Industrial property owners in Hong Kong are rushing to subdivide their buildings into smaller, liveable units in the hope of benefiting from Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s recently annou... ( read original story ...)
China’s HNA lists property assets worth $11 billion for sale: documents
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese conglomerate HNA Group [HNAIRC.UL] has put up for sale property assets worth at least $11 billion, according to documents seen by Reuters, accelerating a push to cut ... ( read original story ...)
Brisk Synergies invited to join Infiniti lab in Hong Kong
Now, the startup, which is based in the Accelerator Centre in the David Johnston Research and Technology Park in Waterloo, is participating in a Hong Kong-based program for automotive related startups ... ( read original story ...)
US-China trade war saps confidence among Hong Kong businesses
Sentiment for the final three months of the year dropped 6.7 points to 43.0 on a quarter-on-quarter basis, in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong SME Leading Business Index, with the largest drop in conf... ( read original story ...)
HK small business feeling gloomier over prospects
There has been a "sweeping decline'' in business confidence among small and medium-sized enterprises in Hong Kong, compared with the third quarter, survey by Hong Kong Productivity Council shows. The ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Gears Up for China Listing Through Shanghai-London Link
“We are studying the proposed framework for the listing of Chinese depositary receipts under the Shanghai-London Stock Connect but cannot comment further at this time,” HSBC’s Hong Kong-based spokeswo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong journalist group urges local media chiefs to explain why reports carrying controversial remarks were removed
The Hong Kong Journalists Association has urged three news outlets as well as a group of local media chiefs visiting Beijing to explain the “highly unusual” retraction of multiple reports that include... ( read original story ...)
Don’t let Hong Kong be turned into base for interfering with mainland, Communist Party propaganda head tells media chiefs
Wong Wing-hang, who chairs the Hong Kong News Executives Association, told the Post that officials from Beijing had told the delegation that the meeting was for “internal communication only” and was “ ... ( read original story ...)
News: HSBC Singapore gets its new chairman and MD
To replace Guy Harvey-Samuel, the bank has elevated an HSBC veteran to lead the Singapore arm. As the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation seeks to capture ASEAN business and deepen Singapore's r... ( read original story ...)
Law Society may plug loophole that allows foreign lawyers to work in Hong Kong, prompting fears of an exodus
Hong Kong’s professional body of solicitors is seeking to plug a loophole that allows foreign and mainland Chinese lawyers to work “back door” on local cases, but this has raised concerns it will only ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) recover their poise after Fed jolt
South Korea’s Kospi, which reopened after a national holiday, added 0.7 percent to 2,355.43. ’s Hang Seng index slipped 0.4 percent to 27,715.67. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 percent to 2,791 ... ( read original story ...)
This Is What the Fastest Growing Emerging Economies Have in Common
Anu Madgavkar, a partner at McKinsey Global Institute ... Her team found that seven nations—China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand—all had at least ... ( read original story ...)
China propaganda chief warns Hong Kong media over ‘interference’: reports
The reported remarks by Huang Kunming, head of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda department, were quoted by Siu Sai-wo, CEO of Hong Kong's Sing Tao News Corporation, who spoke to the city's med... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities take a hit in latest Times Higher Education law, business and economics rankings
Hong Kong universities suffered drops in the latest Times Higher Education law, and business and economics rankings, with the publisher urging the city’s institutions to improve their teaching environ... ( read original story ...)