A Hong Kong property firm is planning to attract NGO tenants with low rent to revive some of the 17 shopping centres bought from the Link Reit, the company said on Wednesday, rejecting suspicions it was a speculator. Gaw Capital Partners led a consortium ... ( read original story ...)
HONG KONG | China tech giant sidelined, US imports held amid trade spat
HONG KONG — A Chinese tech giant has been brought to its knees. Tougher inspections at Chinese ports are holding up cars, apples and lumber imported from the U.S. These are among the early signs that the widening trade dispute between China and the U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Fury as Brussels demands Britain treats Northern Ireland like HONG KONG and accepts it must obey EU rules to keep soft border with Republic
Brussels is urging Britain to treat Northern Ireland like Hong Kong and accept the province must accept EU rules and regulations after Brexit. Officials in the bloc say the UK should adopt a 'one state two systems' approach - keeping the province in the ... ( read original story ...)
HONG KONG | China tech giant crippled, US imports held amid trade spat
HONG KONG — A Chinese tech giant brought to its knees and delays for imported U.S. cars, apples, lumber and other agricultural products are early casualties of the widening trade dispute between China and the U.S. A fresh round of talks aimed at ... ( read original story ...)
A Coca-Cola crisis, a 12kg cyst and Hong Kong’s tallest building: headlines from four decades ago
Hong Kong Marine Police called on the Royal Navy to help handle ... from the abdomen of a 34-year-old Algerian woman by using acupuncture instead of anaesthesia, the Algerian News Agency reported. It said the operation went smoothly for the mother of ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Sounds Warning on Hong Kong Banks, Citing China Risks
Fitch Ratings Ltd. cut its assessment of Hong Kong banks’ operating environment due to the territory’s tighter links to the mainland economy. “We believe that Hong Kong’s growing connectivity with China’s economy and financial system creates ... ( read original story ...)
HONG KONG | China’s ZTE halts major operations following US export ban
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese telecommunications company ZTE has halted its main operations after U.S. authorities cut off its access to American suppliers as President Donald Trump steps up pressure over trade and technology issues with Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cabbie held after $140,000 left in car
A Hong Kong taxi driver has been arrested on suspicion of stealing HK$1.1 million (US$140,000) that a passenger left in his cab. The owner of a currency exchange left the bag full of cash in the taxi on her way home Sunday night, according to local ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoons and insatiable demand for satellite television causing Hong Kong to fall behind in race for 5G mobile broadband service
Frequent bouts of bad weather and a huge demand for live satellite television have placed Hong Kong behind other developed economies in the race towards implementing next generation 5G mobile broadband services, a senior telecommunication official said on ... ( read original story ...)
China bitcoin miner Canaan ditches US for Hong Kong IPO
Canaan Creative, China’s second-largest bitcoin mining hardware maker, is planning to seek an initial public offering in Hong Kong instead of the US, which if successful would make it the first blockchain-related company to list on the city’s bourse ... ( read original story ...)
HKTDC Entrepreneur Day seeks to connect startups and investors
Now on its 10th year, E-Day will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 17 to 18. More than 270 exhibitors will participate in this year’s event, including startups in the fields of medical technology, biotechnology ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong student slammed by Chinese press for saying the national anthem makes her ‘vomit’
The Chinese National Anthem Law was imposed on Hong Kong last November Expert say the law will definitely pass at Hong Kong's local legislative council Student activists plan to deliberately break the law to show resistance "I want to vomit whenever I hear ... ( read original story ...)
Three Hong Kong tourists deported from Thailand for false police report about being robbed by tuk-tuk driver
Three Hong Kong tourists were given two-year suspended jail terms in Bangkok and then deported on Tuesday for making a false robbery report to police in an attempt to get a HK$60,000 (US$7,644) insurance payout. Cheuk Kai-hay, 26, Wu Ching-bor, 23 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng leads gains for most of Asia as Trump Iran decision awaited
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, +1.36% led gains in the region ... “It is ironic that price increases—which the Bank of Japan has been working so hard to realize—are now weighing on consumption and dragging down the economy,” he added. ( read original story ...)