The Leighton-Chun Wo joint venture standardized on a BIM methodology to drive consistency on this large multi-discipline design project that will connect Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai. This revolutionary project includes 50 kilometers of bridges and tunnels ... ( read original story ...)
Tung Po: Hong Kong’s wildest dining experience
Whether he's opening bottles with chopsticks or doing the splits on the floor, the owner of Hong Kong's Tung Po restaurant is always ready to put on a show. CBS News 2:30 56 mins ago ( read original story ...)
ZEDRA Announces Two New Senior Trust Hires in Hong Kong
Commenting on the two new appointments, John Ashwood, Managing Director of ZEDRA Hong Kong said. "This is a significant step ... as we set out to develop and grow this part of the business quickly over the next three years." ZEDRA's 500-strong team of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-based insurer AIA to invest more in technology but won’t go ‘fully digital’, says CEO
AIA, the largest life insurance company in Hong Kong, plans to invest more in technology to help ... “AIA customers are digitally savvy as over half of our life business customers use the online platform to carry out common transaction processes. ( read original story ...)
Private lender BC Securities launches 25-year mortgages with Far East Consortium
Melbourne-based private lender BC Securities has launched one of Australia's first 25-year foreign buyer mortgages for the settlement of apartment purchases, with support from Hong Kong-listed Far East Consortium. Mega-developer FEC, which is building 2500 ... ( read original story ...)
Chastened Deutsche Bank plots more moderate course
Matherat’s division will grow to around 3,000 people by the end of 2018, spread between Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore ... a $14.2-billion fine demand over its role in the subprime mortgage crisis, the trigger for the 2008-09 financial crisis. ( read original story ...)
HSBC chief ‘used codeword to tip off forex traders’
Patricia Hurtado With just four words, Mark Johnson allegedly passed a secretive signal to fellow HSBC currency traders to launch a ... in which Johnson allegedly tipped off a trader in Hong Kong. That signal eventually reached others on both sides of ... ( read original story ...)
Record number of photographers “Shoot for Hong Kong” at Canon PhotoMarathon
3,000 entrants rise to the challenge for Hong Kong edition of Asia's signature photography competition HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 8 October 2017 - The last shots have been snapped at the Canon PhotoMarathon (CPM) Hong Kong 2017, the local edition ... ( read original story ...)
Cashed-up expats stake a claim in property space
After living in Hong Kong as an expat for 17 years, Diana Edwards, her husband and three sons were looking to come home to Brisbane. Having lived away for so long, she initially thought property prices would be “at a lower level”, although she found ... ( read original story ...)
Director, buy-back activity on Hong Kong exchange plunges due to short trading week
The director and buy-back activity plunged based on filings on the Hong Kong stock exchange during the holiday shortened ... in yarn and fabrics manufacturer Texhong Textile Group and property developer Agile Property Holdings. Boyaa Interactive ... ( read original story ...)
Talent Property Group Ltd (0760) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Oct 8
For investors HSI is the main indictor of the performance of Hong Kong stocks. Stocks of Talent Property Group Ltd company can also be found in HSI. As a free float adjusted index, HSI excludes restricted shares held by company insiders and other strategic ... ( read original story ...)
Witnesses to horror: the Allied civilians in wartime Hong Kong who watched, helpless, as Chinese starved at hands of Japanese
Their leader was Vandeleur Grayburn, chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the man regarded by some as the real ruler of pre-war Hong Kong: “the Governor’s governor”. All in all, about 100 adult enemy civilians were allowed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Cyclothon draws record 4,900 participants as major roads are closed for racers
A record 4,900 professional and amateur cyclists battled it out in Hong Kong on Sunday at the annual cyclothon, even as participants said the city had much work to do to transform itself into a truly bike-friendly place. A wide range of races was scheduled ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong team in epic 3,000km solar car race across Australian desert
A team from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) is joining the race for the third time, but with a new, much lighter car called SOPHIE VI. The event has become one of the world’s foremost innovation challenges with teams looking to ... ( read original story ...)