Hong Kong-based private equity firm GSR Capital recently announced that it will invest $270 million in a blockchain-based startup of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) . A press release published by the Amer... ( read original story ...)
Activist compares Beijing’s rule in Hong Kong to colonialism
Small groups of pro-Beijing and pro-democracy protesters gathered outside the Foreign Correspondents Club's building in Hong Kong ahead of and during the speech by Andy Chan of the Hong Kong National ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong independence activist attacks Beijing at press club talk
Hong Kong independence activist Andy Chan attacked China as an empire trying to "annex" and "destroy" the city in a no-holds barred speech Tuesday at the city's press club which Beijing wanted cancell... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s economic prospects darken on rising rates, US-China trade worries
Finance and real estate are major sectors in Hong Kong's estimated $340 billion economy. Close economic and business ties with China will also have a huge impact on its economic outlook, especially si... ( read original story ...)
Pro-China Groups Target Hong Kong Foreign Journalists’ Club
Hong Kong’s foreign journalists’ club found itself at the center ... The club, whose more than 2,000 members include journalists from some of the world’s best-known news organizations, went ahead with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist to speak at press club on Tuesday, despite Chinese pressure
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong independence activist is due to speak on Tuesday at the city’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) despite pressure from Chinese officials to cancel the event. The inv... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reclaims lead over Singapore in global liveability rankings as ‘social unrest drops’ four years after Occupy
Hong Kong has reclaimed its lead over Singapore in liveability rankings, climbing 10 places in an annual global survey which attributed the score to lower levels of social unrest four years after the ... ( read original story ...)
Asia equities mixed as China, Hong Kong stocks drop
But Hong Kong’s Hand Seng fell 0.7 per cent as financials dropped 0.3 per cent and technology stocks shed 2.5 per cent, while the CSI 300 index of major Shanghai and Shenzhen-listed stocks fell 0.5 pe... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s civil service replaces Google as graduates’ most ideal employer, survey finds
In Singapore, for example, the industry’s average ranking among business students fell from 15 in 2012, to 38 in 2018. But banks made gains in Hong Kong this year. Alongside JPMorgan moving from fourt... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Club Braces for Protests at Independence Talk
Hong Kong police said they approved three applications to stage protests outside the FCC’s clubhouse in the central business district, but denied a fourth for lack of members. One group calling itself ... ( read original story ...)
How China’s ire put global spotlight on Hong Kong activist Andy Chan
A lunchtime talk by a little-known Hong Kong politician has drawn global attention to China's influence on free speech in the territory. Andy Chan is the head of a fringe nationalist party calling for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong banks prepare to release new note series
All three of Hong Kong’s banks will be issuing new $500 and $1,000 notes this year. The Standard Chartered Bank’s $500 note is shown here. Original images courtesy of Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong helps banks develop innovative and convenient services
Open APIs, in this context, refer to APIs that allow third-party access to systems belonging to a bank, while ensuring adequate security and consumer protection measures. Hong Kong, however, seemed to ... ( read original story ...)
Renowned Hong Kong cartoonist Yim Yee-king, also known as Ah Chung, dies at 85
Renowned Hong Kong cartoonist Yim Yee-king died in Los Angeles in the early hours of Saturday, just three days after he turned 85, his family announced on Monday. In a Facebook post on memorial page A... ( read original story ...)