The city leader’s recent pledge to tap more tourism dollars in an area long defined by its maritime traditions has stirred excitement in some and trepidation in others. Past mistakes with similar ... ( read original story ...)
Bilibili and Kuaishou’s Hong Kong listings will showcase the e-commerce prowess of China’s video-sharing giants
Kuaishou Technology and Bilibili executives will become the internet stars of their own online videos when they digitally market their video-sharing apps' Hong Kong share sales in the coming months. ( read original story ...)
RPT-South Korea’s IPO market poised for record year on booming retail demand
S.Korea IPO market to be busiest ever in 2021 -bankers, analysts * To raise as much as 20 trln won in IPOs, a record high -analysts * More allocation to retail investors to boost demand -analysts * ... ( read original story ...)
US, Australia, UK, Canada condemn mass arrests in Hong Kong
American, Australian, Canadian and British diplomats issued a joint statement Sunday condemning the detention of more than 50 Hong Kong activists, calling it evidence that the city's strict new ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC shareholders ask bank to cut fossil-fuel lending exposure
A group of HSBC Holdings Plc shareholders have filed a resolution urging the bank to cut its support to the fossil-fuel industry. ( read original story ...)
US banks to delist hundreds of HK-listed products under Trump rules
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are set to delist 500 structured products listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, as the fallout from President Donald Trump’s executive order barring ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman, M. Stanley to delist some Hong Kong products after U.S. investment ban
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan units will delist a total of 500 Hong Kong-listed structured products, Hong Kong stock exchange filings on Sunday showed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance minister lays out plan to maintain or even boost public spending in next month’s budget, despite mammoth deficit
Paul Chan says he plans to maintain spending levels to protect living standards as coronavirus ravages the economy, despite stark decline in government’s finances. ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Lumping together the Hong Kong and US protests is absurd
Chinese state media and users on Chinese social media have compared the storming of the US Congress to protests in Hong Kong. And they accuse Western media of double standards. That's farcical, says ... ( read original story ...)
Skin in the game: Hong Kong protesters facing security law see banned slogan tattoos as ‘last inch of freedom’
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters Eugene and Hong are determined to keep their tattoos depicting the now-illegal slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.” They see their skin as the “last ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protest-Related Website Says Users’ Access Blocked
A Hong Kong website that publishes material mainly related to anti-government protests in 2019 said its users' access had been blocked by the city's internet service providers (ISPs). The website, ... ( read original story ...)
Former clients of closed Hong Kong law firm demand the speedy return of HK$100 million frozen in its accounts
A group of victims affected by the closure of a major conveyancing firm that had misappropriated client funds has demanded the swift return of HK$100 million (US$12.9 million) belonging to at least 79 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong website listing police data gets blocked, raising censorship fears
The disruption raised the prospect that the city, long a bastion of online freedom, could begin to fall under the shadow of the tight censorship system that separates mainland Chinese internet from th ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law being used to ‘eliminate dissent’ say US, UK, Australia and Canada
Joint statement by four foreign ministers expresses ‘serious concern’ about national security law which saw dozens of activists arrested last week ... ( read original story ...)