Beauty Only’s storming stretch run to win last month’s G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile might have announced the gelding on the world stage but jockey Zac Purton is under no illusions as to which horse remains the Hong Kong Mile division’s big daddy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Set for Lunar New Year
HONG KONG – TRAVEL – Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light as the Lunar New Year celebrations 2017 promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever. Themed “Best Fortune. World Party”, the 2017 Cathay Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
What Might Happen in China in 2017?
Gordon is formerly a senior partner with McKinsey and is now a senior advisor to the firm. Joe is Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Hong Kong office. Nick is Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Greater China Practice. ( read original story ...)
Engaging customers: The evolution of Asia–Pacific digital banking
a McKinsey Solution, and examined digital consumer-banking data collected between July 2015 and July 2016 from 41 banks. This article focuses on our findings from Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, examining consumer ... ( read original story ...)
What you need to know about Morgan Stanley’s new MDs in Singapore and Hong Kong
She began her career in 2004 as an analyst at McKinsey. She then worked at Macquarie from 2006 ... Hufton joined Morgan Stanley’s transport team in London in 2006 and relocated to Hong Kong in 2013, reaching ED rank. Originally from Australia, Hufton ... ( read original story ...)
How can you capitalise on the Chinese market?
BoF / McKinsey identifies 10 emerging patterns ... Thanks to its high tourism volumes and the broad variety of retail opportunities, Hong Kong is a burgeoning, competitive marketplace and only a short hop from Australia. One of the biggest and best ... ( read original story ...)
Why Congress Should Privatize the Washington DC Metro
Hong Kong privatized its subway system in 2000. In a recent study on infrastructure, McKinsey reported: Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has defied the odds and delivered significant financial and social benefits: excellent transit, new and vibrant ... ( read original story ...)
Will Chinese Giant Tencent Survive the Battle of Content?
Its service has recently expanded to India, and is already a hit in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. According to a recent report by research firm McKinsey, the Asian streaming music market is growing rapidly. Already in 2014, streaming ... ( read original story ...)
Privatize Washington’s Metro System
Hong Kong privatized its subway system in 2000. In a recent study on infrastructure, McKinsey reported: Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has defied the odds and delivered significant financial and social benefits: excellent transit, new and vibrant ... ( read original story ...)
Morning update: Trump wants a wall, Canada embraces immigration
Tokyo’s Nikkei gained 1.8 per cent Thursday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 1.4 per cent ... Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his economic advisers, led by McKinsey & Co. China guru Dominic Barton, seem not to have a problem with this. They only see the ... ( read original story ...)
Year of Rooster bright for Hong Kong if city unites, Lunar New Year temple ritual reveals
In performing the ritual at the Sha Tin temple, Lau drew a stick for Hong Kong bearing the number 61, with the message corresponding to the stick being “all things are going to be auspicious”. It was the second time Lau had attended the ritual since ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland firms expand property footprint in Hong Kong, set to fuel price rises
Hong Kong will auction a site valued at as much as $2.2 billion in the first quarter, the first sale of commercial land in the Central business district in more than 20 years, and it is widely expected to be snapped up by a mainland Chinese developer ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year lai see tradition is big business with 400 million more banknotes in circulation
While the digital era has seen many people go online to manage their financial transactions, whenever Lunar New Year approaches more Hong Kong people visit bank branches for one simple reason – to exchange new banknotes for lai see packets – to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong top job candidates wish city ‘unity’ and ‘prosperity’ Lunar New Year
In a Lunar New Year break from campaigning, Hong Kong’s four chief executive contenders agreed to spread peace and harmony to welcome the Year of the Rooster. Fai chun, sometimes called lucky paper, are traditional calligraphy scrolls written and posted ... ( read original story ...)