Angel investors including Shailesh Rao (Senior Advisor -TPG, McKinsey) and Amit Gupta (Founding Partner, Newquest Capital) also participated in this funding round. Kristal.AI currently focuses on investors (clients) in the Singapore, Hong Kong and India ... ( read original story ...)
Asia News: Hong Kong civic coalition warns UN on eroding freedoms
Hong Kong (AFP) - More than 40 civil groups in Hong Kong appealed to the United Nations Tuesday demanding action to protect rapidly disappearing freedoms as Beijing increasingly tightens its grip on the freewheeling city. The coalition cited increasing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Hong Kong are winning over start-up accelerators
Start-up accelerators see Asia as a hotbed for technological innovation. Those companies see potential in Singapore and Hong Kong, primarily because of their strong reserves of tech experts. There's a new breed of entrepreneurship programs turning to Asia ... ( read original story ...)
How Alibaba-Backed Startup Qupital Is Helping Hong Kong SMEs Fix Their Cash Flow
Forbes.com - 07:02 AM GMT April 10, 2018 Pinduoduo: The $1.5B Startup Challenging E-Commerce Giant Alibaba In China's Towns And Villages Forbes.com - 06:21 AM GMT April 06, 2018 Inside Hong Kong's coolest neighbourhood Evening Standard - 16:32 PM ... ( read original story ...)
New 3-year contract for Leung Ka-wi as head of Hong Kong’s public broadcaster RTHK
The veteran journalist, 65, whose long career included stints as news chief at both Television Broadcasts and Asia Television (ATV), was first appointed as director of broadcasting in August 2015. Leung, who leads an organisation with about 730 staff and a ... ( read original story ...)
Close calls in Hong Kong airspace prompt lawmakers to look for answers over air traffic control system
Hong Kong’s already congested airspace is only going to get busier ... and the four airports within 150km of it expand to meet burgeoning demand for passenger and cargo flights. So recent news that there were 17 times last year when two aircraft flew ... ( read original story ...)
Anger as top 10 landlords in Hong Kong enjoy rates rebate of HK256 million
The top 10 landlords in Hong Kong – who own about 40,000 property units among them – will benefit from rates waivers of more than HK$256 million (US$32.8 million) this financial year, reigniting criticism the government was once again favouring the rich. ( read original story ...)
Cross-border tech and taxes: the big Hong Kong debates at Boao’s Greater Bay Area brainstorming session
“Even if all vehicles from Hong Kong and Macau were visiting Guangdong, we could manage,” he said. Leung, who is now chairman of property giant Nan Fung Group, also said the mainland should set up “trial international health care zones” for Hong ... ( read original story ...)
“I’m starting my banking career in Hong Kong. Bankers drink too much in London”
But alcohol played a part. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/hk-en/311815/asia-technology-internships/ I interned at a top US bank in Hong Kong last summer and I was lucky enough to secure a return job offer. The bank asked me whether I wanted to start ... ( read original story ...)
HK an ideal business gateway
That accounted for nearly 8% of the total trade between the Netherlands and our motherland in 2017, demonstrating our growing role in strengthening the links between Hong Kong, the Mainland and a world of business. Our motherland's far-reaching Belt & Road ... ( read original story ...)
65pc of listed Hong Kong and Chinese firms to increase Belt and Road Initiative business in three years: CESC
Of more than 1,200 listed companies that can trade under the Stock Connect programme linking the bourses in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen, 65 per cent have said they will increase their Belt and Road Initiative business in the next three years ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Hong Kong to link central bank systems for easier cross-border trade
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and Hong Kong will connect their financial systems to immediately settle transactions involving assets denominated in their respective currencies, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday, in what is likely the first such attempt by any ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Mining Manufacturer Canaan May Seek an IPO in Hong Kong or the US
Canaan Rules out IPO on Chinese Stock Exchanges? Canaan Creative Co. Ltd, the Chinese company behind the Avalon lineup of hardware equipment which produces ASIC mining chips and rigs, is reportedly considering launching an initial public offering (IPO) in ... ( read original story ...)
Watch the World Rugby Sevens Series in Hong Kong
Watch live coverage of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series men's tournament from Hong Kong in the video player above. Action resumes at 9:30 p.m. ET. Canada fell short of the quarter-finals after losing 17-12 to Spain in their final game of pool play. ( read original story ...)