In early October, the Hong Kong government refused to renew the work visa of Victor Mallet, a British national and the Financial Times’s Asia news editor. To date, the government has not given any rea... ( read original story ...)
Negative equity returns to Hong Kong as small flats’ value drop by 20 per cent in a declining market
Many people who bought flats in the last couple of months have seen their value decline by as much as 20 per cent, according to up-to-date estimates by HSBC, Hong Kong’s largest mortgage provider. Hon... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) bumpy ride this week
Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index closed on Friday at a fresh 18-month low 24,717.63, down 276.83 points, or 1.11 per cent. It finished the week with a 3.3 per cent decline. Overall, the bias in p... ( read original story ...)
The H in HSBC Is Looking a Bit More Vulnerable
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Watch out HSBC Holdings Plc. The digital banking revolution is coming for all the easy money the U.K.-based bank has long taken for granted. Hong Kong was HSBC’s ... ( read original story ...)
Drone display at Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival cancelled after 40 machines damaged by ‘external parties’ jamming GPS signal
There was no drone performance at the Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival again on Sunday after some of the machines crashed into Victoria Harbour the previous night. Organisers blamed “GPS interference” f... ( read original story ...)
Opponents of land reclamation ‘do not represent Hong Kong’, property tycoon Gordon Wu says
The collective voice of thousands of residents who marched to oppose a controversial multibillion-dollar reclamation project earlier this month “do not represent Hong Kong”, an outspoken property tyco... ( read original story ...)
More people in Hong Kong getting flu jabs ahead of winter peak season as public awareness grows
More people in Hong Kong are getting vaccinated against influenza this year ahead of the winter flu season because of greater public awareness, according to private doctors and health authorities. In ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Finance Co. Ltd in Hong Kong marks 40th anniversary
The Vietnam Finance Company Limited (VFC) in China’s Hong Kong, the first overseas financial institution of Vietnam, marked its 40th founding anniversary on October 26. Hong Kong accommodates many lea... ( read original story ...)
STX Calls Off Hong Kong IPO
The studio had hoped to raise up to $500 million of new capital. STX Entertainment has abandoned plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The studio's IPO filing lapsed on Thursday and is now li... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Tycoon Aborts Hong Kong IPO Plan on Market Turmoil
Singapore entrepreneur and tycoon Ron Sim has “aborted” plans to list V3 Group Ltd. in Hong Kong amid intense volatility and weakness in the global stock market. Sim, who created Asia’s largest maker ... ( read original story ...)
Australian becomes first foreigner honoured by Hong Kong government for act outside the city, as pan-democrats are snubbed for fourth year running
Being awarded a bravery medal in Hong Kong was not only “a great honour” but “surreal” for Zachary Rolfe, an Australian police office who is the first foreign national commended by the Hong Kong gover... ( read original story ...)
Would you give them money to travel? The rise and fall of Hong Kong’s ‘begpackers’
About a year ago, they seemed to be everywhere in Hong Kong – tourists holding signs on the streets asking for donations to fund their round-the-world trips. Dubbed “begpackers”, they were on footbrid... ( read original story ...)
RCCI’s delegation to visit Hong Kong
Under this initiative, RCCI former president Zahid Latif Khan led a delegation to Hong Kong where it held Business Opportunity Conference (BOC) and meetings with Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and sign... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong science and tech hub set to deploy US$1.3B focussed on startups
In the Pearl of the Orient, 2018 will be remembered as a defining for the year Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). In March, HKSTP stepped into the policy spotlight when it rec... ( read original story ...)