Prices of lived-in homes in Hong Kong saw the sharpest decline in a single month in November since the global financial crisis in 2008. The monthly home price index, which represents movements in the ... ( read original story ...)
Technology Review: Startups and bitcoin
Looking back at the year about to close, it is most gratifying to witness the proliferation of startups in the city. According to an annual survey by Invest Hong Kong released in mid-December, there w... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Panel Suggests Converting Golf Course to Address Land Shortage
Using part of Hong Kong’s iconic golf course and developing deserted rural land for housing are among a government-appointed panel’s suggestions to address land shortage in the world’s least affordabl... ( read original story ...)
Liberal Party urges Hong Kong MTR to scrap 3.1 per cent fare increase in 2019
A pro-business political party of Hong Kong has urged the MTR Corporation to not increase railway fares next year. Around 20 members of the Liberal Party gathered at the MTRC headquarters on Friday in ... ( read original story ...)
What should traders of Hong Kong, China stocks expect after a year of ‘heaven to hell’?
Hong Kong reclaimed its crown as the world’s top IPO market in ... “I’m bullish on 2019, no matter based on business cycles or valuation levels,” Lu said. “The worst times represent the best opportuni... ( read original story ...)
Give the job of finding land to a dedicated body to solve Hong Kong’s land shortage crisis, says advisory task force
Hong Kong should have a dedicated body to fast track land creation and build up a land reserve sustainedly, free from economic cycles, to tackle the city’s land shortage crisis, government advisers su... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai says policeman’s car was ‘totally out of control’ in Japan Christmas Day crash, reveals his ribs fractured
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai has shed light on a road accident in Japan last week that left a top policeman from the city seriously injured, saying the officer’s van slid out of control and cras... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong brokers brace for hard times in 2019, urge regulators to speed up access to Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong’s smaller brokerages have lobbied local regulators to introduce measures that would allow them to broaden their market to the 70 million residents in the “Greater Bay Area”. Christopher Che... ( read original story ...)
Inspection work questioned after even more shoddy work unearthed on Hong Kong’s Sha Tin-Central link
The quality of supervision during construction on Hong Kong’s costliest rail project was called into question again on Saturday, after more shoddily built reinforcement bars were found in the walls of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cold snap kills one, temperatures plunging to 6.3 degrees Celsius on Lantau Island
The Hong Kong cold snap claimed one life on Sunday, after six people were sent to hospital with hypothermia, as the temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius in several parts of the city. The Hospi... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam failing on youth poverty, says children’s group
Hong Kong’s leader has failed miserably to improve the lives of the city’s poor children this year, a community youth group said on Sunday, giving the government just 23 points out of 100 in that area ... ( read original story ...)
The mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai for just 50 yuan each
Qin Zhihong, 50, was on his tenth tour to Hong Kong in the past five years. The Henan province native paid just 50 yuan (US$7) for a five-day trip to the city, as well as Zhuhai and Macau. The mainlan... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong wine company to buy Japanese crypto exchange
“This is why we have to diversify into financial technology and the crypto-currency business – to achieve a better return for our shareholders.” In a related deal, HDR Global Trading, which owns the H... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s record-breaking parking space market set to lose steam, say analysts
View photos The number of parking spots changing hands fell drastically in the second half of the year, from a peak of 1,348 in June to just 377 in November, the lowest for almost three years, accordi... ( read original story ...)