Hong Kong’s medical professionals increasingly opted for a life overseas in 2017 as part of the largest exodus of residents in five years, as 24,300 people left the city. The latest emigration figures have exacerbated fears of a brain drain and manpower ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for Hong Kong self-determination as unlawful as independence talk, senior Beijing official says
A senior Beijing official said on Friday that calls for “self-determination” were no different from the advocacy of Hong Kong independence, and the recent election bans issued by the city’s officials were totally in line with the law. Li Fei ... ( read original story ...)
Rising house prices in Hong Kong increasing need for smaller flats
Hong Kong’s property prices have been escalating every month for the past 21 months, well above the rate of average wage growth despite the government imposing a range of curbing measures, and many buyers are being priced out. House prices in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Sky-high Hong Kong: can anything stop the property price boom?
Do what it may, the Hong Kong government seems powerless to rein in the territory’s booming property market. In January, the city was judged the world’s least affordable by US planning consultancy Demographia for the eighth successive year (the survey ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong accelerates IPO rule changes
HONG KONG -- The stock exchange operator of Hong Kong is speeding up changes to the long-cherished principle of equal voting rights for all shareholders. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing will adopt new listing rules to allow companies with "weighted voting ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is part of a multi-destination itinerary and they know it
TORONTO — The Hong Kong Tourism Board celebrated the Year of the Dog at Susur Lee’s Luckee last night with plenty of good news, like the 58.4 million visitor arrivals in 2017. That includes 370,000 arrivals from Canada. The HKTB is looking to keep up ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tens of thousands’ in Hong Kong became Christians after American evangelist Billy Graham’s rousing gospel rallies
During Christian evangelist Billy Graham’s second gospel gathering in the city in 1975, about 220,000 people flooded Hong Kong Stadium over the course of the five-day meeting, with tens of thousands of attendees reportedly converting to the faith. ( read original story ...)
Sky-high Hong Kong: can anything stop property price boom?
Do what it may, the Hong Kong government seems powerless to rein in the territory’s booming property market. In January, the city was judged the world’s least affordable by US planning consultancy Demographia for the eighth successive year (the survey ... ( read original story ...)
HKEX to offer concessions for U.S. and UK-listed firms to list in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) (0388.HK), the city’s exchange operator, said on Friday it plans to offer concessions to U.S. and UK-listed companies considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong. The plans are part of the ... ( read original story ...)
HKEX to offer concessions for U.S., UK-listed firms to list in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) (HKSE:0388.HK - News), the city's exchange operator, said on Friday it plans to offer concessions to U.S. and UK-listed companies considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong. The plans are part ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong drug firm’s shares rise after it brings in top Chinese hemp producer to explore medical uses of cannabis
Shares in Hong Kong pharmaceutical company Meilleure Health International ... the net proceeds from the subscription to enlarge its capital base and prepare for any business development opportunities, especially the development of the hemp health industry ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong remembers American evangelist Billy Graham and the impact he had on city
During Christian evangelist Billy Graham’s second gospel gathering in the city in 1975, about 220,000 people flooded Hong Kong Stadium over the course of the five-day meeting, with tens of thousands of attendees converting to the faith. Lawmaker ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks give up ground, dragged by mainland property developers, financials
Hong Kong stocks dropped on Thursday, dragged lower by Chinese financials and property developers following a round of Wall Street losses overnight after the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s January meeting. Mainland markets were higher in ... ( read original story ...)
No contract renewal for Hong Kong doctor who left liver patient in middle of transplant
The University of Hong Kong has decided not to renew the contract of a surgeon who caused a storm last year by leaving a liver transplant patient with an opened abdomen on the operating table at its teaching hospital to attend to another patient at a ... ( read original story ...)