The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts as their ... Drummer Miss Cheng from the band told local news site HK01 she was sad about the busk... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freedoms at risk if ban on pro-independence party proceeds, former lawmaker Margaret Ng warns
Prominent former lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee has warned that Hongkongers’ cherished freedoms will suffer “a clear setback” if authorities proceed with the police’s proposed ban on the pro-independen... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
An ethnic minority youth in Hong Kong will for the first time bring the community’s ... “A lot of the time in Chinese media, they have news about how Nepalese men are gangsters, drug abusers and start ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) banks and property stocks are among the bright spots
Hong Kong stocks ended little changed on Friday and mainland Chinese ... although measures announced this week by Beijing to stimulate the economy offered support. The Hang Seng index rose 0.1 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Taiwan on the frontline as Xi chases ‘China dream’
Andy Chan, a young independence activist, and his Hong Kong National party’s tiny band of supporters do not look — or sound — like a serious threat to the territorial integrity of an emerging superpow... ( read original story ...)
Fighting for the right to stay: for children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s industrialists are moving out of mainland China to safer havens in Sino-US trade war
Another strategy could be for Hong Kong’s industrialists to turn their business strategies from exports toward China’s growing market of affluent consumers, with their voracious appetite for products, ... ( read original story ...)
Will the Hong Kong-born children of foreign domestic workers gain the rights they say they deserve?
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing Towers Over This $9 Billion IPO
China Tower Corp.’s Hong Kong IPO looks like a pretty straightforward affair. There’s a reason why fund managers and index compilers treat global peers like American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle Inter... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s retail recovery at threat as mainland Chinese currency weakens amid US trade war
The nascent recovery in Hong Kong’s retail sector is coming under pressure from a depreciating mainland Chinese currency, with shoppers from across the border expressing more caution about spending in ... ( read original story ...)
Has generation snowflake infiltrated Hong Kong’s mighty police force?
There’s no doubt Hong Kong’s police officers have become far more political ... given how they’ve been in the news for all the wrong reasons. There’s no glossing over the integrity problem the force i... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s public libraries ‘U-turn’ on anti-LGBT+ kids’ books ban after uproar
Signup to receive a daily roundup of the top LGBT+ news stories from around the world The Hong Kong government has reportedly reversed its decision to remove ten LGBT+ children’s books from its 82 pub... ( read original story ...)
Is Hong Kong mocking the elderly poor with half-hearted pension scheme?
The minimum entry fee to join the scheme, launched by the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation, is HK$50,000, which means that retirees from the lower income group would be unable to join, as they would be ... ( read original story ...)
In for the China biotech gold rush, BeiGene eyes monster $800M-plus Hong Kong IPO
Fast on the heels of Ascletis’ record $400 million raise on the Hong Kong stock exchange, BeiGene is proposing its own IPO in the city — to run parallel with its current listing on Nasdaq. And they ar... ( read original story ...)