HIGHLIGHTS-Hong Kong budget for fiscal 2019/20

The former British colony is grappling with its weakest retail sales growth in 18 months, while visitor spending has been hit by a weaker Chinese yuan which makes Hong Kong more expensive for mainland ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Q4 GDP growth falls to near 3-year low

Economic growth in Hong Kong slowed to its lowest in almost three years in the final three months of 2018, the city’s finance secretary said in his annual budget, citing “mounting external pressures”. ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Bourse May Extend Tuesday’s Losses

BOC Hong Kong slid 0.46 percent, CITIC advanced 0.33 percent, Sands China added 0.25 percent and Hong Kong & China Gas rose 0.11 percent. The lead from Wall Street suggests mild consolidation as ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC targets Hong Kong businesses with PayMe

HSBC is launching a beta test program of its PayMe for Business, a person-to-merchant (P2M) payments app in Hong Kong. The bank launched its person-to-person (P2P) mobile payment app, Payme, in Hong K... ( read original story ...)