Hong Kong experienced a higher outflow of financial professionals last year as the international financial hub imposed strict border controls amid the Covid-19 pandemic that stymied recruitment from ... ( read original story ...)
‘If everybody criticises you, you probably got it right’: ex-chief justice Geoffrey Ma reflects on challenges for Hong Kong’s courts
Speaking to the media for first time since retiring, Ma lays out his expectations for Hong Kong's rule of law at halfway point of city's promised 50 years of a high degree of autonomy Placing the work ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s uncomfortable silence on Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee
President Xi congratulated the British monarch earlier this year on her 70-year reign Hong Kong officials, products of the British colonial system, may be caught in the middle but they can't just ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong plans Covid quarantine for anyone meeting President Xi
A thousand people in Hong Kong, including schoolchildren, will be quarantined for a week in order to reduce the risk of Covid infection for the visit of Preside ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong judicial independence fears threaten city’s business case
After 19 years in business, prominent human rights lawyer Michael Vidler closed his Hong Kong firm this month because he "just didn't see any future." "There is no mechanism to hold government to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong brokerage Zhong Yang stock jumps 20%, now trading 474% above IPO price
Shares of Hong Kong-based online brokerage Zhong Yang (TOP) shot up 20% in afternoon trading Monday despite a substantial sell-off in the broader market. ( read original story ...)
Desperate to retain talent, Hong Kong is handing out cash to foreigners
Following a record uptick in the number of people exiting the city, Hong Kong has expanded its pandemic stimulus program to include foreigners for the first time. In August, the city will distribute ... ( read original story ...)
Consumption vouchers: Hong Kong scheme extended to give non-PR residents, foreign students and ‘talents’ HK$5,000 handout
Scheme expanded to include non-permanent residents eligible for permanent residency, but will not cover people planning to emigrate. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s New World Development sells US$700 million two-tranche social, green bonds
Hong Kong’s New World Development has sold US$700 million of corporate sustainable bonds, which it says is the world’s first dual-tranche social and green debt offering denominated in US dollars. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong was not British colony as China did not recognise unequal treaties ceding city to Britain, new textbooks reveal
United Nations removed Hong Kong from a list of colonies in 1972 after China made the demand, according to textbooks still being vetted by Education Bureau The books also adopt government's account of ... ( read original story ...)
I moved from California to Hong Kong. Here are 8 things that surprised me most.
I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area but went to university overseas. During my five years in Asia, I discovered so many new foods and cultures. ( read original story ...)
The Dismantling of Hong Kong
Throughout February and March, as Omicron cases in Hong Kong climbed to tens of thousands a day, I’d leave my apartment every evening for a stroll along the waterfront in Sheung Wan. The sky was a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law not ‘harsh’, says lawyers’ group chief
The head of a top Hong Kong lawyers’ association believes the city’s national security law is “not particularly harsh” compared to other jurisdictions. In an interview with Nikkei Asia, Chan Chak-ming ... ( read original story ...)
Brand new Hong Kong Palace Museum, with over 900 Chinese treasures, opens July 2
Visitors to the newly built Hong Kong Palace Museum at the city’s art hub in West Kowloon could pay anywhere from HK$50 to HK$120 (RM28 to RM68) for an entry ticket, with the venue expected to open on ... ( read original story ...)