The Hong Kong government will pour HK$23.7 million (US$3 million) into “national studies training” for civil servants this financial year – an increase of 30 per cent from the previous year – and has invited a Basic Law expert from Beijing to brief ... ( read original story ...)
Industrial Securities eyes Hong Kong IPO to bolster financial strength
Industrial Securities, a mid-sized mainland brokerage based in Fujian province, is studying a plan to list shares in Hong Kong to enlarge its capital base following a private share placement to raise 8 billion yuan (US$1.27 billion) on the mainland stock ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is a breeding ground for potential unicorns
Fast forward almost 80 years, and the spirit not only remains but is driving the city’s thriving startup scene. “I think Hong Kong has always been the perfect environment for entrepreneurship,” said Terence Kwok, founder and CEO at Tink Labs. ( read original story ...)
OMD Hong Kong promotes Gary Wong to MD and appoints Desmond Ko as business director
OMD Hong Kong has made key leadership appointments as a result of the agency's continued growth. Gary Wong, previously the General Manager for OMD Hong Kong, has been promoted to Managing Director with immediate effect, while Desmond Ko has been appointed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong co-working factory aims to lift women out of poverty and revitalise city’s manufacturing tradition
Hong Kong may not be the manufacturing city it once was, but one man is hoping to bring its glorious past back – with a new twist. Francis Ngai Wah-sing, founder of the philanthropic organisation Social Ventures Hong Kong, launched a new 5,000 sq ft co ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Plows $1.2 Billion Into Defending Currency to Little Effect
The Hong Kong dollar remains stuck at the weak end of its currency band, even after the monetary authority plowed $1.2 billion into defending the peg. The city’s dollar traded near HK$7.85 per greenback at 11:01 a.m. local time, the level that can spur ... ( read original story ...)
CMRU Proposed Issue 75,980,000 Subscription Shares to Hongkong Fule
HONG KONG, April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- China Metal Resources ... by the Company and to purchase raw materials and copper products for the ordinary course of business. The 75,980,000 Subscription Shares to be allotted and issued to Hongkong Fule ... ( read original story ...)
Asia News: Hong Kong “doggie dash” raises funds for abandoned pooches
Dozens of pugs and dachshunds, compensating for their lack of speed with dogged determination, took part in Hong Kong's inaugural "doggie dash" on Sunday to raise funds for abandoned and rescued canines. Dog-lovers packed a leafy and quiet area in the ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao mega bridge is more than an engineering challenge
The 55-kilometre bridge and tunnel project links the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau with the mainland, slashing travel time and linking up to 60 million people into a metropolis-style economy. When the first cars begin crossing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong motorist in police ‘human shield’ accident says he feels ‘wronged’ by prosecution notice
Three injured motorists who were told they might face prosecution after allegedly helping Hong Kong police stop a car chase by acting as a “human shield” spoke out for the first time on Sunday, with one saying he felt “wronged”. The incident in ... ( read original story ...)
Living in subdivided flats that nobody wants – the grim struggle to find a home for Hong Kong’s poorer ethnic minorities
They pay HK$5,500 a month and share the kitchen and bathroom with another family. They are among roughly 27,000 ethnic minority people in Hong Kong – excluding those working as domestic helpers – living in cheap partitioned units subdivided from bigger ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s small-cap IPO frenzy finds new gear
What do an eye clinic operator, a satirical magazine publisher and a bubble tea maker have in common? They all had eye-popping initial public offerings on the Hong Kong stock exchange, as retail investors sent their shares soaring. In recent months ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong directors’ share buying remains high in latest week, while selling increases
Buying of their own companies’ shares by Hong Kong company directors remained high while selling rose, based on filings to the city’s stock exchange from April 9 to 13. A total of 66 companies recorded 352 purchases by directors worth HK$482 million ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘doggie dash’ raises funds for abandoned pooches
Dozens of pugs and dachshunds, compensating for their lack of speed with dogged determination, took part in Hong Kong's inaugural "doggie dash" on Sunday to raise funds for abandoned and rescued canines. Dog-lovers packed a leafy and quiet area in the ... ( read original story ...)