China on Friday slashed a key interest rate to rescue its slumping housing market and head off a major downturn in the world's second largest economy. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong art gallery owner who went from film to photography to opening Blindspot in Wong Chuk Hang
Mimi Chun, the New York-born founder of Blindspot Gallery, which focuses on photographic works, talks about her journey in art and finding her feet in Hong Kong after a rough few years. ( read original story ...)
Davis Polk Asia chair withdraws from Hong Kong security law forum
The Asia chair of US law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has pulled out of a Hong Kong government forum commemorating the introduction of a national security law that heralded a crackd ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Still Rules China Futures Market as Hong Kong Edges In
an analyst at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in the city-state, who has a buy rating on the bourse operator’s stock. “While a competing product is always a threat to watch for, so far it seems the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: 2 judges accused of misconduct over cases linked to 2019 unrest cleared of wrongdoing after judiciary probes
Judge Ernest Lin had asked members of the public in yellow masks in the viewing gallery to remove the face gear Magistrate Stanley Ho was accused of politically charged remarks over the arrest of a ... ( read original story ...)
John Lee appointed as the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong
In 2021, China overhauled Hong Kongs electoral system and specified that only patriots, that is, those loyal to the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong rolls out fourth vaccine jab for residents aged 18 to 59, with walk-ins from Saturday until online booking system set up
Those who deem themselves at high risk of exposure and who received third dose at least six months prior can opt for the shot, available as Sinovac or BioNTech jab Health expert separately joins calls ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s civil servants are in line for record pay rise. Is it time to revamp how salary increases are determined?
Human resources experts and bosses of small businesses have called for a revamp of the method used to determine pay rises for Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants after a generous increase of up to 7.26 ... ( read original story ...)
National security law: Hong Kong has taken ‘authoritarian turn’ in 2021 under Beijing-imposed legislation, EU says in annual report
China’s foreign ministry office in the city and local authorities hit back at criticism, calling comments ‘unfounded’. ( read original story ...)
China’s property crisis: who and what will save the indebted developers in the world’s largest real-estate market?
Anxious to avoid the civil unrest that would almost certainly follow a collapse in the housing market, local authorities are relaxing their stranglehold on the property sector. But will it be enough? ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bypassed? European airlines warn they can’t add flights while Covid-19 restrictions remain for travellers, aircrew
Several major European airlines have warned that they will not be able to add more flights to Hong Kong if the city’s Covid-19 restrictions remain while the rest of the world opens up rapidly from the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s government restructuring can achieve more than efficiency and cost-saving
An overlooked benefit of the overhaul is the ability to create synergy and to promote the cross-fertilisation of industries There are ample opportunities for arts, culture, sports and technology, for ... ( read original story ...)
To fight climate change, Hong Kong must put wind in the sails of its carbon neutrality plan
The wind power plans of HK Electric and CLP, though toe-in-the-water gestures, are better late than never The government must overcome its procrastination and deliver some clear climate results for ... ( read original story ...)
Numbers do not add up in proposed pay leap for Hong Kong civil servants
With senior staff in line for rises of up to 7.26 per cent, some private companies that use such awards as reference may struggle to match them in a city slowly recovering from the most difficult of ... ( read original story ...)