The highest ranked woman in Hong Kong police’s 175-year history will step down early to head the government’s watchdog – the Office of the Ombudsman – in April, the Post has learned. Winnie Chiu Wai-y... ( read original story ...)
UBS named best private bank in Asia Pacific and Hong Kong for 2018
HONG KONG, Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Markets bit back in 2018, asking searching questions of Asia's private banking and wealth management industry following a rosy run in 2017. Asian Private ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong highlights its role as a green bond hub for mainland firms
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese finance regulators have joined forces to promote the city as a green finance hub, inviting dozens of mainland companies to explore the benefits of fundraising with a vie... ( read original story ...)
Must children die from bad air before Hong Kong acts on pollution?
As Hong Kong was choking under an intense blanket of haze last week, a mother in Britain brought the discourse about the deadly effects of air pollution on children’s health to the fore, drawing globa... ( read original story ...)
Mongolian state coal miner chooses Hong Kong for USD 3 billion IPO
Nikkei Asian reported that Mongolian state company controlling one of the world's largest coal mines plans to raise up to USD 3 billion in a public stock offering in Hong Kong this year. ( read original story ...)
‘Godfather of Hong Kong politics’ Chung Sze-yuen once described by top British adviser as ‘not reliable’
He may have been the “godfather of Hong Kong politics”, but the late Chung Sze-yuen was once described by a top British government adviser as “not reliable” in his judgment of the central government d... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘Orderly’ Home-Price Declines Welcomed by Finance Chief
Hong Kong’s finance chief welcomed the city’s decline in home prices since August and said that officials have no plans to relax housing market curbs. “We are glad to see that the property market is c... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, China stocks fall on worse-than-expected trade data out of China as trade war bites
Worse-than-expected trade data out of China deepened a morning slide in Hong Kong and mainland stocks ... concerns over increasing obstacles Huawei will face in conducting business in Europe, where ma... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property agency boss arrested after allegedly selling derelict US homes at inflated prices
Hong Kong police have arrested five people from one of the largest Hong Kong real estate agency specialised in overseas properties, including its managing director, after at least 28 Hongkongers accus... ( read original story ...)
The re-returnees: They came to Hong Kong for the hustle. Now, with China encroaching, they’re coming back to Canada
Hong Kong’s participation in China’s economic rise has helped make the city wealthy. But it has also made Mandarin an increasingly important language for those in business and banking, tilting advanta... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Bank’s Alan Luk Believes Trust and Relationships are Keys to Success
The value proposition that Hang Seng Bank represents has special appeal to Hong Kong-based, Chinese, first- or second-generation HNWI investors, according to Luk. “For these customers, reputation is e... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong self-driving start-up AutoX in talks to raise US$100 million funding
Hong Kong-based autonomous driving start-up AutoX is in talks with investors to raise a new round of funding to finance its research and development into self-driving cars. The company said it is in t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first new residential property launch of 2019 gets off to a good start after developer cut prices by up to a third
Hong Kong’s first sales launch of a new residential property project in 2019 got off to a good start, as China Overseas Land and Investment sold most its latest apartment complex in Tai Po with steep ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents fed up with influx of mainland Chinese tourists call on government to stop them visiting more than once a month
The number of mainland Chinese tourists allowed to visit Hong Kong must be capped, concern groups and residents in districts frequently disturbed by them said on Sunday. The government was also urged ... ( read original story ...)