The consultancy McKinsey & Co. is reportedly tracking more than 2,000 ... similar to the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. ( read original story ...)
The race to become Hong Kong’s next chief executive: analysing the key candidates’ body language
Hong Kong’s 2017 chief executive election race is already hotting up, with at least four hopefuls potentially set to compete for the top job. But how are those candidates’ body language and contrasting television presentation styles affecting our ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man arrested over wife’s murder
A kitchen worker was arrested late on Friday night over the alleged murder of his wife in a domestic fight in Tuen Mun. Police were called to a flat in Affluence Garden, on Tsing Chung Koon Road, shortly before midnight after the 58-year-old surrendered ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s 13-month battle to cut its bill for the British garrison in last decade of colonial rule
The Hong Kong government fought hard to cut its share of funding the British garrison in the city in the last decade of colonial rule – proof, one academic said, of the efforts to maximise its autonomy from Britain. In June 1988, after 13 months of ... ( read original story ...)
No space for Hong Kong independence, China says
In separate comments from the same interview reported by the official Xinhua news agency late Friday, Wang said the interpretation did not harm the independence of Hong Kong's legal system, but that independence could not limit the Chinese parliament's ... ( read original story ...)
Yellowknife, N.W.T., in 360°: tourist captures all angles of capital city
Lee, from Hong Kong, spent four days touring Yellowknife with his wife. He snapped 360° pictures of northern landscapes along the way. CBC News reached Lee by phone as he waited to board a plane at the Yellowknife airport — to start his long trip home. ( read original story ...)
Edmontonians storm ice castle at grand opening
John and Miling Auyung from Hong Kong say the weather is too cold either way. The two are visiting family in Edmonton and braved the snow to see the ice castle with their granddaughter. "It's an amazing experience because in Hong Kong we can never see this ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing : LME warehouse rents rises to slow in 2017-2018
The LME, owned by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., had previously said that once the freeze ended, rates would rise annually based on the consumer price index in each country. 12/28 HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING: HKFE Announces Revised Margins for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong car park may sell for $2.2 billion
Hong Kong’s government has announced the first sale of commercial land in the city’s central business district in more than 20 years. The site, currently used as a multi-story car park in Murray Road, Central, is about 31,000 square feet. The plot is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 2nd human case of bird flu this season
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong on Friday confirmed its second human case of bird flu this season, days after an elderly man died of the virus. A 70-year-old man, who had travelled to the Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Zhongshan earlier in December, tested positive ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks end a volatile 2016 roughly flat
SHANGHAI: Hong Kong shares rose around 1 percent on Friday, but the main indexes ended 2016 near where they started after a volatile 12 months, punctuated by Britain's vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's triumph in the U.S. presidential ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC labelled arrogant over refusal to hold dialogue with Hong Kong anti-gay activists
Anti-gay activists have described as “arrogant” and “unacceptable” HSBC’s refusal to hold a dialogue over the display of a pair of multicoloured lions symbolising LGBT rights. The Family School Sexual Orientation Discrimination Ordinance Concern ... ( read original story ...)
Rural Chinese lender seeks Hong Kong IPO to recapitalize
HONG KONG - In an environment of increasingly tight liquidity, a regional rural commercial bank in mainland China announced Friday that it planned to tap the Hong Kong market for an initial public offering. Jilin Jiutai Rural Commercial Bank, based in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's drawndown mortgage loans rise 14.6 pct in Nov
Dec 30 New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$26.5 billion ($3.42 billion) in November, up 14.6 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Friday. Following is the breakdown of data from the authority ... ( read original story ...)