Hong Kong and Islamabad are considering deploying chartered flights to send back hundreds of Pakistani asylum seekers, the country’s top envoy in the city has revealed. In a sign that it could become ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police operations chief plays down furore over minister’s remarks that officers ‘are not always the good guys’
A senior member of Hong Kong’s police force sought to play down the recent furore over a minister who said “not all police officers are the good guys”, as he gave reassurance on Saturday that officers ... ( read original story ...)
Ecologists left hopping mad after Hong Kong politician calls for tadpole cull because ‘frogs are too noisy’
A Hong Kong politician has spawned a furore by calling for tadpoles in a public housing estate pond to be exterminated before they become “noisy frogs”. Ecologists were quick to point out Yuen Long di... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prepares to usher in virtual banks, as 60 firms apply to be pioneers in financial revolution
When SagaDigits, a HK$2 million (US$254,820) start-up, wanted to add post-merger shareholders and signatories to its corporate bank account, its chief executive approached a Hong Kong bank for help. W... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong land reclamation explained: the good, bad and ugly methods of pushing back the sea
With 7,014 people per sq km, Hong Kong is the world’s fourth most densely populated jurisdiction in the world, according to the UN, trailing only Singapore (8,155 people per sq km), Macau (20,821 peop... ( read original story ...)
Messed-Up Math in Hong Kong’s Roaring Office Property Market
Hong Kong’s gleaming office towers may be some of the world’s worst investments, judged by their rental yields compared with government bonds. The buyers that matter most don’t really care. Chinese in... ( read original story ...)
The Murray in Hong Kong could be the city’s best new business hotel
Receive 75,000 bonus Qantas Points and $200 back to your new ANZ Frequent Flyer Black credit card when you make one eligible purchase in the first 3 months. Eligibility criteria, T&Cs, fees and charge... ( read original story ...)
Wilkinson calls speculation, school taxes ‘class warfare’
In some cases, the Hong Kong government-owned transit company then translates those rights — and increased value of property with transit — into profits or ownership of properties, according to an art... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Consumers to Get WebMD Content via WeChat
HONG KONG—China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -1.64% has struck ... which is forecast to spend $1 trillion on health care by 2020, according to a report from McKinsey & Co. Its aging population is inc... ( read original story ...)
Millionaires are flocking to Australia, including a chunk of South Africans
Well over 80% of these millionaires come from China - followed by Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa and then Vietnam ... Microsoft More from CapeTalk Eskom not laying charges against McKinsey Most mil... ( read original story ...)
News Highlights : Top Financial Services News of the Day
concerned that undisclosed conflicts at McKinsey & Co.'s restructuring unit may be compromising the nation's bankruptcy system. Hong Kong Exchange Moves Toward Deal With Mainland For Supervoting Share... ( read original story ...)
Under Armour Strengthens Regional Structure With New Executive Management Appointments And Asia Pacific Headquarters In Hong Kong
Additionally, the company announced that its Hong Kong office will be expanded to serve as its ... Sears Holding Corporation and McKinsey & Company. All four regional leads report directly to Under Ar... ( read original story ...)
Ping An’s Right to Be Taking Stock
The insurer’s own Hong Kong-traded shares — down 14 percent since January ... industry surged to $11.7 billion last year from $1 billion in 2013, according to McKinsey & Co. With Ping An’s IPO pipelin... ( read original story ...)
How Alibaba, Tencent and JD build their brands
Chinese consumers are not loyal to one single brand Daniel Zipser, McKinsey Short video apps — platforms that ... including a $2.6bn buyout stake to privatise Intime Retail, a Hong Kong-based departme... ( read original story ...)