View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hong-kong-airlines-first-flight-to-los-angeles-takes-off-debuts-new-tableware-300572983.html The launch of HX068 also marks the introduction of the A350 in the US city. With three already ... ( read original story ...)
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong World’s Leading Luxury Business Hotel
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong has again triumphed at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2017 held in Vietnam, garnering the biggest recognition as World’s Leading Luxury Business Hotel. InterContinental Grand Stanford ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Malls That People Can’t Avoid Attract Goldman, Puma
Forget Gucci and Rolex. Grocery stores, hair salons and tutoring centers may have the brightest future for Hong Kong retail as high-end malls get squeezed by forces beyond their control. That’s according to property consultants including Savills Plc ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks end higher, HKEX jumps 4.2pc after laying course for listing rule change
Hong Kong’s stocks gained for the first time in three trading days, as the city’s stock exchange operator jumped the most in four weeks on optimism that its revision of listing rules will attract more blockbuster IPOs to the city. The Hang Seng Index ... ( read original story ...)
In the mood for expansion – Italian owner wants to take Hong Kong fashion brand Shanghai Tang global
Shanghai Tang, Hong Kong’s home-grown fashion brand, will go global with stores in Paris, Milan and more cities on the mainland over the next two years, according to one of its new owners. The company, which was bought by Italian textile businessman ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Argentina sign MOU to promote wine trade
Yau noted that Hong Kong is Asia's wine hub and a wine free-port and also offers a business and logistics infrastructure for the wine business to thrive. The Drinks Business reported that presently Argentina’s wine imports constitute only a small amount ... ( read original story ...)
Police suspect murder after elderly Hong Kong man, 93, dies following fight at care home
Hong Kong police were investigating a suspected murder on Monday after a 93-year-old man died in hospital following a fight with another resident at his Tai Po care home. A 79-year-old man, surnamed Lau, was arrested and detained for questioning ... ( read original story ...)
Shock and sympathy after death of Hong Kong-raised British diplomat in Lebanon
The news brought a wave of sympathy from the city’s legal community ... “No words are adequate for this.” Law Yuk-kai, director of Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, which promotes the protection of legal rights in the city, said Ms Dykes had worked ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Indexes strengthens Stock Connect Hong Kong index range
Hang Seng Indexes, formerly HSI Services Limited, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Bank. The company compiles and manages the Hang Seng Family of Indexes. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developer HKRI to ‘embrace digital era’ in mainland expansion
Discovery Bay, HKRI’s flagship property in Hong Kong, is a resort-style residential project on northeastern Lantau Island, comprising villas as well as low, mid and high-rise residential developments. “Hong Kong developers can’t afford to be as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief ‘to boost land supply’ in next budget
Hong Kong’s finance chief has indicated that boosting land supply to ease the city’s housing problems will be a key part of his upcoming budget, through which he said he would strive to elevate “the people’s sense of being well-off”. Paul Chan Mo ... ( read original story ...)
Two Hong Kong students kicked out of graduation ceremony after not standing for national anthem
Two Hong Kong college students were kicked out of their own graduation ceremony on Saturday after refusing to stand for the national anthem. The social work students from Hong Kong College of Technology sat silently while March of the Volunteers played ... ( read original story ...)
Horizons Ventures backs AI startup Fano Labs in first Hong Kong investment
Horizons Ventures, the VC firm founded by Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-Shing, has made a rare early-stage investment after it backed AI startup Fano Labs. Horizons has invested in the likes of Facebook, Razer, Slack, Improbable, Spotify and more, and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s New York Blues
Despite a year of hot flotations that included firms backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Hong Kong is close to being overtaken by its U.S. competitor as the world's top IPO venue, a title it's held for two years. The package of ... ( read original story ...)