On 25 September 2023, six months from now, British national Jimmy Lai, a symbol of press freedom in Hong Kong, will be tried under national security charges for which he faces a life sentence. Lai, ...
Hong Kong art market hits pre-pandemic highs despite curbs
As thousands of visitors streamed through a Hong Kong exhibition hall and deals were struck for works by Picasso and Yayoi Kusama, art collectors celebrated the Asian financial hub's return to its ...
Hong Kong coffers can’t handle cost of building 2 mega projects at same time, top economist warns
director of the ACE Centre for Business and Economic Research, on Wednesday echoed the views of Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, the top adviser on the city's key decision-making Executive Council, and came a ...
Logistics startup Lalatech files application for Hong Kong IPO
has submitted an application to the Hong Kong stock exchange for an initial public offering (IPO). Founded in 2013 as a mobile app-based on-demand delivery service platform, the company operates under ...
Hong Kong must ‘embrace and facilitate’ movement of global firms to city, says finance chief Paul Chan
Hong Kong’s place as one of the world’s top financial hubs is based not only on its ready access to mainland capital and as the home ground for many Chinese firms, but also due its attractiveness for ...
Hong Kong, Singapore leaders discuss Asian growth, dismiss ‘rivalry’ talk
Hong Kong's finance chief Paul Chan says strong collaboration with Asean - of which Singapore is a part - is a key plank of city's economic policy Singapore and Hong Kong's economies are closely ...
Singapore has not ‘supplanted’ Hong Kong, both benefit from each other’s growth: Shanmugam
SINGAPORE: The suggestion that Singapore has "supplanted" Hong Kong gives too much weight to short-term factors, Singapore's Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Wednesday (Mar 29).
Alibaba’s revamp puts renewed focus on Ant Group’s suspended IPO
"This is probably the biggest goal for Alibaba Group itself," Kingston Securities executive director Dickie Wong said of Ant Group's initial public offering plans, adding "there's big hope" for a ...
imBee Reinvents Data-driven Productivity With AiskBee, Hong Kong’s First ChatGPT-Powered Enterprise Knowledge Base Solution
For instance, a securities firm can leverage AiskBee to process inquiries and offer the latest financial products and services information ... Knowledge Base solution for businesses in Hong Kong. By ...
Asian stocks rally as bank jitters calm, Alibaba lifts mood
Alibaba's Hong Kong shares shot up 15%, while the company's U.S.-listed ... Also helping sentiment was easing worries over the banking sector, with investor nerves soothed by the sale of assets in ...
HK stocks surge at open, shrug off banking fears
Hong Kong shares opened higher on Wednesday despite losses on Wall Street, as fears of a banking crisis ebbed after weeks of turmoil. The Hang Seng ...
S’pore-HK rivalry ‘hyped up’, makes for better headlines but each city has its strengths: Shanmugam
On Hong Kong, he expressed bemusement about talk that it is in terminal ... Asean could generate US$600 billion more a year in manufacturing output. Meanwhile, a McKinsey report estimated that half of ...
Hong Kong’s TVB posts record loss of HK$807 million, with broadcaster blaming weak advertising market, Covid-related slowdown for woes
Hong Kong’s biggest free-to-air broadcaster, TVB, posted a record loss of HK$807 million last year, blaming a weakened television advertising market and a slowdown in the firm’s mainland China ...
Hong Kong’s property market gathers momentum as home prices jump by the most since May 2020
Activity in the property market increased after the Hong Kong government lowered a decade-old stamp duty on mass-market flats and the city lifted all mandatory mask-wearing requirements and ...