The much awaited HK$36 billion (US$4.6 billion) Central-Wan Chai Bypass in Hong Kong will open to traffic on January 20 next year after 10 years of construction plagued by delays and cost overruns. Th... ( read original story ...)
Has the Chinese property developer gold rush ended in HK?
China Overseas Land and Investment has snapped up the last piece of Hong Kong government land this year as it took a second bite of the cherry at the old Kai Tak Airport. The top mainland property dev... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Bank spreads Christmas joy among schoolchildren at HKSKH Kowloon City Children and Youth Integrated Service Centre
Volunteers from a bank brought festive cheer to 50 primary school students when they visited them at a children’s centre in Kowloon. The visitors, from Hang Seng Bank, spread some Christmas joy among ... ( read original story ...)
Separating self-financing arms from public universities will help, not hurt them, Hong Kong education task force says
A task force appointed by the Hong Kong government to review the private tertiary sector has dismissed concerns from the self-financing arms of publicly funded universities that their branding and app... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong business women due in Dar early 2019
A delegation of Hong Kong business women will visit the country early next year to scout for investment opportunities in travel and tourism industry but also other areas. TTB’s Chairman, Thomas Mihayo ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s top legal bodies call on justice minister Teresa Cheng to explain why investigation against former chief executive CY Leung was dropped
Justice Minister Teresa Cheng Yuek-wah came under mounting pressure on Thursday as Hong Kong’s two major legal bodies called on her to fully explain the government’s decision to drop investigations ag... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai denies he was drunk-driving when he crashed in Japan on Christmas Day
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai has denied drink-driving in Japan after his car crashed head-on into a van carrying a top policeman from the city. “The accident happened at noon. I had not had any ... ( read original story ...)
Working holiday scheme to start
A working holiday scheme signed between Hong Kong and the Netherlands will start accepting applications from January 1. Welcoming the scheme’s commencement, Secretary for Labour & Welfare Dr Law Chi-k... ( read original story ...)
Relief in sight for long-suffering residents of Hong Kong’s crowded Kowloon City as officials pledge tourist curbs to ease chaos
Residents of Kowloon City where as many as 10,000 mainland day-trippers on cheap Hong Kong tours have disrupted local lives could soon get a respite after authorities on Thursday pledged to come down ... ( read original story ...)
Biggest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong calls again for curbs on mainland Chinese tourists to city
Hong Kong’s biggest pro-Beijing party has for the second time in a week called for curbs on the number of mainland Chinese visitors on cheap tours, which it said had hit an average of 10,000 a day in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police hunt six who pushed woman onto ground and kicked her dog at Fu Hong Street Pet Garden in Chai Wan
A citywide search was under way on Thursday for six people who pushed a 63-year-old Hong Kong woman onto the ground and kicked her dog. The group also beat a 27-year-old man who tried to stop the atta... ( read original story ...)
Another tech listing Bits the dust: Bitmain in Hong Kong
Despite its warm welcome to emerging and innovative firms such as pre-profit biotech companies, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX ... which was filed in September. The mining startup plans to raise U... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-listed wine firm Madison eyes cryptocurrency trading, to buy US$30 million stake in Japanese platform
But no details were given about licences. Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong, a Hong Kong lawmaker, said: “Madison has built up its reputation through trade in fine wines, it is a newcomer to the virtual curren... ( read original story ...)
Two Hong Kong activists charged for trespassing in Japan over protest at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine
Two Hong Kong activists arrested in Tokyo over a protest at a war shrine were charged for trespassing on Wednesday, and their first trial could take place in February, according to their lawyer. The m... ( read original story ...)