SHANGHAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's benchmark stock index rose for the 13th consecutive session on Thursday, as strength in financial shares offset losses of 2.5 percent for index heavyweight Tencent Holdings. ** At close of trade, the Hang Seng index ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam backs under-fire justice chief Teresa Cheng as mortgage deed raises new questions
Hong Kong’s leader has called for more tolerance towards her new justice minister over the brewing scandal over illegal structures in her house. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor told the legislature on Thursday at her first question-and-answer ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Property Awash in Cash Shielded From Rates: HSBC
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HK looks to lure more floats with new IPO rules
Hong Kong lost its spot as the world's top IPO fundraising venue in 2017. In response, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is aiming to attract more high-quality emerging and innovative companies to launch IPOs in the city. It unveiled the proposed changes in mid ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Property Is Shielded From Rate Spikes, HSBC Says
Ample liquidity has spurred rallies in H.K. stocks, property Don’t expect interest rates to spike anytime soon in Hong Kong, where abundant liquidity has fueled spectacular rallies in the stock and property markets. That’s according to Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
20 Start-ups to Showcase Business Innovations at Asian Financial Forum
HONG KONG, Jan, 10 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - The InnoVenture Salon will debut at next week's Asian Financial Forum (AFF), to foster start-up development. The Salon will leverage the AFF to connect start-ups with more than 2,500 business leaders and investors ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Style Borscht Soup
However, Russian food never took off in Hong Kong. Since borscht soup is a vegetable soup and it’s seen as part of western cuisine, many restaurants start making it. It has gained popularity, especially in Hong Kong style cafes (cha chaan teng). ( read original story ...)
Asian Markets’ Fast Start To 2018 Finally Hits A Wall
Japan, Korea, Australia, Taiwan indexes fall, but Hong Kong stocks hit 10-year high Some Asian stock markets pulled back Wednesday morning, ending a big start to 2018 for global equities, though Hong Kong’s benchmark climbed to a 10-year high. ( read original story ...)
Alibaba softens on Hong Kong listing
When asked by reporters about his comments after he met President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Tuesday, Ma said Alibaba was considering listing subsidiaries in Hong Kong, without elaborating. TeamIndus, India's first space start-up, drops out of moon race ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong justice chief should give up prosecuting power, top lawyer says
But he warned: “If you start talking about the rise of localism and an independence movement, they can change the Basic Law in one stroke and take back Hong Kong.” ( read original story ...)
New health and wellness expo comes to Hong Kong
Wellness media startup, Green Queen, has served health-focused consumers ... a “360-degree overview of the many wellness solutions”. Self-proclaimed as Hong Kong's largest health & wellness digital media platform, Green Queen provides consumers ... ( read original story ...)
‘We can’t be last into Hong Kong’ – surging Scallywag defies expectations to go third in Volvo Ocean Race fourth leg
Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag has defied expectations by ... pic.twitter.com/jhFqJE1jR0 Although Scallywag was still in last place at 3pm after a slow start from Melbourne, Witt always knew it would take just one move to challenge for the lead. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchange Goes Chasing Unicorns
Allowing companies that offer different share classes to list in Hong Kong could attract more technology companies to list in the city because many capital-intensive science and technology startups use the system to make sure their founders keep their ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba to ‘seriously consider’ listing shares in Hong Kong
For Alibaba, it could provide greater access to investors closer to China who are familiar with its business and allow it to benefit from the Hong Kong government's growing support for financial services innovation, said James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific FinTech ... ( read original story ...)