Barry also pointed to the wholesale banking segment as an interesting space to watch in Singapore, highlighting bidding consortium led by AMTD for its potential to bring new products and services into ... ( read original story ...)
Test and trace: lessons from Hong Kong on avoiding a coronavirus lockdown
Semi-autonomous city followed WHO advice and moved swiftly to stem contagion without rigid curbs on movement ... ( read original story ...)
Postcards from the lockdown: our writers report from Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Tokyo and Cape Town
Hong KongEd PetersI live in Mui Wo, a seaside township halfway between the central business district (CBD) and the airport, which is cluttered with furloughed aircraft. So far, Hong Kong has come off ... ( read original story ...)
Large hill fire burns in Hong Kong for more than 8 hours
Firefighters continue to battle the blaze, which has engulfed a hillside near Yeung Ka Tsuen in Yuen Long, into the night Government helicopter had earlier been deployed to try to douse flames A large ... ( read original story ...)
Custody Startup Curv Follows Crypto Demand Into Asia With New Hong Kong Office
Custody startup Curv has expanded into Asia with an office in Hong Kong and a partnership with Japan-based Crypto Garage, the companies announced Friday. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Index could hold firm in the weekend markets
The Hang Seng Index, the biggest indicator of overall market performance among Hong Kong’s leading corporations ... could be much worse than the 6.8% publicly revealed by the government on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Inside Hong Kong’s first zero-waste cafe
Environment Inside Hong Kong's first zero-waste cafe. Posted . MANA! Cafe is trying to tackle Hong Kong's escalating trash problem by providing meals that are fully compostable an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong justice chief dismisses ‘misleading’ report on Beijing interference
Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng has dismissed a report claiming that Beijing is interfering in the city’s legal system. She said it was “misleading,” while telling the media not to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court upholds ruling that ban on masks at legal assemblies unconstitutional
Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday partially overturned a lower court ruling that a government ban on face masks was unconstitutional, at a time that most Hong Kong people are wearing masks in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks end higher as recovery hopes outweigh China GDP drop
Hong Kong’s benchmark share index closed higher on Friday as investors shrugged off a sharp contraction in China’s first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) and bet on hopes of recovery as the impact ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong orders banks to grant unprecedented six-month loan repayment holiday to help small businesses survive slump
The intervention by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) – the first such by the de facto central bank since its founding in 1993 – comes as SMEs bear the brunt of dwindling cash flow amid the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Protest Economy
Since last April, when increasingly violent clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police regularly broke out on its busy streets, Hong Kong has been color-coded: The “yellow camp” is ... ( read original story ...)
The Radical ’70s Magazine That Shaped the Hong Kong Left
When Ng Chung-yin met Augustine Mok Chiu-yu, they were doing a sit-in protest on the steps of Chu Hai College in Hong Kong. It was August 1969, and 12 students had just been expel ... ( read original story ...)
Waste not, want not: Hong Kong cafe zeros in on reducing trash
A zero food waste cafe in Hong Kong is trying to tackle the financial hub’s escalating trash problem by providing meals that are fully compostable, such as vegetables and herb flatbreads, and ... ( read original story ...)