Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday she will not run for a second term as chief executive of the global financial hub in a leadership election due to take place on May 8. (Reporting by Anne ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus battle before reforms: Hong Kong’s fifth wave pushes Carrie Lam’s ambitious government overhaul to the back burner
Hong Kong considering cheaper mortgage scheme for subsidised flats: Carrie Lam University of Hong Kong emeritus professor John Burns said it was quite understandable that the administrative reform now ... ( read original story ...)
China-focused private equity managers face extended fundraising dry spell as policy uncertainties, IPO obstacles give investors cold feet
China-focused private equity funds raised the lowest amount of capital in eight years during the second half of 2021, as policy uncertainties in the consumer tech sector and obstacles to cashing out ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong boost Asian stock market with tech shares up 2%; Wall Street futures, oil falls
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.8% led by rally in tech stocks ... a half percentage-point rate increase in May and provide key details on how the central bank will shrink its balance sheet. “It ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s reputation as financial centre hit as UK judges quit top court
Hong Kong’s reputation as an international financial centre has been damaged by the resignation of two UK judges from the city’s top court, senior businesspeople and lawyers h ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s No. 2 official in bid to become city’s new leader -TVB
Hong Kong's chief secretary John Lee, the No. 2 official in the global financial hub, is set to resign in order to join a race in May to become its new leader, broadcaster TVB said, citing an ... ( read original story ...)
Hot Topics: Why Hong Kong students are stressed about DSE and IB exams
Thousands of secondary school pupils are scheduled to take examinations at the end of the month, but many worry about what will happen if they get sick. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Futures Slip; Stocks May Get Hong Kong Boost: Markets Wrap
Stocks may get a boost Monday from Beijing’s move to ease an audit dispute that imperils the U.S. listings of Chinese firms. Pressure on bonds and the risk of stiffer sanctions on Russia are also ... ( read original story ...)
Study Buddy (Explorer): Chinese white dolphin deaths fall in Hong Kong amid coronavirus pandemic, report says
Study Buddy Explorer presents an interesting story that we have adjusted to be more accessible for all readers. Check your reading comprehension using the questions in the linked Kahoot! game. ( read original story ...)
Britain’s Hong Kong Report Says Freedoms Extinguished
Hong Kong’s freedoms have been extinguished in the last two years according to a March 31 report by the British. Since Britain handed Hong Kong back to Ch ... ( read original story ...)
British judges’ recusal from Hong Kong
Two senior British judges have decided that Hong Kong’s increasingly repressive regime has tipped the balance in favour of their resignation from the territory’s highest court. Lord Robert Reed, UK ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property developers roll out discounts, promotions at shopping centres ahead of first phase of e-voucher scheme on April 7
Residents using their e-vouchers from April 7 to May 15 at malls owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties can get cash rebates, redeem dining coupons Sino Group malls will run promotions from April 7 to 20, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mall operators target shoppers after government announces distribution of US$638 consumption vouchers
Mall owners come up with promotions to compete for more than 6.2 million shoppers who will receive e-vouchers worth US$638 each from Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Expands Access to Western, Chinese Covid Medicines
Hong Kong will distribute oral Covid-19 drugs to doctors and expand the use of traditional Chinese medicine to treat the disease as a deadly wave of omicron infections continues to recede. ( read original story ...)