BEIJING: The spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) strongly disapproved and firmly rejected the US governmen ...
Hong Kong’s finance chief floats tax break for middle-class families with foreign domestic helpers
Hong Kong’s finance chief has vowed to consider a tax break for middle-class families who hire foreign domestic workers to help them cope with the pressures of a post-pandemic economy. While current ...
Vietnam will always remain a good business partner of Hong Kong, says top official
Vietnam is always a very good business partner of Hong Kong (China), and the two sides have maintained effective trade and investment ties over the past years, according to Hong Kong’s Secretary for ...
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closes 0.54 pct higher
Hong Kong's stock market ended higher on Friday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.54 percent to close at 22,688.9 points.
Hong Kong won’t be open for business till mask mandate is dropped
Readers discuss the city's mask mandate, and a country's decision to ban arrivals from China I am writing in response to the letter, "Why Hong Kong should not go maskless with abandon" (January 21).
FTX creditors list includes more than 50 Hong Kong institutions, including regulators HKMA and SFC
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission were two of thousands of entities included on a list of potential creditors to FTX The broad list does not mean named ...
Chinese Companies Raise Big Bucks In New York, Hong Kong
Eight Chinese companies have collectively raised more than $2 billion this month in Hong Kong and New York, seizing on recent positive market sentiment. The movement could augur a new fundraising wave ...
China Stocks Veteran Hao Hong Sees Hong Kong Surge to 2021 Highs
Hong Kong’s benchmark equity index may jump to the highest level since early 2021, after investors are back in force following the Lunar New Year holidays, according to long-time market veteran Hao ...
Hong Kong will ban ‘dangerous drug’ CBD next month
The ban is in keeping with a zero-tolerance policy toward drugs in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous southern Chinese business hub, as well as on mainland China, where CBD was banned in 2022. Chinese ...
Hong Kong Dollar Pessimists Stage a Comeback
Story continues The drop in Hibor was from “a very high base, exacerbating the steepness of it,” said Kelvin Lau, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd. in Hong Kong. Back in December, ...
‘Hegemonic bullying’: Hong Kong hits out at US after ‘safe haven’ status extended
City's government and Chinese foreign ministry office urge Washington to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs President Joe Biden has extended special treatment for US-based Hongkongers, citing 'compelling foreign policy reasons' The Chinese foreign ministry's office in Hong Kong has hit out at the United Status for extending its "safe haven" status for Hongkongers seeking ...
Hong Kong stocks rise on hopes of strong China market reopening
Hong Kong shares ended higher on Friday, with investors positioning for a strong opening for the mainland China markets after the Lunar New Year break.
Hong Kong home prices fell 15.6 per cent in 2022, ending 13-year rising trend
The 15.6 per cent decline in the lived-in home price index last year was the biggest since a 32.5 per cent plunge during the Asian financial crisis in 1998 The index fell for a seventh month in ...
Hong Kong protests Biden extension of deportation protection
Hong Kong has protested President Joe Biden’s two-year extension of a program that protects residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese city living in the U_S_ from deportation, accusing Washington of ...