SINGAPORE Hong Kong-listed aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Ltd (2588.HK) reported a 22 percent jump to record full-year net profit on Monday, supported by growth in global air travel, and signalled an upbeat industry outlook. As airlines increasingly opt to ... ( read original story ...)
No surprise: Beijing's pick Lam chosen as Hong Kong's leader
HONG KONG — The candidate favoured by China's Communist leadership was chosen as Hong Kong's new leader on Sunday, in the first such vote since huge pro-democracy protests erupted over the semiautonomous Chinese city's election system in 2014. ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam, Beijing's pick, chosen as Hong Kong's leader
A committee dominated by pro-Beijing elites selected Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's former No. 2 official ... the frustrations and to unite our society to move forward," she said at a news conference after the results were announced. Lam said she would not ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set to get new leader as anointed by Beijing
HONG KONG -- A committee dominated by pro-Beijing elites is casting ballots Sunday to choose Hong Kong's next leader in the first such vote since 2014's huge pro-democracy protests. The election committee's 1,194 members voted at a downtown exhibition ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prepares for new leader
These are external links and will open in a new window Hong Kong is preparing for the election of a new leader. The candidate will be chosen by a committee of mostly pro-Beijing electors, rather than a public vote, which pro-democracy campaigners have been ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong choose new leader amid accusations of China meddling
A protester holds up a yellow umbrella, the symbol of the Occupy Central movement, as she marches to demand universal suffrage in the Chief Executive election in Hong Kong Thomson Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) - A small electoral college chooses a new Hong ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong chief executive election: What you need to know
This committee is made up of the 70 members of Hong Kong’s legislative chamber, and a mix of professionals, business and trade elites. The first vote will be cast at 9am, and the three candidates need at least 601 votes to win. If there is no overall ... ( read original story ...)
Video protest over divisive Hong Kong vote
Entitled "No election in Hong Kong now", the collated livestream on Facebook was billed by organisers as a "counter-broadcast". The collage of images comprises clips submitted by Hongkongers going about their normal business to show their lack of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chooses new Beijing-backed leader amid political tension
academia and the judiciary as tarnishing the city's international business allure. The detention in 2015 of five Hong Kong booksellers who sold material critical of Beijing also dismayed many residents. The upheavals over the city's autonomy and democratic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong relives its failed push for greater democracy as leadership election nears
Ng, a Hong Kong lawyer who has written a book about the Umbrella Movement protests. “All we can do is watch and wait for the future of our city to be decided for us.” A 1,194-member election committee of business and political elites, many of whom are ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chooses new leader amid accusations of China meddling
A small electoral college began voting for a new Hong Kong leader on Sunday amid accusations that Beijing is meddling and denying the Chinese-ruled financial hub a more populist leader perhaps better suited to defuse political tension. The majority of the ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC to launch voice recognition in Hong Kong for phone banking
If you are tired of remembering, or worse still have forgotten your password, here is something you can bank on – your own voice, as more lenders launch voice biometric identity verification for phone banking. Citibank already has one million customers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hopes for business services boom from AIIB club
Hong Kong is hoping its professional and financial services will get a big boost when it becomes a member of a Beijing-backed bank created to finance infrastructure across Asia. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) board announced on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s future: a bridge from China to Southeast Asia
A third report, this one by McKinsey Global Institute, forecasts that by as early as 2030, Southeast Asia will have the fourth-largest GDP in the world, after the United States, China and Japan. Again, little is mentioned of Hong Kong in this context. ( read original story ...)