Financial Secretary Paul Chan says city has massive US$440 billion foreign currency reserve assets, part of solid foundation of linked exchange rate system However, Chan also warns of 'considerable ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to speed arrivals with new electronic declaration rule for Covid-19
The new system, to go on trial from July 28, will no longer let passengers do the paperwork after landing. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Speed Arrivals With New Electronic Declaration Rule
Hong Kong will require travelers to the city to fill out an electronic health declaration form before boarding a flight, no longer allowing them to do the paperwork after landing, in an effort to make ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Finance Chief Says ‘Huge’ Reserves Will Maintain Peg
Chan is the latest official to address the strength of the city’s reserves after Hayman Capital Management ’s Kyle Bass wrote on Twitter a few days ago that the central bank’s reserves to defend the ... ( read original story ...)
Cantonese opera singer explains her passion for helping young Hong Kong audiences enjoy the traditional performing art
The classic performing art had its heyday in the 50s and 60s, but Chloe Chan Hei-yu, 27, believes it still has much to offer for young Hongkongers. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong heatwave: Residents in city’s subdivided flats, rooftop huts bear brunt of scorching weather
Hong Kong residents in the city’s infamous subdivided flats and rooftop huts are bearing the brunt of a sweltering heatwave, with temperatures set to hit 35 degrees Celsius on Thursday or even higher ... ( read original story ...)
Stay away from ‘destructive forces’ in industry, John Lee warns city journalists as he urges media to ‘tell Hong Kong stories’
Hong Kong’s leader has urged journalists to keep a distance from “destructive forces” in the industry that endanger national security, urging them to focus instead on “telling stories” from the city. ( read original story ...)
Why helping Hong Kong’s low-income youth makes good business sense
Targeted vocational training and education would give low-income youth more options, while helping the city's re-industrialisation policy For far too long, the economy has depended on a rather narrow ... ( read original story ...)
A different take on Chinese migration to California – and a new way to look at Hong Kong
Historian Elizabeth Sinn argues that far from being shipped overseas as indentured labourers, Chinese emigrants to California chose to go there under their own steam. ( read original story ...)
Hozon Auto Pockets USD443.7 Million in Pre-Hong Kong IPO Fundraiser
Hozon bagged CNY10 billion (USD1.5 billion) through the entirety of its Series D round. The new energy vehicle manufacturer will speed up finishing its stockholder reforms in the future, it said. ( read original story ...)
Science whizz-kid, tennis champ among winners of Hong Kong’s Student of the Year Awards
Annual awards, organised by the Post, celebrate secondary school pupils who have shown academic excellence, outstanding commitment to community service. ( read original story ...)
SenseTime defied US sanction to raise capital in Hong Kong. Where does it go from here?
For years, Xu Li toiled with millions of lines of computer codes to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) system to empower manufacturing, enhance surveillance and enrich social matrix. Then in ... ( read original story ...)
China bubonic plague case: Hong Kong officials offer a little more info
NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the bubonic plague case reported from Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reports: The case involves ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to build fewer subsidised tiny flats in future, but they will still be available for potential buyers, new housing chief says
New administration will reduce ratio of tiny flats in subsidised estates, Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho says Ho adds government will monitor market response and modify supply accordingly Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)