HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s new online-only banks plan to venture into business lending and wealth management, seeking more lucrative avenues beyond basic savings accounts and transfer services, ... ( read original story ...)
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Mogul, Is Ordered Back to Jail
Mr. Lai, the most prominent figure charged under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law, had been released on bail just days before Thursday’s hearing. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong opposition abandons plans to form platform for cross-party cooperation amid national security law threats
The Hong Kong Citizens’ Deliberative Platform had aimed to unite the city’s opposition factions, but a high-ranking official last week said it could violate the national security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Bail Has Been Revoked
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has had his bail revoked after prosecutors succeeded in asking the city’s highest court to send him back to detention. Lai had been granted bail on Dec. 23 after three ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sent back to jail
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sent back to jail after the territory’s top court rescinded his bail, in one of the highest-profile cases in the territory under ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed after bail revoked
Hong Kong’s highest court has revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: Covid-19 patient identified in housing block where coronavirus traces found in sewage, as city reports 68 new cases
A Covid-19 patient has been identified in a housing block where Hong Kong's pilot sewage surveillance scheme found traces of the coronavirus, just days after Covid-19 cases were uncovered in another ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai returned to jail until at least February
Court grants prosecutors’ request to appeal against bail order on media mogul ... ( read original story ...)
HKEX’s New Big Boss Will Face Hong Kong’s Uncertain Future
Charles Li’s successor will inherit one of the world’s largest stock exchanges. But Beijing’s tightening control poses new challenges. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bail revoked
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has had his bail revoked after prosecutors succeeded in asking the city’s highest court to send him back to detention. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s top court puts media tycoon Jimmy Lai back in custody
Hong Kong's top court has remanded media and publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the Chinese-ruled city's national security law, in custody until another bail ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: city expects around 70 new coronavirus cases on New Year’s Eve as mandatory testing begins for some
Hong Kong was expected to record around 70 new coronavirus cases on New Year's Eve, according to a medical source, as residents from 43 housing blocks began mandatory testing ordered by health ... ( read original story ...)
How Financial Disclosure Helps Companies Tell Their Story And Build Their Brand
As we ring in the new year, Asian companies should consider better environmental disclosure, including exposure to risk from the changing climate, among their 2021 resolutions. ( read original story ...)
HK should leverage CBDC to gain digital finance leadership
China is now playing a leading role in the development of Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC, while many countries around the world have also shown increasing interest in it. For example, Sweden ... ( read original story ...)