Hong Kong Monetary Authority confirms launch of system for cross-currency securities transactons with Bank of Japan Financial Network System. ( read original story ...)
Police bust fraud syndicate, arrest 24 accused of conning Hong Kong credit card companies out of HK$85 million
Gang opened shell companies and issued bogus employment letters and income certificates to stooges to apply for more than 200 personal credit cards, police say. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong swimmers ecstatic as pools open again after four-month closure, but restrictions hamper lessons
Hong Kong swimming community says government has given no scientific ... Michael Fasching, the head coach at Harry Wright, said pools had been closed for more than 300 days since the start of the ... ( read original story ...)
Flush With Covid-19 Vaccines, Hong Kong Struggles to Find Takers
WSJ explains what's at stake for a shot that's been widely used around the world and may soon be considered for emergency use in the U.S. Photo: Mykola Tys/SOPA Images HONG KONG—As countries around ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘father of democracy’ Martin Lee, 82, faces jail
A veteran campaigner known as the “father of democracy” is among seven anti-Beijing activists facing five years in jail for unauthorised assembly.Martin Lee, 82, a barrister who helped to write the ... ( read original story ...)
China continues Hong Kong clampdown as activists are convicted
We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. A selection of the most viewed stories this week on the Monitor's website. Every Saturday Hear about special editorial projects, new product information, ... ( read original story ...)
Veteran Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorised assembly charges, including 82-year-old barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, the latest ... ( read original story ...)
Seven Hong Kong Democracy Leaders Have Been Convicted Over the City’s 2019 Protests
HONG KONG — Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates were convicted Thursday on charges of organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019 ... ( read original story ...)
China, Hong Kong begin testing digital yuan as Beijing ramps up research into cross-border use
China will expand cross-border use of its sovereign digital yuan “when the time is ripe”, with technical testing already under way with Hong Kong, the country’s ... head of the People’s Bank of China ... ( read original story ...)
Improving electoral system ensures stable business environment in Hong Kong: Hong Kong business community
HONG KONG, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's business community has expressed support for the country's top legislature's move to improve the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative ... ( read original story ...)
What are SPACs, where are the pitfalls and why is Hong Kong mulling joining in the latest investment craze?
that include SPACs. The financial chief wants to use them to enhance the city’s competitiveness as a fundraising hub while safeguarding small investors. The city is reviewing its options after several ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Cyberport directors named
“With their wealth of experience and expertise in a wide range of businesses and disciplines, the Board Directors will no doubt continue to steer Cyberport in nurturing its startup community and ... ( read original story ...)
‘Ten Years’ portrayed a dark vision of Hong Kong. Life imitated art in barely half that time.
Since China imposed a sweeping national security law last summer, Hong Kong has come to resemble the dystopian place portrayed in the 2015 film. ( read original story ...)
China’s fastest growing city wants to be the next Silicon Valley — local systems may get in the way
Shenzhen also benefits from its proximity to Hong Kong. BEIJING — As growing pressure from the ... to build up the local semiconductor industry have struggled to take off, McKinsey analysts wrote back ... ( read original story ...)