Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) and Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) traded slightly higher in Hong Kong on Monday, while JD.Com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD), ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime relaunches Hong Kong IPO to raise $767 million
SenseTime's first attempt at listing was shelved last Monday after the company was placed on a US investment blacklist. The startup plans to sell 1.5 billion shares in the IPO, with the final price du ... ( read original story ...)
Voter turnout plunges in Hong Kong under new election laws
Voter turnout in Hong Kong sank to 30 percent Sunday in the first legislative election since Beijing amended the laws to reduce the number of directly elected lawmakers and vet candidates to ensure th ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Pro-Beijing candidates sweep controversial LegCo election
Pro-Beijing candidates have claimed an overwhelming victory in Hong Kong's controversial Legislative Council (LegCo) election, as the city saw its lowest ever voter turnout. It was the first LegCo ... ( read original story ...)
Record low turnout for Hong Kong’s first ‘patriots only’ polls
Hong Kongers turned out in historically low numbers to pick lawmakers under China's new "patriots only" rules that dramatically cut directly elected seats, official results showed Monday, in a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Leader to Visit Beijing on Dec 20-23
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will visit Beijing on Dec. 20-23 to brief Chinese leaders on the latest economic, social and political situation in the city, the government said on Monday. Her trip comes ... ( read original story ...)
China says has provided ‘constant support’ for democracy to Hong Kong
China said in a white paper on Monday it has provided constant support to Hong Kong in developing its democratic system, state news agency Xinhua reported. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Christmas cracker project teaches teens about business, gets ethnic minority and international school students working together
Lessons from Hong Kong business leaders help students design, produce and sell more than 30,000 crackers, raising funds for Zubin Foundation. ( read original story ...)
SenseTime Relaunches Hong Kong IPO, Trading to Start Dec. 30
Chinese artificial intelligence firm SenseTime Group Inc. filed updated listing documents with the Hong Kong exchange as it sought to resume its initial public offering, after a U.S. government ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPO debutants bear the brunt of China’s regulatory crackdown, earnings misses
The shares of 93 firms that launched IPOs in the city rose by an average of 13 per cent on the first day of trading, the least among Asia's top five stock markets Chinese IPOs jumped 170 per cent on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘patriots’-only election draws record low turnout
The turnout for an overhauled "patriots"-only legislative election in Hong Kong on Sunday hit a record low, as government efforts and last-ditch campaigning failed to boost voter numbers amid a ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime relaunches $767 million Hong Kong IPO after U.S. investment ban
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group relaunched its $767 million Hong Kong IPO on Monday, a week after pulling the listing in the wake of the company's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong elections: voters living in Guangdong find it easy to cast ballots at border but critics say arrangements lack public scrutiny
Hongkongers living in mainland China were pleased they could vote in Sunday’s Legislative Council election at polling stations set up at three land border checkpoints, although some critics said the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong legislative polls close amid lower voter turnout
About a third of voters in Hong Kong cast their ballots in the first election since Beijing amended the laws to reduce the number of directly elected lawmakers and vet candidates to ensure that only t ... ( read original story ...)