Financial Secretary Paul Chan expects year-on-year GDP growth to continue in second quarter, but at lower rate than 2.7 per cent rise in first three months of the year Challenges from new consumption ...
Hong Kong business banking app Currenxie to launch EU expansion from Dublin HQ
Currenxie, a Hong Kong-based business banking app, is to establish its European headquarters in Dublin. The company provides virtual accounts and cross-border payments for businesses. It plans to ...
SG biotech startup Mirxes files for Hong Kong IPO after $50m Series D funding
Singapore-based biotechnology startup Mirxes is planning its initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange after raising $50 million in Series D funding that valued the company at $600 ...
HSBC Buys Back 4.71M Shrs for Almost $300M Ytd
HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) announced that it repurchased a total of 4.7101 million shares in the UK and Hong Kong markets yesterday (19th), involving a total of about HK$298 million.... HSBC HOLDINGS ...
Top 20 Smart Cities in the World
In this article, we discuss top 20 smart cities in the world. You can skip our detailed analysis of smart cities technology and its future, and go directly to read Top 5 Smart Cities in the World. The ...
Hong Kong businessman who tried to dupe Forbes
Hong Kong insurance broker Calvin Lo tried to dupe Forbes into including him on its billionaires list, report Robert Olsen, John Kang and Zinnia Lee of Forbes. Olsen, Kang and Lee report, “Lo was ...
Hong Kong public broadcaster cancels LGBTQ radio show
A radio show promoting LGBTQ equality will end its 17-year run at Hong Kong's public broadcaster on Sunday, with station management citing "changes in programme" as the reason for cancellation.Programme co-host Brian Leung said he was "mentally prepared" for the show to be dropped at the government-funded Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK),
U.S. will not invite sanctioned Hong Kong leader to APEC in November
The United States will not invite Hong Kong’s chief executive, who faces U.S. sanctions, to visit San Francisco during November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, two congressional aides said ...
US bars Hong Kong leader John Lee from San Francisco Apec summit
Chief executive, who is under US sanctions over role implementing city’s national security law, will not be invited to November event ...
BOC Economist Notes Possible Link Between CN MOF’s Additional Issue of Govt Bonds in HK & Forex Mkt Situation
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will issue RMB12 billion of government bonds in Hong Kong on August 2, which is RMB6 billion more than the original plan. Guan Tao, Global Chief Econ ...
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority searches for money to avert financial crisis as endowment set to run out in 2025
Lengthy contracts with developers under build-operate-transfer framework and income-sharing model at arts hub in spotlight CEO of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Betty Fung says ...
U.S. will not invite sanctioned Hong Kong leader to APEC
The United States will not invite Hong Kong's chief executive, who faces U.S. sanctions, to visit San Francisco during November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, two congressional aides said ...
Hong Kong court rejects government’s injunction to ban pro-democracy protest song
The High Court of Hong Kong has rejected a government’s injunction to ban the pro-democracy protest song “Glory to Hong Kong.” High Court’s ruling: In Judge Anthony Chan’s ruling, he noted that ...
Hong Kong judge defies government’s bid to ban pro-democracy protest song
Judge refuses Hong Kong government’s request for injunction against Glory to Hong Kong, saying it could have chilling effect ...