Among the many tasks facing the chief executive hopeful, providing adequate housing, developing Hong Kong's status as a tech hub, and pushing for the gradual reopening of the mainland border ought to ... ( read original story ...)
Soft Start Seen For Hong Kong Stock Market
The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, retreating more than 570 points or 2.5 percent along the way. The Hang Seng now rests just beneath the 20,950-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based healthcare startup Ordinary Folk gets $5M to fight stigma
Ordinary Folk, a Singapore-based telehealth startup dedicated to men and women’s health issues, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures. The funding will be used for hiring ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong overcomes epidemic with confidence
Hong Kong celebrates the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland. We will ride out the storm and are set to embrace the next 25 years and beyond. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Landlords Brace for Even Deeper Cuts to Retail Rents
Hong Kong’s retail landlords are bracing for a further squeeze on the lowest rents in more than a decade as tenants seek relief in the aftermath of the city’s worst Covid outbreak. ( read original story ...)
FTI Consulting Enhances Financial Crime Compliance Offering in Asia with Two Senior Appointments
FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the addition of Senior Managing Director Jackie Yu and Managing Director Lilian Sin to the firm’s Financial Crime Compliance practice within the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Begins Slow Reopening With Finance Hub Status at Stake
At Caprice, a three-starred Michelin restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, head chef Guillaume Galliot is getting ready to receive his first dinner guests in 15 weeks.Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian actress apologizes for darkening skin to play domestic worker in Hong Kong drama series
Critics have said that the show's use of dark make-up and a hiring non-Filipina performer are disrespectful to Hong Kong’s migrant worker population. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Boosts Purse Money By Record 11.5 Percent
Hong Kong racing will offer record total prize money and incentives of HK$1.62 billion (US$210 million) across the 2022/23 season ... ( read original story ...)
EU monitored 81 court hearings of opposition activists in Hong Kong last year, rights report reveals
In annual report on rights around the world, the bloc raises concerns over national security law and electoral reforms in Hong Kong Security law has created a 'chilling effect on the exercise of ... ( read original story ...)
Changes to Board and committee composition
We look forward to welcoming her to the Board next month." The Directors have determined that Geraldine is independent. In making that determination, the Directors have concluded that there are no ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Robotics Invests In Hong Kong Startup Avalon SteriTech: Bloomberg
robotics arm has agreed to buy a minority stake in cleaning technology startup Avalon SteriTech Ltd, Bloomberg reports. SoftBank Robotics looks to acquire a 5% stake in the Hong Kong-based company. ( read original story ...)
Mainland China’s Sunshine Insurance seeks US$2 billion listing in boost for Hong Kong’s flagging IPO market, sources say
Should it achieve the high end of its price target, it would be in a two-horse race for biggest IPO of 2022 with private equity firm PAG, which is also aiming for up to US$2 billion according to ... ( read original story ...)
Business booms for Hong Kong restaurants and shopping malls over Easter break
Hong Kong's catering and retail sectors have reported a double-digit surge in business during the Easter holidays, despite social-distancing curbs reining in some of their growth, according to ... ( read original story ...)