Hong Kong is targeting an end to hotel quarantine in November, ahead of a summit of global bankers and an international rugby competition, even as a resurgence in Covid-19 cases prompts health ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s house prices falling again
Hong Kong’s residential property prices have skyrocketed by 165% (inflation-adjusted). In contrast, real incomes have virtually stagnated in Hong Kong for years. However, due to the combined impact of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader proposes ‘reverse quarantine’ for China travel
Hong Kong leader John Lee said mainland Chinese officials have expressed support for a proposed system that will enable residents to quarantine in the former British colony before travelling across ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: 5-11 age group set to be included in Hong Kong vaccine pass scheme, civil service chief confirms
Hong Kong’s civil service chief has confirmed officials are hatching plans to include children aged five years to 11 in the city’s Covid-19 vaccine pass scheme, while also revealing that a major NGO ... ( read original story ...)
China Vanke property services unit Onewo targets up to US$1.5 billion in Hong Kong IPO
Onewo is playing up its use of technology such as 'AIoT', or artificial intelligence of things, as a differentiator China Vanke, the country's second-largest developer by sales, owns about 63 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Key Borrowing Rate Surges to Highest Since 2008
A gauge of Hong Kong’s interbank borrowing costs surged to the highest level in 14 years, tracking higher global rates amid expectations of aggressive rate hikes by major central banks. ( read original story ...)
Alibaba, Nio Slip: Hong Kong Stocks Stumble As China Private Factory Survey Data Shrinks For 1st Time In 3 Months
Hong Kong’s retail sales rose 4.1% in July compared to a year ... of its $88 billion listed equity portfolio this year, reported The Financial Times. Global News: U.S. futures traded in the red on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set to host historic US-China audit meeting but city yet to resolve accounting dispute with Washington
Hong Kong's regulator will assist US inspectors when they will arrive in the city this month, says Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury The audit accord, however, will ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, mainland China to see office rents decline through 2022 amid Covid-19 policies, while Singapore, Seoul surge
Hong Kong and most mainland cities will see office rents slide in the second half of the year, according to a property consultant's forecast Seoul and Singapore top CBRE Asia-Pacific's forecast for 22 ... ( read original story ...)
China still needs Wall Street. A rare agreement with the US is proof
A new deal between the United States and China aims to draw a line under one of the biggest disputes in global business: how Chinese companies listed on Wall Street should be audited. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businesses see political persecution in COVID controls
‘Yellow economy’ businesses in city say they face harsher enforcement of pandemic rules due to pro-democracy stance. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hailed as BRI’s pivotal gateway
[Photo/Xinhua] Hong Kong has served as a critical gateway to boosting progress in trade and investment under the Belt and Road Initiative since the BRI was launched nine years ago, government ... ( read original story ...)
‘Submit or quit’: Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools
As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit. "The students ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retail sales jump on improved labour market; consumer vouchers to support
Hong Kong's retail sales in July jumped 4.1 per cent from a year earlier and snapped two consecutive months of decline, data released on Wednesday showed, on the back of an improving labour market. ( read original story ...)