There has been a rise in withdrawals at Hong Kong’s ATMs by banking clients using China UnionPay bank cards following Macau’s adoption of facial recognition technology at ATMs in May, according to a report by South China Morning Post. The increasing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong concerned about Indian labour laws: Economist
Dickson said Hong Kong is a “super-connector” that is a very much available for doing business with India and it is completely up to India to use Hong Kong as a platform to connect with it and other countries. According to latest HKTDC data ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Hato shuts down markets in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, more than 450 flights were canceled ... and companies set to resume normal business on Thursday. The storm also caused a power blackout across most of the gambling hub of Macau for about two hours, residents said, with disruption to mobile ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Luck With Typhoons Runs Out as Hato Rattles City
Hong Kong has so rarely been directly affected by typhoons in recent years that there’s a joke about a Li Ka-shing forcefield -- said to prevent tropical cyclones from hitting the city during trading hours and disrupting the billionaire’s business ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shuts down as powerful typhoon sweeps past
A powerful typhoon barreled into Hong Kong on Wednesday, forcing offices and schools to close and leaving flooded streets, shattered windows and hundreds of canceled flights in its wake. Typhoon Hato came within 60 kilometers (37 miles) of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Hato leaves 3 dead in Macau, devastates Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, Hato forced the closure of businesses ... Streets and village laneways in areas near the sea were submerged by waves crashing ashore, according to local TV news footage. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong financial markets delayed by severe tropical storm
HONG KONG: Hong Kong braced for severe tropical storm Hato on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights and other transport services cancelled and schools and most businesses in the financial hub expected to be closed for the better part of the day. The weather ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shuts down as Typhoon Hato barrels past
Streets and village laneways in areas near the sea were submerged by waves crashing ashore, according to local TV news footage. Hato was skirting south of Hong Kong and was expected to make landfall in China's Guangdong province. Thousands of people were ... ( read original story ...)
Cofco Womai eyes $600m in Hong Kong IPO
Cofco Womai, an online food products retailer backed by the Cofco Group and Chinese internet giant Baidu, is seeking as much as $600m from a Hong Kong IPO. The company filed a listing application with the city’s bourse on Monday through sponsors China ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s ‘lawfare’ against dissent in Hong Kong unites fractious opposition
It continues the very disturbing trend of the politicization of Hong Kong's court system, with the government pushing the courts to serve Beijing's political agenda. This is bad news for the future of the rule of law in Hong Kong, and will ultimately have ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Index King Gets Squeezed
Hong Kong's benchmark index provider is at a turning point. European regulations that take effect in January will test its ability to remain relevant. Hang Seng Indexes Co. is already behind the curve. The company, owned by Hang Seng Bank Ltd., said last ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Durability Index Dives
Hong Kong's benchmark index provider is at a turning point. European regulations that take effect in January will test its ability to remain relevant. Hang Seng Indexes Co. is already behind the curve. The company, owned by Hang Seng Bank Ltd., said last ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong back in dock days after being jailed
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Less than a week after being jailed for unlawful assembly, Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong was summoned again to court on Tuesday for an ongoing contempt of court charge related to the 2014 "Occupy" pro-democracy protests. ( read original story ...)
Techies don’t always want to work in Hong Kong banking. Here’s why they should
http://news.efinancialcareers.com/au-en/292842/hsbc-asia-digital-banking-jobs/ Employers in the finance sector in Hong Kong increasingly need to hire more technologists. But getting the right tech talent on board is far from straightforward. This year ... ( read original story ...)