A video recap of METALLICA's January 20 concert at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong can be seen below. Also available is a professionally filmed video clip of the "Atlas, Rise" performance from the same show. METALLICA has also announced the formation of its ... ( read original story ...)
Purton says Kong Kong Gold Cup entrant Beauty Only wants firm ground
With Hong Kong in the grip of a murky, cloud-covered cold snap, Zac Purton is crossing his fingers that any rain will remain locked overhead, at least until Beauty Only has had his chance to break the gloom in Sunday’s (26 February) HK$10 million G1 Citi ... ( read original story ...)
China, Hong Kong indexes fall as resources shares drag
Banking stocks fell 0.3 percent, as news of Guo Shuqing, governor of China's eastern Shandong province, becoming China's new top banking regulator brings uncertainty to a sector facing increasing deleveraging pressure. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese airline brewing beer that tastes best at 35,000 feet
On Tuesday, the Hong Kong-based airline announced a new in-flight innovation ... then the executive vice president of Americas for British Airways, told Fox News that a passenger’s “ability to taste food and wine decreases thirty-percent at altitude.” ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Horse Racing News: Freedman to Move to Hong Kong
Michael Freedman was at Sha Tin racecourse this morning (Friday, 24 February) to meet local media, one week on from last Friday’s announcement that the Sydney-based trainer will join the Hong Kong ranks in July, working out of the Olympic Stables complex. ( read original story ...)
Startups do need help, but investors must be protected
That policy practically rules out lending to most startups. P2P may sound like a good idea. But, it has not taken off in Hong Kong because of potential lenders' worries about its security. Such concerns stem mainly from the fact that P2P platforms are a ... ( read original story ...)
RBC reviews Asia wealth business for possible sale: sources
Last year, Barclays agreed to sell its wealth and investment management business in Hong Kong and Singapore to a unit of Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC). A crackdown on money laundering by Asia’s main private banking centres is forcing ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: China considers faster IPO approval to lure large tech deals – sources
The $25 billion record IPO of e-commerce giant Alibaba in New York in 2014 was a high-profile loss for mainland China and Hong Kong, where the company initially intended to list. More recently, however, some Chinese companies have opted to quit New York ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka 'hunting' refugees who sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong
They also plan to file a police report. Mr Thilina, who arrived in Hong Kong in 2005, said he was frightened by the news. "I am nervous and scared. I don't have a normal life now," he said. His compatriot, Mr Kumara, an army deserter who served as an ... ( read original story ...)
AIA Group expands new business despite China curbs
AIA Group Ltd (1299.HK), the world's third-largest life insurer by market value, said on Friday new business rose 28 percent in 2016, buoyed by strong customer demand in its main markets in China and Hong Kong. Value of new business rose to $2.75 billion ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC warns of risks to world economic growth as profit dives
HONG KONG - London-based bank HSBC reported Tuesday that its annual profit slumped following a year it said would be remembered for "unexpected economic and political events" and warned of risks in 2017 to the global economy's continuing recovery. ( read original story ...)
GoHome.com.hk Releases Hong Kong Property Market Perspective Survey
- Hong Kong citizens continue to see local homes as overpriced and the cooling measures ineffective in stabilising property prices. Housing prices are expected to grow in 2017. - The majority of respondents are unsatisfied with the housing policy last year ... ( read original story ...)
Donald Tsang: Hong Kong former leader sentenced to 20 months
Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for misconduct. Tsang led Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012 and is the most senior official in the territory ever to stand trial for corruption. He was found guilty last week of ... ( read original story ...)
Over 30,000 gather to support jailed Hong Kong cops: reports
More than 30,000 people gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday to show their support for seven police officers who were sentenced to two years in jail for beating up a pro-democracy activist in 2014, reports said. Television news footage showed long queues ... ( read original story ...)