HONG KONG -- A British banker accused of the grisly 2014 killings of two Indonesian women pleaded not guilty when he went on trial Monday in Hong Kong, in a case expected to highlight the Asian financial hub's inequality and privileged lifestyle of its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court is told banker was using cocaine during murders
HONG KONG -- A British banker was using cocaine when he killed two Indonesian women by slitting their throats and then used his phone to film himself talking about it, a Hong Kong prosecutor said as a trial for the 2014 killings opened Monday. The banker ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong judge warns of 'torture' images as British banker's trial begins
File photo of Rurik George Caton Jutting, a British banker charged with two counts of murder after police found the bodies of two women in his apartment, sitting in the back row of a prison bus as he arrives at the Eastern Law Courts in Hong Kong November ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks follow China market higher amid yuan depreciation concern
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks firmed on Monday, led by buoyant mainland markets, but gains were capped by concerns over continued yuan weakness and the possibility of a US rate hike in December. The Hang Seng index rose 1.0 per cent, to 23,604.08 ... ( read original story ...)
Rurik Jutting pleads not guilty to Hong Kong murders
A British banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong has pleaded not guilty on grounds of diminished ... but guilty to manslaughter," Mr Jutting said according to AFP news agency, entering his plea for the first time in the city's ... ( read original story ...)
British banker pleads not guilty to murder in Hong Kong trial
A British banker accused of the grisly 2014 killings of two Indonesian women pleaded not guilty when he went on trial Monday in Hong Kong, in a case expected to highlight the Asian financial hub’s inequality and privileged lifestyle of its wealthy expat ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore fintech Smartkarma enters Hong Kong for equity and China exposure
Smartkarma, a Singapore-based financial technology company, has opened a Hong Kong office this month with the ambition to challenge high-cost investment research services of traditional financial institutions. Chairman and co-founder Jon Foster expects ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-establishment legislators plan fresh drive to block oath taking
Hong Kong’s deeply divided legislature is heading for another ... In a column he wrote for pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Business and Professionals Alliance lawmaker Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung urged Leung not to give the pair a second chance and reminded ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Hong Kong’s game-changing women in tech
Much like the tech industry itself, the app business tends to be dominated by men, though we’re happy to say that’s not always the case. In fact, some of Hong Kong’s most innovative, game-changing apps have been brought into existence by female ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banks Plan Mortgage Valuations on Blockchain
In a bold and encouraging move forward, HSBC along with The Bank Of China Hong Kong have publicly addressed their plans to implement blockchain technology in select mortgage services and property valuation models by mid-November 2016. This veer towards the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong minister defends house building policy and says government is not just sitting on idle land
It was the second week in a row that Chan had used his official blog to respond to critics of the land supply policy ahead of the expected release for public consultation this week of a government report on Hong Kong’s long-term development blueprint ... ( read original story ...)
What’s in three words? Hong Kong debates whether principle of separation of powers applies to city
The decades-old debate about whether Hong Kong exercises separation of powers has been unleashed again, following the government’s unprecedented move to ask a court to disqualify two democratically elected localist lawmakers. Some say the three words are ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chief secretary defends government move to mount court challenge to oaths go-ahead
Hong Kong’s chief secretary defended the government’s decision to file a legal challenge against the ruling of the Legislative Council president to allow two localist lawmakers to retake their oaths, saying the administration was justified in doing so ... ( read original story ...)
Brilliant photo series captures cats working hard in the shops of Hong Kong
But spare a thought for the real hard-workers. We’re talking, of course, about the cats of Hong Kong. Every day, these hard-working felines wake up, stroll out of their little cat baskets, and get stuck in to a hard day working up front in their shop. ( read original story ...)