The operator of Hong Kong's main airport has sold bonds for $1.5 billion to fund development of a third runway, its first deal offering U.S. based investors the opportunity to participate. Airport ... ( read original story ...)
UK PM Johnson ‘immensely proud’ as visa offer for Hong Kong citizens launches
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed a new visa scheme that offers qualifying Hong Kong citizens a route to British citizenship - a programme launched in response to China's new security laws ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam says Hong Kong national security law is ‘on part with’ other countries’ security laws
"Nobody should be above the law," says Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox Get ... ( read original story ...)
UK BNO visa: Can Hong Kong residents now live in the UK?
The UK is introducing a visa system that will give millions of people from Hong Kong greater opportunities to live and work in the UK from 31 January. It will also provide them with a route to British ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s legislative advisers urge city’s financial exchanges to merge and list to open the world’s second-largest market place
The proposal underscores the continuous search for the next paradigm shift in China’s capital markets, three decades after the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges became synonymous with the nation’s ... ( read original story ...)
Two days of total lockdown in a crowded Hong Kong neighborhood
Hong Kong on Monday lifted an unprecedented two-day lockdown on an area in Kowloon’s Yau Ma Tei and Jordan neighborhoods, which restricted some 10,000 people to an area of less than half a square mile ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent Powers Hong Kong Above 30K As Kuaishou IPO Secures Significant Cornerstone Investors
Asian equities were largely higher with Hong Kong growth stocks on high volumes twice the 1-year average and Korea outperforming to the upside. Tencent gained +10.93% as investors realized that ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok rival Kuaishou aims to raise $5.4 billion in what could be the biggest tech IPO since Uber
The IPO could value Chinese livestreaming and short video app Kuaishou, a TikTok rival, at up to $60 billion. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stocks Start Week On Strong Note
Hong Kong stocks rallied more than two percent Monday following a two-day sell-off, as investors welcomed news that leaders had lifted a lockdown in a part of the city. ( read original story ...)
Kuaishou, TikTok’s rival in China, wants to raise more than $6 billion in Hong Kong IPO
A short-form video app that competes with the Chinese version of TikTok is preparing for what is expected to be the world's largest initial public offering since the coronavirus pandemic began. ( read original story ...)
ByteDance Foe Seeks $5.4 Billion in Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber
Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s most popular video service after ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin, is seeking to raise as much as $5.4 billion in the world’s biggest internet initial public ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Lifts First Virus Lockdown After Mass Testing
Hong Kong lifted its first neighbourhood coronavirus lockdown on Monday morning after testing some 7,000 people and finding just a handful of cases as debate swirled over the efficacy of the move. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong neighborhood locked down after COVID outbreak
Health workers are seen in protective gear inside a locked down portion of the Jordan residential area to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China3, 2021. REUTERS/Tyron ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s CEO Faces U.K. Questions Over Hong Kong Account Freezes
HSBC Holdings Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn is set to appear before the U.K. Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee to answer questions over the lender’s moves to freeze accounts of activists ... ( read original story ...)