Hong Kong media giant Next Digital Group Limited announced on Monday ... “This deal has marked the accomplishment of the transformation for Next Digital Group’s media business from print to digital,” group chief executive Cheung Ka-shing wrote ... ( read original story ...)
Search no more: Skilled retirees seeking fulfilling jobs get a leg up with Hong Kong start-up
Hong Kong digital marketer Priyanka Gothi watched her mother struggle with forced retirement after decades working as a school teacher in India. “She is one of the most active people that I know; you can’t pin her down in one place, you literally have ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong exchange eyes new role to keep its edge over rival bourses
Reading books about history how he likes to relax, he said, despite his formal training in chemical engineering in the US, and a relentless focus on Hong Kong’s business future. Chow, born and raised in Hong Kong, has spent the past 25 years working in ... ( read original story ...)
Seventeen years of hell: Hong Kong prisoner recounts his time in Philippine jail
Inside his 60 sq ft cell in the notorious New Bilibid Prison in Manila, convicted Hong Kong drug offender Tang Lung-wai completed a mission impossible – writing a book detailing his ordeal in the Philippines over the past 17 years. He wrote that he was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vigil for Liu Xiaobo sends powerful message to Beijing
Thousands of mourners marched through the heart of Hong Kong in a candlelight vigil for Chinese Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, sending a powerful message to Beijing as it tries to erase his legacy. Liu died on Thursday at the age of 61, less than a ... ( read original story ...)
One in three Hong Kong women a victim of actual or attempted indecent assault on MTR: survey
About a third of female respondents surveyed by a Hong Kong political party said they were victims of actual or attempted indecent assault on the MTR, but just one in 10 had actually reported it to police. The pro-establishment Democratic Alliance for the ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands march in Hong Kong to remember Liu Xiaobo
Lam was allowed back to Hong Kong last year on condition that he pick up a hard disk listing bookstore customers and return. Lam said he had been saddened by the news of Liu's death but would not lose hope for the future of Hong Kong. "If the timeframe you ... ( read original story ...
Hong Kong holds vigil for Chinese dissent Liu Xiaobo
Thousands of mourners took to the streets of central Hong Kong as they carried out a candle vigil in memory of pro-democracy Chinese dissident and Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. Liu died on Thursday at the age of 61, less than a month after he was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pan-democrats list demands for Carrie Lam after ouster of four lawmakers
Hong Kong’s pan-democrats have listed out what the city’s new ... of four lawmakers - South China Morning… https://t.co/ZpwmAxIrwc 2 hours ago Hong Kong News #HongKong pan-democrats list ways Carrie Lam could mend ties after ouster of four lawmakers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Cartel Cop Sees Staff Exit Amid Fight for Change
It took 10 years of talks for Hong Kong to pass an antitrust law. But about 18 months after it took effect, the city’s Competition Commission has seen multiple senior departures as it battles to change a culture of price controls and quasi-legal cartels. ( read original story ...)
Watch: Liverpool arrive in Hong Kong for Premier League Asia Trophy
Liverpool touched down in Hong Kong on Monday as pre-season preparations stepped up a notch ahead of the Premier League Asia Trophy tournament later this week. Watch the Reds' arrival now in our free clip. ( read original story ...)
Will chums among Hong Kong’s financial gatekeepers hold the barbarians at bay?
These are important days for Hong Kong’s financial and insurance community. There are far-reaching debates within our city and major global trends under way that will determine the financial future of Hong Kong. It’s been 20 years since Britain’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s central banker adds fintech to priorities to burnish city’s role as financial hub
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Norman Chan Tak-lam, 62, is Hong Kong’s central banker. Paid HK$6.5 million per year (substantially less than his predecessor, Joseph Yam), Chan is still ranked as one of the highest paid central bankers in ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Arresting the painful decline of Hong Kong’s financial centre status
SINGAPORE: Described as “embattled”, “in decline” or “less shiny” by observers, Hong Kong is facing significant challenges in its bid to retain its position as Asia’s leading global financial centre. Hong Kong’s decline was made most ... ( read original story ...)