The Hong Kong stock market on Monday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had climbed more than 310 points or 1.3 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Oath Of Allegiance Administered To 90 “Pro-Beijing” Lawmakers
On Monday, the oath of allegiance was administered to all 90 members of China's HKSAR's seventeenth legislative council by Chief Executive Carrie Lam. ( read original story ...)
Four of Hong Kong’s most rewarding long-distance runs
From waterfronts to mountain peaks, these routes for runners of all levels take in a giant golden egg, Buddhas big and small . . . and the occasional cow ... ( read original story ...)
Property Stocks Sink After Demolition Order: Evergrande Update
Chinese developer shares dropped following local media reports that China Evergrande Group has been ordered to tear down apartment blocks in a development in Hainan province. Evergrande halted trading ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong officials put pressure on turnout in ‘patriots’ election
Hong Kong officials are working to boost turnout in Sunday's legislative election, according to diplomats and people familiar with the effort. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong No 2 official slams Wall Street Journal editorial on Stand News crackdown, accusing it of ‘new levels of nastiness’
John Lee expresses anger at piece titled ‘No One is Safe in Hong Kong’, centred on arrests of Stand News employees and further charges against Apple Daily ex-staff. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Stock Benchmark Marks Its Worst Start in Three Years
Hong Kong stocks declined on the first trading day of 2022 to mark their worst start to a year since 2019 amid weak sentiment on tech shares and ongoing concerns about the financial health of Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Third Hong Kong news outlet says it will shut down as pro-China lawmakers take power
Hong Kong’s Citizen News has announced it will close “with a heavy heart” amid a crackdown on dissent as a group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Citizen News Becomes Third to Close Amid China’s Crackdown on Dissent
"Regrettably, what was ahead of us is not just pouring rains or blowing winds, but hurricanes and tsunamis," the outlet said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
How Beijing Has Muted Hong Kong’s Independent Media
Citizen News, a small but aggressive online publication, is the latest outlet to fold amid relentless pressure from the authorities. ( read original story ...)
Third Hong Kong news company shutters as media fears widen
Journalists from Hong Kong media outlet CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they closed on Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after colleagues at a rival publication were ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong news site to shut; pro-Beijing lawmakers sworn in
A group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn in to Hong Kong's Legislature on Monday following an election without opposition candidates, as yet another pro-democracy news outlet ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong banks must step up preparedness for extreme climate events and carbon policy changes, stress test finds
More intense climate hazards will cause banks to suffer an annual operational loss of US$282 million, HKMA says HKMA will conduct a similar test two years from now, CEO says Hong Kong banks need to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong free press faces collapse as second news site announces closure
Hong Kong’s free press is on the brink of extinction after the two largest remaining independent news websites in the Chinese territory announced they were shutting down in the space of a week. ( read original story ...)