More than 120 overseas runners will bring the City2Surf to their own country as part of this year's "virtual" version of the race. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: no more wage subsidies for businesses, Hong Kong’s No 2 says, even as unemployment woes rise, with city facing 14 new infections
Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung warns worst is yet to come, but government spending already stretched in two tranches of wage aid. ( read original story ...)
At Hong Kong’s stock exchange, a ‘moon shot’ lab imagines how technology upends the financial marketplace of the future
A Lithuanian and his band of data scientists, business analysts, software engineers are toiling away in a nondescript corner of HKEX office in Central to prepare the exchange for the future of tech ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Offers a Glimpse of One Belarus Future
Two unpopular leaders, two powerful backers. Pictures this week of Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko beaming for the cameras, leaning in eagerly to address an impassive Russian president, evoked ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist Nathan Law Wins TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year Reader Poll
TIME asked readers to vote for who they thought should make the 2020 TIME100 list, an annual compilation of the world’s most influential people. Nathan Law, a leading pro-democracy activist and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist Nathan Law Wins TIME’s 2020 TIME100 Reader Poll
TIME asked readers to vote for who they thought should make the 2020 TIME100 list, an annual compilation of the world’s most influential people. Nathan Law, a leading pro-democracy activist and the ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia Senate Candidate Jon Ossoff Quietly Discloses Financial Ties to Pro-CCP Hong Kong Media Company
Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff has been compensated by a Hong Kong media conglomerate whose owner has spoken out against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, according to his most recent ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Shares Slump Below Level Last Seen in 2008 Financial Crisis
HSBC Holdings Plc slumped below its financial crisis closing low set more than a decade ago as pressures mount on several fronts, including political tension in Hong Kong, the fallout of the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bars open to brisk business on Friday after two-month closure amid third wave of Covid-19 infections
Hong Kong’s loss-making bars and pubs woke up to brisk business on Friday evening after weeks of closure as social-distancing restrictions were relaxed, with customers happy to be out for a round or ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong employers who did not use Covid-19 wage subsidies to retain or pay staff ‘should face higher penalties’
Nearly one-fourth of those who joined the Employment Support Scheme, a major Covid-19-related relief measure, have sacked staff or failed to use all the aid to pay their wages. ( read original story ...)
Dozens of Hong Kong People Write Postcards to Fugitives Arrested by China
Dozens of people in Hong Kong braved heavy rain on Friday evening to write postcards to 12 fugitives arrested by China at sea last month to offer comfort during the upcoming mid-Autumn festival. The ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s Ant Group wins Shanghai OK for launch of giant dual IPO
China's Ant Group has received approval from the Shanghai Stock Exchange for a domestic initial public offering, the bourse said on Friday, bringing the financial technology firm closer to a ... ( read original story ...)
JD Health Plans $1 Billion H.K. IPO Filing This Month
JD Health has selected banks for its planned Hong Kong initial public offering, which it could file for as soon as this month, according to people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Gay Couples Win Legal Victory Over Inheritance Law
Hong Kong's high court on Friday ruled that same-sex couples should receive equal treatment under inheritance law, in a step forward for LGBT rights in the finance hub. But the victory came on the ... ( read original story ...)