’s Sol City project met with weak demand despite discounted prices
Hong Kong’s homebuyers return in droves as banks kept mortgage rates unchanged amid a dovish monetary policy Home prices in Hong Kong, the world’s most expensive housing market, plunged by 9.2 per ... ( read original story ...)
Armed with lessons from Theranos fraud, whistleblower Erika Cheung takes aim at Hong Kong’s start-up scene
Five years ago and fresh out of college, she was an engineer at a multibillion-dollar tech start-up in Silicon Valley that turned out to be a massive fraud Now, the medical ... ( read original story ...)
Human rights in Hong Kong ‘deteriorating severely’: Amnesty
Last year Hong Kong authorities refused to renew a work visa for the Financial Times' Asia news editor Victor Mallet after he hosted a talk at the city's press club by pro-independence activist Andy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Scales Back Extradition Law That Spooked Businesses
The government will remove nine categories including bankruptcy, securities and futures, and intellectual property from the proposed extradition law, Hong Kong Security Secretary John Lee told ... ( read original story ...)
Seven things to know about Hong Kong Sevens
The Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is one of the world’s premier festival weekends, with world-class rugby inside Hong Kong Stadium and outstanding entertainment at two fanzones across the city, ... ( read original story ...)