Amid a crackdown on dissent, and the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, Hong Kong’s galleries have not just survived but thrived, with several new openings ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Mulls Blocking Telegram Channel as Part of Crackdown on Doxing – Report
The administration says pro-democracy campaigners are exposing online sensitive personal data of government officials and citizens. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Considers Blocking Telegram, Local Paper Says
Hong Kong authorities are deliberating whether to curtail public access to the messaging service Telegram, the Sing Tao Daily reported, potentially reviving fears the former British colony is moving ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks rise more than 3% on China easing COVID-19 lockdowns
Hong Kong stocks rose by more than 3 per cent on Tuesday (May 17) afternoon following news of Shanghai authorities saying that the locked-down city will gradually reopen businesses. ( read original story ...)
Opinion: The Hong Kong Dollar Is The Best Stablecoin. Sorry, Terra And Luna
The celestial algorithm that keeps the moon in its orbit around the earth clearly works a lot better than the one that governed Luna and Terra. ( read original story ...)
Syfe Accelerates Asia Expansion Plan, Launches In Hong Kong
Syfe, a digital investment platform headquartered in Singapore and licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), today announces its entry into Hong Kong. Syfe has secured its licence from ... ( read original story ...)
Taishin banker resigns ahead of move to HK
Stanley Chiang, a relationship manager at Taishin International Commercial Bank’s Singapore office, has resigned ahead of his move to Hong Kong next month, GlobalCapital Asia understands. He will wrap ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong biotech Prenetics rides COVID wave to Nasdaq
Biotech startup Prenetics, a COVID-19 test provider that helped soccer's Premier League resume matches, is set to go public Wednesday on the Nasdaq, making it Hong Kong's first unicorn to list. The ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Buys back Over 1.67M Shrs in HK, London Ytd for Over $81.11M
HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) announced that it had repurchased a total of 1.6793 million shares in London and Hong Kong yesterday (16th), involving a total of approximately HKD81.1122 million. HSBC ... ( read original story ...)
Why HSBC’s ‘pivot’ to Asia rings false
Readers discuss HSBC's inability to forge a new strategy for growth, the UK's interest in Hong Kong and Taiwan, why Hong Kong must bring back TikTok, and how anti-touting measures at government sports ... ( read original story ...)
Leading Hong Kong tycoons turn their backs on jet leasing
Hong Kong tycoons Li Ka-shing and Henry Cheng are both retreating from aircraft leasing, a business into which they had steered their wide-ranging conglomerates over the past decade to diversify risk ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to push on with next stage of vaccine pass scheme although 1 million residents have yet to receive third shot
Hong Kong will press ahead with a policy requiring residents to receive the third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to enter most premises by the end of the month, the city’s leader has confirmed, although a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Top Female Entrepreneurs: Christine Yu
Some of Hong Kong’s most exciting start-ups are run by female entrepreneurs. Today, we speak to Christine Yu, founder of Sophia. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ease curbs even with hundreds of daily Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong will proceed with relaxing virus curbs despite recording hundreds of cases a day, as the city's Covid policy drifts farther from Beijing's zero-tolerance approach. Chief Executive Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)