Hong Kong will, as always, work closely with other Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to bring unfinished businesses to fruition as well as to pursue other initiatives that can reinvigorate the WTO, said the Secretary for Commerce and Economic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police ‘take animal abuse as seriously as murder’ despite low conviction rate
Hong Kong police have insisted their specialist teams investigating animal abuse take the crimes “as seriously as murder”, despite less than half of cases ending in a conviction. A senior inspector said the offences they deal with can be hard to prove. ( read original story ...)
Three contractors found guilty over Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge death
Three Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge contractors were on Friday found guilty of 21 summonses relating to an industrial accident that killed one worker and injured four others. The West Kowloon Court heard the fatal accident took place on October 19 ... ( read original story ...)
Airbnb another casualty of high property prices in Hong Kong, destination that bucks global trend for more non-hotel stays
Hong Kong is bucking the global appetite for alternative accommodation as hotels continue to dominate the local market, according to recent research. As part of Booking.com’s annual Guest Review Awards based on 140 million customer reviews worldwide, the ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong’s Beijing loyalists don’t want democracy activists kicked out of elections
Pro-establishment heavyweights, including top advisers to Hong Kong’s leader, have challenged the justification for any move by the government to ban two pro-democracy activists from running in the Legislative Council by-election in March. While some of ... ( read original story ...)
China’s top beauty app developer backs Hong Kong e-commerce start-up
HONG KONG -- China's beauty-enhancing app developer and smartphone maker Meitu is looking to boost revenues by expanding further into e-commerce, leading a $5 million funding round in Goxip, a Hong Kong-based online shopping platform. Juliette Gimenez, CEO ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong furniture firm Tree looks to tap into growing interest in green investing
She sold the business to Tong in 2015, after she had left Hong Kong. Wakley has subsequently set up Tree in the US under a licence agreement. Tong expanded operations to Beijing and Sanya, through a distribution agreement, and opened a second Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong wipes out 2,000% stock gains with small IPO clampdown
Hong Kong: The world’s most volatile new stocks are vanishing from Hong Kong after regulators tightened oversight of the city’s small-cap Growth Enterprise Market. Stocks debuting on GEM in the past 12 months rose an average 23% on their first day of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Market May Open Under Pressure On Thursday
BOC Hong Kong collected 0.84 percent, Sands China shed 0.82 percent, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China lost 0.68 percent, New World Development slid 0.48 percent, AIA Group fell 0.22 percent, Hong Kong & China Gas dipped 0.13 percent and Power Asset ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bourse May Extend Thursday’s Losses
BOC Hong Kong lost 0.60 percent and China Mobile fell 0.30 percent. The lead from Wall Street offers little clarity as stocks were mixed again on Thursday as the Dow and the S&P 500 hit new record closing highs, but the tech-heavy NASDAQ ended in the red. ( read original story ...)
Is the Market Too Aggressive on a BoC slam-dunk rate hike?
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index rose to a fresh closing high overnight ... USD/CAD (C$1.2433) is not straying too far from yesterday’s close ahead of this mornings Bank of Canada (BoC) rate decision. Markets are looking for the central bank to hike ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market May Take Further Damage
BOC Hong Kong collected 0.74 percent, Henderson Land shed 0.67 percent, New World Development lost 0.65 percent, China Petroleum and Chemical (Sinopec) fell 0.61 percent, China Life added 0.40 percent, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China gained 0.15 ... ( read original story ...)
ASIA MARKETS: Hong Kong Stocks Slip From Record High
HONG KONG (Jan 25) -- Hong Kong stocks retreated on Thursday from ... with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Bank of China (BOC) shedding 1.9% each. Concerns that share placements by an increasing number of companies would absorb some ... ( read original story ...)
ASIA MARKETS: Hong Kong Stocks Rebound, Poised For Fresh Record High
and Bank of China (BOC) each added 3.7%. Heavyweights Tencent Holdings and Ping An Insurance Group climbed 2.5% each. More than 95 billion Hong Kong dollars ($12.2 billion) in shares had changed hands on the stock exchanges main board by noon, with ... ( read original story ...)