HONG KONG – A British lesbian has won a landmark legal challenge allowing her residency in Hong Kong as a dependent, in a ruling Monday that could make it easier for gay couples to move to the Asian financial center. Hong Kong's Court of Appeal found ... ( read original story ...)
Student banners are merely the result of Hong Kong genuinely moving with the times
Hong Kong Chinese have benefited from western-style freedom without knowing or appreciating it. Yet some try to dissect and segregate it, so they have just have enough freedom to do business while trading the other away for expediency and to allay Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Using Velocity points to book Hainan, Hong Kong, Capital Airlines
Australian Business Traveller understands that Virgin Australia plans ... (This trick unfortunately doesn’t work with Hong Kong Airlines or Beijing Capital Airlines: only Hainan Airlines.) Enter subscription-based website ExpertFlyer, which can search ... ( read original story ...)
British Lesbian Wins Right to Spousal Visa in Landmark Hong Kong Case
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong appeals court on Monday ruled that a British lesbian whose partner works in the city should be granted a spousal visa, a landmark decision that could lead to expatriate same-sex partners moving to the Chinese-ruled ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Holdings plc (Hong Kong) (0005) Jumps 0.07% on Sep 25
Shares of HSBC Holdings plc (Hong Kong) (HKG:0005) last traded at 76.25, representing a move of 0.07%, or 0.05 per share, on volume of 12.70 million shares. After opening the trading day at 76.5, shares of HSBC Holdings plc (Hong Kong) traded in a close range. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cricket is gathering pace
They have braved the unfavourable weather to watch the Western Warriors play a pre-season one-day game against the minnow cricketing nation of Hong Kong. While the Warriors are warming up for the beginning of the domestic competition, Hong Kong is ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto-Mania Grips Hong Kong as City Looks Beyond Banking
In the mid-1990s, Johnson Leung embarked on a career in shipping. In the early 2000s, he moved to finance. And now, he runs a Hong Kong startup that aims to improve how container ships are booked using blockchain technology. Many in Hong Kong hope the city ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain adoption poised to go mainstream, say founders of HK start-up PassKit
the co-founder and chief executive at start-up Hong Kong mobile application developer PassKit, told the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview. Blockchain, which has gained both notoriety and acclaim as the mechanism behind cryptocurrency ... ( read original story ...)
HK a startup hub
We are also moving ahead with, I just mentioned, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation & Technology Park project in an area called the Lok Ma Chau Loop – a future hub for R&D collaboration. In addition, we will support startups at different stages of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok becomes father at 51
HONG KONG: Canto-pop star and actor Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is celebrating fatherhood at the age of 51. The singer-actor broadcast the good news by posting a picture of his first child’s hand grasping its parents’ fingers on his official social media ... ( read original story ...)
British lesbian wins Hong Kong visa rights in legal bid
Hong Kong (AFP) - A British lesbian on Monday won the right to live and work in Hong Kong with her partner in a landmark legal decision that could reduce more hurdles for same-sex couples in the city. QT, as she is referred to in court, entered into a ... ( read original story ...)
CUHK MBA Swaps Job At IBM In India For A Digital Marketing Career In Hong Kong
It was this that set him on course for a full-time MBA at Hong Kong’s CUHK Business School in search of a deeper understanding of how big business operates. Since completing his degree, Syed has transitioned into the world of digital marketing with an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s record property prices push more millennials into mortgage debt
Hong Kong’s millennials are becoming better represented in the home buying market, taking up one in three new mortgages this year, a new report shows. However, many agents say it is often their parents who are paying the huge deposits for the flats given ... ( read original story ...)
The U.S. IPO Market Is Broken — U.S. Startups Will Now Look To Asian Exchanges
It seems as if having less activity in the IPO market has made the listing business even more ... than half the world’s population and 22 of the world’s 37 megacities. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tokyo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Australia all host ... ( read original story ...)