At least 200 bodies waiting to be buried, Post learns, and it will take months to clear the backlog Authorities on both sides trying to resolve issue, as the only border crossing for hearses remains ...
US crackdown will push crypto’s ‘center of gravity’ to Hong Kong: Kaiko CEO
Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran said that Hong Kong’s friendly approach may just see the city become the “center of gravity” for crypto trading and investments. The U.S. government's frosty approach to ...
US crypto crackdown boosts Hong Kong’s DeFi ambitions – WSJ report
According to a WSJ report, Hong Kong’s attempt to attract crypto companies is getting help from an intensifying crackdown by American regulators. In recent years, the United States government has ...
‘He’s irreplaceable’: thousands of fans gather outside Hong Kong hotel to mark 20th anniversary of Leslie Cheung’s death
Fans line up outside Mandarin Oriental hotel to place bouquets and take pictures at spot where legendary singer and actor jumped to his death in 2003.
Titleholder Australia misses out on Hong Kong 7s quarters
Australia's defense of the Hong Kong Sevens title surprisingly ended in the pool stage on Saturday. The Australians were beaten to the quarterfinals by the United States and unheralded Spain.
Chinese Property Developer Sunac Posts $2 Billion Core Loss in 2022
Major property developer Sunac China on Friday logged a net narrowing core loss of 13.86 billion yuan ($2.02 billion) in 2022, as the debt-laden firm slowed its project construction and incurred ...
Cryptocurrency firms struggle to find banking partners after US bank collapses- Where to next? Singapore? Switzerland? Hong Kong?
Sources suggest that some cryptocurrency companies have turned to Cross River Bank as their preferred banking partner to address this issue ...
Hong Kong drops to 7th spot on global IPO venue ranking as fundraising plunges 52 per cent in first quarter: Refinitiv
"The high inflation and interest rate rises in the US and Europe, as well as the recent banking crisis all led to a quiet IPO market in Hong Kong and other markets." Shenzhen's ChiNext was the top ...
Hong Kong rejects US report criticising crackdown on freedoms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong on Saturday "firmly rejected" findings in a new U.S. government report that said U.S. interests had been threatened and that Beijing continued to "undermine" the rule ...
Explainer: Why Hong Kong is constitutionally obliged to balance the books
Terence Chong, executive director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, told HKFP that the constitutional restriction was decided during ...
Blinken Says China Erodes Hong Kong’s Judicial Independence
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced China for undermining the independence of Hong Kong’s courts, as the State Department released a new report condemning Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in ...
Global Finance CEOs Make First Post-COVID Visits to China
A flurry of top financial executives have visited China for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic as global financial giants seek to cement their relations with Beijing at the start of President ...
HSBC chiefs hope to quell shareholder calls for break-up
The bosses of HSBC are preparing to face the bank’s legion of small investors in Hong Kong to try to quell a rebellion aimed at forcing it to break itself up. Mark Tucker, the chairman, and Noel Quinn ...
UPDATE 1-Global finance CEOs make first post-COVID visits to China
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, March 31 (Reuters) - A flurry of top financial executives have visited China for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic as global financial giants seek to cement their ...