Liverpool hosted an open training session at Mong Kok Stadium in Hong Kong on Friday - here is a gallery of the players' workout in the blazing sun. Local supporters were in the stands to watch as the Reds prepared for tomorrow's Premier League Asia Trophy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares end 9-day winning streak, pull back from 2-yr highs
Hong Kong stocks snapped a nine-day winning streak on Friday as investors took a breather after the benchmark index scaled a fresh two-year peak in the previous session. The Hang Seng index shed 0.1 percent, or 34.12 points to 26,706.09, ending its longest ... ( read original story ...)
Philippe Coutinho signs shirts in Hong Kong as he trains alongside Liverpool team-mates hours after Barcelona lodged an €80m bid for his services
It was business as usual for Philippe Coutinho as he trained with his Liverpool team-mates in Hong Kong just hours after Barcelona lodged an €80million (£72m) bid for his services. Coutinho took part in a Liverpool training session on Friday afternoon ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is showing promise as a destination for tech IPOs
The U.S. tech IPO window may have reopened in 2017 following a lull last year, but the outlook is also looking rosier for another listing platform located on the other side of world. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) is experiencing a renaissance of ... ( read original story ...)
China reaps payoff from hand-picked team placed in Macau in 1990s
MACAU (Reuters) - While Hong Kong has been roiled by protests and calls for independence from China, things have been quieter in the neighboring gambling center of Macau, which has seen little dissent to rule from Beijing. The calm in the former Portuguese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Legco finance panel chair wants rules changed to prevent lengthy debates
Changes to the procedural rules for the Legislative Council’s finance committee will be moved to prevent lengthy discussions in the future, according to the head of the panel. Finance committee chairman Chan Kin-por revealed the plan a day after HK$3.6 ... ( read original story ...)
HK$450,000 start-up fund to be launched at Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong fair
To groom young entrepreneurs, a HK$450,000 start-up fund will be launched at the annual Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong fair next week. The five-day event, which is in its 19th year, will start on July 28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bosses may be forced to set aside savings to make long service and severance payments
Hong Kong employers may be forced to set aside a sum of money in the form of “savings” to pay long service and severance payments under a proposal the government is considering for the time when bosses can no longer dip into staff pension funds to ... ( read original story ...)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp takes a break from hectic pre-season tour to cook with local children in Hong Kong
Klopp took time out of Liverpool's hectic pre-season schedule this week to spend time with local school children in Hong Kong, taking part in a light-hearted ... Klopp will not be pleased however with the recent news of the club having a £66million ... ( read original story ...)
Zunzi’s Hong Kong: Leading Political Cartoonist Looks Back
“I would consider my cartoon as photography or news reporting,” said Zunzi. “It’s an exaggerated way of documenting what is happening in Hong Kong society. It might not be 100 percent factual; rather, a creative way of expressing the collective ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft, Baidu to collaborate on autonomous driving
Up to 15 per cent of new cars sold in 2030 will be fully autonomous, according to global consultancy McKinsey. That will help fuel the need for an ecosystem of partners to collaborate in support of a common goal like what Apollo aims to do. Apollo is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks rally for ninth day; Guangzhou R&F and Sunac China advance on Wanda deal
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose for a ninth consecutive day ... “The asset purchases are good for Sunac and R&G as that will be helpful to expand their business scopes,” said Ken Chen, a strategist at KGI Securities in Shanghai. ( read original story ...)
China slashes prices of patented western drugs by up to 70%
Franck Le Deu, a healthcare partner at McKinsey in Hong Kong, said expanded state reimbursement could mean “broader access for Chinese patients, and potential revenue upside for the companies promoting those drugs”, with the impact differing ... ( read original story ...)
Golden Pin Design Award 2017
(Source: McKinsey Global Institute ... designer Harry Williamson (Australia); design consultant Tommy Li and industrial designer Vivian Cheng (Hong Kong); graphic designer Bi Xuefeng (China); and Shikuan Chen, head of design at Compal Electronics (Taiwan). ( read original story ...)