Hong Kong’s first mortgage policy relaxation in 14 years has yet to bring cheer to the city’s secondary housing market in the 10 days since its introduction.
Chinese University alumni leader urges Hong Kong lawmakers to delay vetting bill to overhaul governing body
Kelvin Yeung, a member of Chinese University’s governing body, calls for Legco committee to delay reading private members’ bill and allow varsity time to review proposal first.
Hong Kong Protest Song’s Court Battle Signals More Business Risk
Hong Kong’s bid to wipe a controversial protest song from the city’s internet is flashing fresh warnings signs for businesses that the once-freewheeling international hub is tracking closer to ...
Hong Kong’s largest online bank competes with banking giants for Web3 market
Hong Kong’s ZA Bank has 30-50 licensed crypto entities queuing up to open accounts. China SAR’s largest online bank to offer compliant entities financial services while traditional banks hit AML ...
UPDATE 1-China’s CITIC cuts around 20 bankers from Hong Kong’s CLSA – sources
The company on Tuesday and Wednesday cut about 20 staff out of around 200 employees in its investment banking division in Hong Kong, the sources said. CLSA declined to comment. CITIC did not ...
Bruce Lee fans gather in Hong Kong to commemorate 50 year anniversary of martial arts legend’s death
Bruce Lee fans gathered in Hong Kong on July 20, 2023, to commemorate the death of the martial arts icon. Lee broke negative stereotypes around Asian men in films.
China’s property woes offer a window into the demise of the country’s boom times
Calls for government stimulus measures have thus far only resulted in modest assistance to the beleaguered sector.
Hong Kong police raid homes of relatives of two exiled activists
Families of Dennis Kwok and Christopher Mung questioned this week as pressure on dissidents grows
China to sell US$1.7 billion of government bonds in Hong Kong in August to promote yuan’s internationalisation, tap cheaper money
Beijing will sell 12 billion yuan of offshore bonds as it continues its efforts to promote the yuan internationally Demand for yuan-denominated financial products is rising as countries from Brazil to ...
Hong Kong police widen questioning of relatives of wanted activists
Hong Kong national security police on Thursday questioned the brother of exiled former lawmaker Dennis Kwok, media reported, weeks after police issued an arrest warrant and a HK$1 million bounty for the pro-democracy politician.
China’s CITIC cuts around 20 bankers from Hong Kong’s CLSA – sources
China's CITIC Securities laid off around 10 per cent of the dealmakers from its offshore platform CLSA this week and offered to move bankers from Hong Kong to the mainland, according to two sources ...
Fans flock to Hong Kong to mark 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s death
Fans from Hong Kong and around the world gathered at the feet of a Bruce Lee statue on Thursday to pay tribute to the late kung fu legend on the 50th anniversary of his untimely death.
Hong Kong man jailed for replacing national anthem with protest song
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to three months in prison on Thursday for insulting China's national anthem by swapping it in an online sports video with a song from the city's 2019 democracy protests.The protest song "Glory to Hong Kong",
Almost 5,000 Hong Kong buildings awaiting safety inspection, gov’t says, after another case of falling concrete
Almost 5,000 ageing Hong Kong buildings are awaiting safety inspections and repairs, the government has said, promising to speed up work after another case of concrete falling from a building. In the latest incident on Wednesday,