With visitor numbers capped at just half the old capacity, booths seeing far fewer visitors as popular Causeway Bay bazaar returns for first time since 2019. ( read original story ...)
Show us the numbers on China’s economic risks, former finance minister says
China’s economic data should reflect more of the country’s major problems rather than just presenting a rosy picture, according to outspoken former finance minister Lou Jiwei. At a forum held by the ... ( read original story ...)
Swimmers race across Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay
More than a thousand men and women plunged into the cool water of Hong Kong's Victoria Bay on Sunday morning, competing to see who could swim the fastest across the harbor in open water. The New World ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted on incitement charges
A Hong Kong court has found media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty and two other democracy activists of taking part in a banned gathering in June 2020 to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong officials seek to drum up enthusiasm for Legislative Council poll, argue revamped process trumps ‘liberal political system’
Financial chief Paul Chan, health secretary Sophia Chan and others used their officials blogs to present a united front on Sunday, calling for residents to vote on December 19 The social media posts ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s annual harbour swim resumes after three years
An annual swim across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour was held Sunday for the first time in three years, after being cancelled due to the pro-democracy protests and then the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Retail Banking Market Report- Analyzing Mortgage, Deposit, Lending Market Trends, and Digital & Alternative Channel Preferences
The Hong Kong Retail Banking Market research report also enables us to understand the market s competitive landscape and new product development expansion and acquisition In addition Hong Kong Retail ... ( read original story ...)
China’s SenseTime Hong Kong IPO in limbo after US blacklisting
SenseTime had missed the pricing date for the IPO on Friday after a media report that a blacklisting was imminent. ( read original story ...)
China’s SenseTime Hong Kong IPO in limbo after U.S. blacklisting -sources
Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group is considering whether it can proceed with a planned $767 million Hong Kong initial public offering after the U.S. added it to an investment ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime says the US has ‘a fundamental misperception’ of the company as sanctions cloud IPO
The White House has placed the company on an investment blacklist over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang Earlier this week, the AI company cut its IPO size by more than half amid a sell-off in ... ( read original story ...)
Israel understands need for Covid-19 vaccine passports. What about Hong Kong?
Israeli consul general Amir Lati also voices concern among city’s Jewish community that strict quarantine rules will hurt business and push people to leave. ( read original story ...)
SenseTime to Delay Hong Kong IPO After U.S. Blacklist Report
Chinese artificial intelligence firm SenseTime Group Inc. is delaying its Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, as tensions with the U.S. government ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has kept out Covid, but exhausted and depressed pilots are paying the price
Before the pandemic, Hong Kong was an aviation hub attracting pilots from around the world. Two years on, pilots at flagship airline Cathay Pacific are so exhausted and depressed from working under ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Covid-19: Quarantine rules take a toll on Cathay pilots
Before the pandemic, Hong Kong was an aviation hub attracting pilots from around the world.Two years on, pilots at flagship airline Cathay Pacific are so exhausted and depressed from working under one ... ( read original story ...)