If you’re a student in Hong Kong, which is always ranked among the world’s most expensive cities, you may well be inclined toward a career in a sector as well-remunerated as banking generally is. ( read original story ...)
StartmeupHK Festival informs, entertains and spotlights Hong Kong as perfect location for innovative start-ups
A feature of the StartmeupHK Festival is that it brings together multiple sectors within the technology and start-up community not just from Hong Kong, but from around the world, to exchange ideas ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing rejects Hong Kong leader’s plan to strengthen anti-corruption laws that would target gifts for the chief executive
China’s central government has rejected a plan by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to tighten the city’s anti-corruption laws and ensure that all gifts and benefits offered to the chief exe... ( read original story ...)
HK Fintech Startup Going Global
"We are Hong Kong based, but the plan was never to launch an app only ... This new seed round allows us to start making that vision a reality, and we have a strong new partner in Vectr who shares our ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reports 94.7 per cent decline in returns amid massive stock market losses
The Exchange Fund’s overall returns last year fell 94.7 per cent to HK$13.9 billion on the back of a HK$20.7 billion loss alone in Hong Kong stock market investments. Returns from fixed income and oth... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gifts Pakistan a Michelin star
But he says the accolade has still been a "great source of pride" for Hong Kong's 18,000-strong Pakistani community ... the restaurant group which was founded six years ago by Hussein and his business ... ( read original story ...)
Briefing: Tencent to power Hong Kong startups amid its shift to enterprise
Tencent works with Hong Kong’s science park to spur local fintech development – SCMP What happened: Chinese tech giant Tencent signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with the Hong Kong Scienc... ( read original story ...)
How China and Hong Kong stocks could react to the US-China trade talks this week
It is also worth keeping tabs on ZTE, a major Huawei rival that is listed in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The company was almost put out of business for a couple of months last year, after the US banned sa... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gifts Pakistan a culinary star
Hong Kong restaurateur Asim Hussain already owned some twenty eateries ... the restaurant group which was founded six years ago by Hussein and his business partner, veteran Canadian chef Christopher M... ( read original story ...)
Check in, check out: Cathay Pacific launches The Sanctuary by Pure Yoga in Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific has teamed up with The Pure Group – known in Hong Kong for its yoga and fitness studios – to create The Sanctuary by Pure Yoga within its business class lounge at The Pier in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong risks loss of leadership in ‘economic freedom’
What nearly cost Hong Kong the crown this time was a steep fall in its scoring for "judicial effectiveness." While the city finished at or near the top in "fiscal health," "business freedom" and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) renewed US-China tensions
The Shenzhen composite fell 1.114 percent to close at 1,300.34. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 0.26 percent in its final hour of trading. Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Note: th... ( read original story ...)
China’s economy is slowing, and it’s taking Hong Kong’s once-booming housing market down with it
Analysts at HSBC dimmed their outlook for Hong Kong's real-estate market on Wednesday, according to a research note. Previously forecasting activity would plateau, they now estimate prices will ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s short-lived property price decline is just about over, analysts say
The recent slide in Hong Kong's residential property prices may soon be ending. Just four months after the city topped Swiss Bank UBS' chart of the world's most overvalued housing prices, analysts are ... ( read original story ...)