HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Grab, Southeast Asia's most valuable start-up, is exploring a move into Singapore banking as regulators in the Southeast Asian city-state consider allowing online ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gears up for mass strikes as thousands rally overnight against extradition bill
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she would press ahead with the legislation despite deep concerns across large swathes of the Asian financial hub that on Sunday triggered its biggest ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters disrupt Hong Kong legislature president’s news conference
Andrew Leung, the president of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, was interrupted by protesters in Hong Kong as he attempted to deliver a press conference on the city’s proposed extradition law. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces for further political turmoil as extradition law pushes forward
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong residents braced for further political turmoil as the territory’s government prepared to send the legislature a widely opposed bill that would allow criminal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong political strife continues with protests, strikes
HONG KONG - Opponents of legislation in Hong Kong that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China are planning more protests and labour strikes in an attempt to block the move, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developer walks away from HK$11.1 billion Kai Tak project, citing ‘social contradiction and economic instability’
The Hong Kong developer that beat out several of the city's biggest and wealthiest property groups for a commercial plot at the former runway of the Kai Tak airport in May has had a change of mind ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong firm drops $1.4 billion land purchase pact on economic worries
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd has dropped out of a process to buy a land parcel worth about $1.4 billion citing economic uncertainties, as the Asian financial hub ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces for mass protests against bill allowing extraditions to China
Beijing-based consultancy Gavecal said some bankers in Hong Kong were reporting that many mainland clients were shifting their accounts to Singapore, fearing they could come under scrutiny in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gears up for fresh protests, strikes as anger boils over
In a rare move, prominent business leaders warned that pushing through the extradition law could undermine investor confidence in Hong Kong and erode its competitive advantages. The extradition bill, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gears up for more protests, strikes
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's defiant pledge in the face of more mass protests underscored deep concerns across vast swaths of the Asian financial hub two days after hundreds of thousands took to the ... ( read original story ...)
SPD Bank Hong Kong’s Assets Surpass HK$100 billion A milestone on its 8th anniversary
HONG KONG, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch ("SPD Bank Hong Kong" or "the Company") is celebrating its eighth anniversary in 2019. ... ( read original story ...)
China central bank to issue bills in Hong Kong to stabilise weakening yuan
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank said on early Tuesday it will sell yuan-denominated bills in Hong Kong in late June, in a move that some market analysts believed was aimed at stemming a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vows to continue with extradition bill despite widespread protests
All later appeared in detention in China, and some appeared in apparent forced confessions broadcast in Hong Kong. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader defiant as city gears up for fresh protests over extradition bill
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam remained defiant on Tuesday, pledging to push ahead with a proposed extradition bill that would allow fugitives captured in Hong ... ( read original story ...)