Banks in Hong Kong need to maintain two regulated IPO principals to be authorised as a sponsor. The German lender ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong students use digital pet to promote financial skills amongst their peers
A team from Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School created the Tamagotchi-like pet as part of the Hong Kong Innovation Challenge. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freedoms fade as security law muzzles dissent
Hong Kong is still China’s wealthiest, most capitalist city. Its vistas of skyscraper and sea framed by dragon-backed emerald peaks are as stunning as ever. But a year after Beijing imposed a harsh ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia Capital names 23 startups in Surge’s fifth cohort
The fifth cohort, which is the program’s largest to date, will receive a total funding of US$55 million from Surge and other investors. ( read original story ...)
Lalamove investor makes ‘8-figure’ investment into tech accessories startup
Tech accessories firm Casetify, which is based in the US but started its journey in Hong Kong, announced that it has raised its first-ever external investment of an “eight-figure” US dollar amount. ( read original story ...)
Tesla rival Xpeng prices Hong Kong IPO at HK$165 per share
Xpeng, which has ambitions to rival Tesla, has priced its shares at HK$165 each, helping the Guangzhou-based start-up raise HK$14 billion (US$1.8 billion), making it the biggest dual-primary listing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong One Year After the National Security Law
The national security law imposed on Hong Kong exactly one year ago has transformed the political and legal landscape of the territory. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” ... ( read original story ...)
One year after Hong Kong’s national security law, residents feel Beijing’s tightening grip
It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong, effective immediately. ( read original story ...)
In one year, Hong Kong arrests 117 people under new security law
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 117 people under a national security law imposed one year ago, charging more than 60, mostly democratic politicians, activists, journalists and students. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s UK flight ban leaves students stranded, parents in despair
For 22-year old Timmin Lam, who is studying in Manchester, the ban on flights from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong this week is the latest in a series of unrelenting measures that have prevented him ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law creates ‘human rights emergency’: Amnesty
Hong Kong's national security law has decimated freedoms and created a "human rights emergency", Amnesty International said on Wednesday, a year after Beijing imposed the legislation on the city. The ... ( read original story ...)
China Bubble Tea Firm Debuts After $650 Mn IPO Caps Labour Of Love
Chinese bubble tea chain Nayuki edged down on its Hong Kong market debut Wednesday after raising more than US$650 million in an IPO that marked the culmination of a literal labour of love for the ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land continues to grow Sustainable Financing with S$910 Million Sustainability-linked SORA-based loans signed in Singapore
Hongkong Land has continued to drive sustainable financing with the signing in June of S$910 million (US$688 million) of sustainability-li ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: How life has changed under the national security law
China introduced the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in response to massive pro-democracy protests that had swept through the city the previous year. The controversial law reduces Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)