Overhaul calls for new roles of deputy secretary for justice, deputy financial secretary and deputy chief secretary for administration Chief Executive-elect John Lee says he suggested three deputy ... ( read original story ...)
Clinics, car dealers snap up prime space as luxury brands bow out of Hong Kong’s slumping retail market
Human Health signed a six-year lease for HK$95 million to lease a 38,000-sq ft space at Star House in TST for one its 50 clinics in Hong Kong Maserati took up a 9,000-sq ft show room at the H&S ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong indemnity fund for vaccine-related deaths, injuries must speed up claims process, critics say
Authorities take 10 months to grant HK$2 million in compensation to family of woman who died 16 days after first vaccine dose. ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s Legion of Hong Kong Retail Investors Warm to Breakup Call
The illuminated HSBC Holdings Plc headquarters, center, at night in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. HSBC is scheduled to release earnings results on Feb. 22. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- ... ( read original story ...)
Cardinal arrested in Hong Kong, Pope’s health declines: Last Week in the Church with John Allen Jr.
Cardinal arrested in Hong Kong, the Pope’s health sparks conclave speculation, the Pope’s summer travel schedule hangs in the balance, and the Church in Malta takes a new approach to secularization. ( read original story ...)
31 women contemporary artists working in Hong Kong celebrated in exhibition inspired by a landmark 1943 show
The exhibition at 10 Chancery Lane, which includes works from the late Irene Chou, Lulu Ngie, So Wing-po, Movana Chen and other artists, was inspired by a landmark 1943 show in New York. ( read original story ...)
125 years: how Hong Kong and Manulife, the city’s longest-continuous insurer, are entwined
The story of Hong Kong’s rise from its humble origins as a quiet port inhabited by fishing and farming communities into a thriving metropolis and global economic powerhouse is well known. But a lesser ... ( read original story ...)
Leading business chambers in Hong Kong urge incoming leader to scrap quarantine for travellers, provide pandemic exit plan
Lee's office said the chief executive-elect appreciated the need to facilitate travel into and out of Hong Kong so business could resume normal activities. "However, the risks of Covid-19 attacking ... ( read original story ...)
42 per cent of Hong Kong kindergartens applied to raise tuition fees 42 per cent of Hong Kong kindergartens applied to raise tuition fees
About 440 kindergartens, comprising 300 subsidised schools and 140 non-subsidised ones, applied for tuition increase in 2022-23 school year. ( read original story ...)
42 per cent of Hong Kong kindergartens applied to raise tuition fees
Hong Kong schools have lost at least 4,050 teachers this academic ... to understand their situation and needs and provide appropriate support to minimise their financial difficulties due to the impact ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPO candidate Tianqi Lithium gets Shenzhen bourse query over losses incurred from US$159 million option-linked contracts with Morgan Stanley
Shenzhen exchange asks Tianqi to 'clarify the reason and justification for the losses incurred by your hedging business over the past three years' The Sichuan province-based lithium miner applied to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam confident massive government restructuring plan will get nod from her cabinet
Carrie Lam adds that she is not in a position to say which principal officials will stay on in the next administration. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s next leader John Lee targets city’s reputation with government rejig
Mr Lee will add a deputy each to the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and the Secretary of Justice. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
How estate agents and landlords should implement Hong Kong’s new tenancy control regime for subdivided units
The government has implemented a new tenancy control regime for subdivided units under Part IVA of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, which came into effect on 22 January this year. ( read original story ...)