Flu vaccine samples in Hong Kong were tested and cleared by local health authorities after white particles were found in doses from the same batch that had been supplied to Taiwan. The update from the ... ( read original story ...)
Anxious Hong Kong bankers brace for 50% bonus cuts
Your M&A bonus in Hong Kong also depends on which bank you work for. Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan bankers are likely to escape the worst of the downward trend in M&A bonuses, says a Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Lawyer for Snowden in Hong Kong Says He Left City Under Pressure
I want to help my clients, but I can’t do that from jail.” Image Hong Kong commuters in 2013 watching a news report about Mr. Snowden, who leaked top-secret information on United States surveillance p... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong insurance policies regain sparkle among mainland investors as yuan weakens
A weaker yuan and the new high-speed rail link brought more mainlanders to Hong Kong to buy life and health policies in the last quarter, a trend that local insurers expected to continue over the foll... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance sector M&A deals fall prey to China crackdown
HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Mergers and acquisitions targeting Hong Kong financial firms have slumped this year, with insurance sector deals particularly hard hit, as China's moves to tighten capital contro... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Class A Office Rent Growth Slows
According to JLL's latest Hong Kong Property Market Monitor, rents in the overall Grade A office market continued to rise albeit at a slower pace last month. Average rent of Grade A office climbed 0.5 ... ( read original story ...)
The ‘biggest loser’ in the trade war is the US, says Hong Kong property tycoon
The U.S. is ultimately harming its own interests by pursuing trade war with China and will turn out to be the "biggest loser," says Hong Kong property tycoon Ronnie Chan. The U.S. is being shortsighte... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s commercial property market cooling rapidly as it feels impact of trade war
Hong Kong topped the list for commercial property transactions in Asia in the first nine months of this year, but deals started to slow down in the third quarter as investors weighed the impact of the ... ( read original story ...)
Prolonged property downturn not necessarily bad
Hong Kong property prices have begun a descent that could last up to five years, based on past experience, as interest rates start to climb. Photo provided to China Daily In recent months, there has b... ( read original story ...)
Philippine developers see boost in home buying tied to overseas workers in Hong Kong, elsewhere
Philippine developers are getting a boost from Filipinos working in Hong Kong who are taking advantage of the weak peso to buy property back home. Rowena Arandia is one such worker who bought her firs... ( read original story ...)
The World’s Priciest Property Market Is Getting (a Bit) Cheaper
Is the world’s most expensive property heading for a bear market? Probably. Hong Kong apartments have been an excellent investment: Prices have tripled in the past decade. A tiny flat, slightly bigger ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Has ‘Got it Wrong’ on Public Housing, Developer Says
“Somebody’s going to kill me,” Kenneth Ng, a director of Hong Kong developer Wing Tai Properties Ltd., told his audience -- twice -- as he criticized the government’s housing policy. Ng spoke on a pan... ( read original story ...)
Club Med owner scales back Hong Kong IPO plan by nearly half amid downbeat mood
Fosun Tourism Group, owner of the French holiday resort chain Club Med, has cut the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering by almost half amid a slumping market and a surge in new share offerin... ( read original story ...)
HONG KONG | China halts work by team on gene-edited babies
HONG KONG — China’s government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies, as a group of leading scientists declared that i... ( read original story ...)