Hong Kong police have arrested five trade union members and a court has denied bail for four editors and journalists on charges of endangering national security, part of a widening crackdown on dissen ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street banks rush to salvage China IPO pipeline after Didi shock
Global investment banks are racing to redirect initial public offerings by Chinese groups towards Hong Kong after new cyber security rules from Beijing halted lucrative tech listings previously ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong anti-doxing bill to allow blocking of social media access
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper ... a pro-Beijing lawmaker in the city, told the Financial Times. However, the Asia Internet Coalition, a lobbying consortium representing US internet ... ( read original story ...)
YAS MicroInsurance, a Hong Kong-based InsurTech startup Featured in the TOP 10 of Plug and Play Insurtech Batch 5 startups
Plug and Play APAC has announced the TOP 10 of the InsurTech Batch 5 in late June 2021 to showcase and recognize the outstanding InsurTech startups in APAC with unique business models which identify ... ( read original story ...)
4 journalists at shut Hong Kong paper charged with collusion
Hong Kong national security police have arrested a former editor at the now-defunct Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper, weeks after the paper was forced to close after authorities froze its assets ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists beg Congress for refugee status
On the eve of a new law allowing “exit bans” on government critics, an open letter pleads for U.S. action to protect Hong Kong’s would-be democrats. ( read original story ...)
My cellulitis scare: how a serious bacterial infection was sparked by one wrong step on a Hong Kong beach
A recent run-in with something rather sharp and likely putrid triggered a short staycation in a hospital near my Hong Kong home on Cheung Chau island. I had developed cellulitis. No, not cellulite - ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police charge 4 journalists with collusion
Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday charged four former senior employees at the now-defunct Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper over alleged foreign collusion to endanger national security ... ( read original story ...)
Night shifts, racial hostility: Hong Kong student from ethnic minority community reveals extra DSE exams challenges
Ajab Khan was working up to four hours a day after school delivering food to pay for his sister's university fees, only quitting a month before the start of his Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police charge four former Apple Daily staff under security law
Hong Kong's national security police charged four former senior staff of shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily late Wednesday night. Local media reported that the paper's former deputy chief ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong banks suspend mortgages to Evergrande projects in city
Banks in Hong Kong including HSBC Holdings, its unit Hang Seng Bank and Bank of East Asia have stopped approving some mortgages for properties being developed by embattled China Evergrande Group in ... ( read original story ...)
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE SHOW HONG KONG 2021
Returning for the 3rd edition, the Accounting & Finance Show Hong Kong 2021 will see 80 local and international accounting and finance leaders and technology experts taking the virtual stage on July ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily’s executive editor-in-chief
Hong Kong police have arrested an eighth executive of the now-bust Apple Daily newspaper, once known for its robust anti-Beijing stance.Lam Man-chung, 51, the former executive editor-in-chief of Apple ... ( read original story ...)
Four of Hong Kong’s Top Banks Halt Some Evergrande Mortgages
HSBC Holdings Plc, Bank of China Ltd.’s Hong Kong unit and at least two other major lenders stopped providing mortgages to buyers of China Evergrande Group’s unfinished residential properties in Hong ... ( read original story ...)