Avant Meats, Hong Kong’s first cell-based protein start-up, is using its cell culture biotechnology to make inroads into the anti-ageing product market. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businesses gear up for reopening
Testing centres in Hong Kong are running at full steam as businesses gear up for reopening and workers rush to get themselves tested for Covid-19 ahead of restrictions easing from tomorrow.. Read more ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stock trading volumes jump to 4 times those of LSE
Stock trading volumes in Hong Kong have soared to four times those on London’s main exchange, as large technology and healthcare stocks attract soaring appetite from foreign investors for the “Nasdaq ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble is key in adapting to ‘new normal’
Over the last seven days, the average daily number of untraceable cases of Covid-19 in Hong Kong has fallen below five. This should mark the start of efforts to launch the suspended Air Travel Bubble ... ( read original story ...)
JD.com Plans to Spin Off Shipping Unit in Hong Kong Listing
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. said it plans to spin off its JD Logistics Inc. shipping business in a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Financial Services Sector to Work on Regtech, Trade Financing, Payments, Robo-Advisory Products with New Initiatives
Hong Kong financial services sector to work on Regtech, trade financing, payments, robo-advisory products through new initiatives. ( read original story ...)
JD.com to Spin Off Logistics Unit via Hong Kong Listing
The announcement comes less than three months after the company's healthcare subsidiary was very successfully floated on the Asian exchange. ( read original story ...)
JD.com’s logistics unit set to sell shares through Hong Kong IPO
The market appeared to be cheering the news on Tuesday with JD.com’s shares trading higher on the Nasdaq in New York. ( read original story ...)
McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M over opioid crisis
The global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in advising businesses on how to sell more prescription opioid painkillers amid a nationwide ... ( read original story ...)
Turbulent times fail to temper hopes of Hong Kong social entrepreneurs
Social unrest and Covid-19 have interrupted Hong Kong’s strong upward trend in the formation of new social enterprises, new research suggests – but experts believe that with the right support the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to spend HK$20 million on push to promote local tourism as social-distancing rules are relaxed, industry insiders say
The Hong Kong Tourism Board says it is planning a fresh round of promotions for when bans on local tours are finally lifted. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Trial of Nine Pro-democracy Activists Begins
The defendants are a Who’s Who of an earlier generation of activists who have been fighting for core issues like the rule of law and political participation since before the U.K. returned Hong Kong to ... ( read original story ...)
Mother of Hong Kong murder victim sends replica of pink suitcase daughter was found in to the ex-boyfriend accused of killing her three years ago
At Christmas in Hong Kong last year, Reverend Peter Koon Ho-ming received a surprise gift - a pink suitcase similar to the one that Taiwanese police found three years ago which had contained the body ... ( read original story ...)
A 1.25-acre plot of land in Hong Kong sold for $935 million, setting a new record in one of the world’s priciest property markets
Hong Kong was named the world's most expensive housing market for the 10th year in a row in 2020. ( read original story ...)