Worley, a retail consultant who has lived in Hong Kong for almost 20 years, at 8.30am on Saturday morning. Her 18-month-old son had been exposed to coronavirus at a playgroup, the caller said. A bus ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Mania Fizzles in Hong Kong as Mega First-Day Pops Disappear
The days of the massive first-day pop in Hong Kong’s initial public offering frenzy may be nearing an end.Even as the pandemic spread for most of 2020, the offshore Chinese city’s IPOs and new ... ( read original story ...)
RIP Hong Kong
Hong Kong will never again be the city that many citizens and foreigners remember from not so long ago. Beijing is tightening its control and nothing is likely to bring back the old days. ( read original story ...)
5 Business Storytelling Insights From Around The Globe
What are business storytelling's foundations in different countries? What has the awakening to business storytelling looked like? And what benefits have business storytellers seen in their contexts? ( read original story ...)
Restoring Hong Kong’s coral reef with 3D printing
Facing a rapidly warming world, marine scientists in Hong Kong, China, are using 3D-printed clay sea beds to help restore the city's fragile corals. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong visa applications swell to 27k as China cracks down
The number of people planning to move to the UK from Hong Kong has accelerated as Beijing intensifies its clampdown on the former British colony. Downing Street said 27,000 Hongkongers have now ... ( read original story ...)
Zhihu sets IPO terms, as the Hong Kong-based online community looks to raise up to $633 million
Zhihu Inc. has set terms of its initial public offering in the U.S., as the Hong Kong-based Q&A-inspired online content community looks to raise up to $632.5 million. The company is offering 55 ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: tourism lawmaker urges Hong Kong officials to capitalise on vaccinations and negotiate return of international travel
Yiu Si-wing wants the government to set up talks with other administrations on implementing quarantine-free travel agreements. ( read original story ...)
3 Hong Kong Companies Riding the Chinese Spending Boom
CTF’s latest financial statements for the six months ended 30 September ... same-store sales remained flat, though Hong Kong and Macau saw this ratio plunge by 65.7%. Despite this, core operating ... ( read original story ...)
JPMorgan Asset Management to invest in China bank’s wealth management unit
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Merchants Bank Co Ltd said on Friday its wealth management unit is expected to receive investment of 2.7 billion yuan ($414.80 million) from JPMorgan Asset Management ... ( read original story ...)
Bank Indonesia Holds Rate, Pledges More Support for Rupiah
Bank Indonesia kept the seven-day reverse repurchase ... chief Asean economist at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. “BI will have to walk a fine line in coming months if global yields continue ... ( read original story ...)
Shenzhen Plans to Be a Duty Free Retail Hub
But some experts argue the Hong Kong can also be benefit from the Greater Bay Area plan. According to McKinsey’s China Consumer Survey 2020, mainlanders still favour Hong Kong as a travel and shopping ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crackdown on Jack Ma has come to Hong Kong’s paper of record
Staff worry the publication will be sold to a Chinese state-owned entity, giving Beijing direct control of the outlet. ( read original story ...)
China’s Didi Chuxing is eyeing a mega-IPO next quarter that values the ride-hailing service above $62 billion, report says
Didi is targeting an IPO as early as this summer at a valuation above the $62 billion it secured in its last funding round, Bloomberg said. ( read original story ...)