The Hong Kong government has invited a mainland delegation to brief its senior officials on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s report to the Communist Party congress last month, the city’s leader confirmed on Tuesday. The delegation, tasked by Beijing with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks set for longest winning streak in five weeks as financial companies make gains
Hong Kong stocks rose for a fourth day on Tuesday and were on course for their longest winning streak in five weeks, as financial companies advanced. The Hang Seng Index gained 0.8 per cent, or 246.66 points, to 29,506.97 in morning trading. The Hang Seng ... ( read original story ...)
As Hong Kong lags behind competitors, vocational education needs a boost
Hong Kong came in joint-25th with New Zealand and Sweden, beating larger countries like the US and Spain, with the delegation taking home one bronze medal and seven medallions of excellence, which meant the participants achieved above-average scores in ... ( read original story ...)
Review: Hong Kong Airlines’ Club Autus business class lounge, Hong Kong
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Former Hong Kong home secretary Patrick Ho arrested in US over alleged Africa bribery scheme
US authorities have arrested Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary and the ex-foreign minister of Senegal for allegedly leading a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme in Africa on behalf of a top Chinese energy company, with some deals supposedly ... ( read original story ...)
‘Outlandish’: 88,000 applicants for 620 Hong Kong subsidised flats
About 88,000 Hong Kong families had applied for 620 subsidised homes, a record of 141 applicants competing for each flat, housing authorities said on Monday as the city’s overall property prices continued to soar. By the 7pm deadline, applications for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong urged to adopt gender-neutral public facilities as Legco considers legal recognition of transgender people
Sexual minorities in Hong Kong urged the government on Monday to set up gender-neutral public facilities to cut down on unwanted attention they claim to face. The suggestion came during a special meeting in the Legislative Council on what was the ... ( read original story ...)
Banks Shun Bitcoin In Hong Kong, Businesses Seek Foreign Help
Hong Kong’s Bitcoin business sector is feeling uncertain as local exchange Gatecoin loses its banking services. Just a month after reports of a mass ‘Bitcoin exodus’ from China after it banned crypto-to-fiat trading and ICOs, Hong Kong also appears ... ( read original story ...)
Finance director murdered mistress and sneaked away the body, prosecutors tell Hong Kong court
A finance company director killed his mistress and successfully sneaked the body out of her flat only for it never to be found, prosecutors told a Hong Kong court on Monday. Opening the murder trial of Ivan Chan Man-sum, lawyer Anna Lai Yuen-kee SC said ... ( read original story ...)
Biometric Solutions Provider BIO-key Expands Asia Presence, Adding Hong Kong Based Financial Executive Fabian Shin to its Board
Wall, N.J., Nov. 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKYI), an innovative provider of biometric software and hardware systems and consumer products offering strong, convenient security and user access, today announced the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks gain for a third straight session, lifting Tencent’s valuation above US$500b milestone
Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Monday, aided by a surge in Tencent Holdings, whose market value surpassed US$500 billion. More than HK$14.5 billion (US$1.86 billion) worth of Tencent shares changed hands, accounting for 13.4 per cent of the total ... ( read original story ...)
Why don’t we convert prime waterfront land at Hong Kong’s shrinking port into housing?
The biggest one of them is controlled by developer Li Ka-shing, who has made it his life’s business to turn port facilities in Hong Kong into housing projects. This would be his biggest one ever, and the port business he loses here would be gained ... ( read original story ...)
Poverty in Hong Kong could worsen in 2018 even after government handouts, welfare minister warns
The Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report for 2016, released last Friday, showed that 1.35 million of the city’s 7.35 million residents were living below the official poverty line, with the figure dropping to 996,000 after factoring in cash interventions ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong urged to learn lessons from Taiwan to better treat rare diseases
Hong Kong lawmaker Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung has urged Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to follow Taiwan’s lead in using legal means to guarantee the supply of so-called orphan drugs for specific rare diseases, which drug makers are reluctant ... ( read original story ...)