Hong Kong’s URA needs land to build subsidised flats faster: chairman “Some property owners do not wish to accept the terms of acquisition due to private reasons and compensation issues,” he said. ( read original story ...)
End of easy money brings a $582b global financial shock
Hong Kong | The global shift away from easy money is poised to accelerate as a pandemic bond-buying blitz by central banks swings into reverse, threatening another shock to the world’s economies and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Detects COVID Traces In Sewage, Tightens Surveillance To Identify Patients
Amidst spiralling coronavirus cases in China, neighbouring Hong Kong has adopted a unique method to detect infected patients. According to local media reports, city authorities have distributed rapid ... ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong’s unattached British servicemen found love between the wars: bar girls, brothels and ‘down ’omers’
From its urban beginnings in 1841 up to the 1997 handover, Hong Kong had a permanent British garrison. Until the last “accompanied” postings ended in late 1994, when most residential quarters were ... ( read original story ...)
Admissions of past failings a good sign for Hong Kong’s future
Hong Kong's failure to contain the pandemic revealed a government ... Paper pushers literally failed at paper pushing. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-Po recently warned Hongkongers that the economy ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s top shareholder calls for banking giant’s break-up
The executive was released last September. In 2016, the bank decided to keep its headquarters in London, rejecting the option of shifting its centre of gravity back to the main profit-generating hub ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong should drop flight suspension rule as quarantine measures enough to reduce transmission risks, expert says, while cases fall to three-month low
Professor David Hui cites sufficient hotel facilities and waning wave of local infections City logs 300 Covid-19 infections, its lowest daily caseload since February 4 Hong Kong's flight suspension ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (OTCMKTS:HNGKY) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest
It owns and manages approximately 850,000 square meters of office and luxury retail property primarily in Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, and Jakarta. 3 Stocks to DOUBLE This Year The 10 Best Stocks to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vows to continue improving labour rights in final months of tenure after ‘hard-earned results’
Carrie Lam says in article that an unnamed unionist praised her for resolving issues relating to workers' rights Lam cites introduction of five-day statutory paternity leave for men and 14-week ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Kitchee march on to AFC Champions League knockout round for first time with dramatic injury-time equaliser
Pakawich Damrongkiattisak/Getty Images Kitchee have secured a landmark first-ever appearance by a Hong Kong club in the AFC Champions League knockout round in dramatic fashion, after a 91st-minute ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: no work on political reform unless all problems in society solved, sole candidate John Lee says
According to Articles 45 and 68 of the Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution, the method for choosing members of the Legislative Council and the chief executive shall be done "in light of the actual ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC breakup push requires delicate brushoff
LONDON, May 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - HSBC (HSBA.L), (0005.HK) is under attack from an unconventional activist. Chinese insurer Ping An (601318.SS), (2318.HK) wants the $125 billion bank to spin off ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Athletics Trial 2022: high-jumper Priscilla Cheung Ching-laam battles heavy rain to win gold
High-jumper Priscilla Cheung Ching-laam battled through heavy rain to win gold with a leap of 1.75 metres on the second day of the Hong Kong Athletics Trial 2022. And the 20-year-old hopes to ... ( read original story ...)
Making everyone deal with a Hong Kong leader under US sanctions may well be part of Beijing’s game plan in picking John Lee
The takeaway here is that the change of Hong Kong's leadership cannot be subject to direct or indirect factors concerning the US Beijing may have also laid down a test for those who have to deal with ... ( read original story ...)