HONG KONG, July 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Zhongyuan Bank Co Ltd, the largest city commercial bank in central China's Henan province, rose 2 percent in their trading debut on Wednesday despite weak demand from retail investors for the lender's $1 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong skyscrapers world’s most expensive, Knight Frank says
SINGAPORE: Skyscrapers in Hong Kong are the world’s most expensive commercial real estate assets, according to Knight Frank LLP. Hong Kong skyscrapers are worth US$8,000 per square foot, about 60% more than Tokyo’s tall towers, according to a Knight ... ( read original story ...)
Zhongyuan shares make sluggish debut in Hong Kong after investors spurn bank’s IPO
Zhongyuan Bank, the biggest city lender in central China, made a sluggish debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange, after investors gave the city’s third-biggest initial public offering of 2017 the cold shoulder. The bank’s shares traded for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Book Fair kicks off, bigger than ever
The Hong Kong Book Fair’s organiser still expects about 1 million visitors, similar to last year’s turnout. “I think the rain will not put out the Hong Kong people’s passion for reading,” said Benjamin Chau Kai-leung, deputy executive director of ... ( read original story ...)
Matthew Fisher: Little enthusiasm in Hong Kong for Chinese rule 20 years after handover
HONG KONG — Twenty years ago this July, Prince Charles and former Prime Minister Tony Blair formally returned sovereignty over this British Dependent Territory to China’s then-president, Jiang Zemin. After the Union Jack had been replaced by the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong records highest rent ever in the second quarter
Hong Kong’s residential market continues to be red hot as rents for private flats hit another new high in the second quarter this year. Average cost for renting a second-hand flat rose as much as 2.9 per cent on quarter to HK$35.10 per square foot during ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businessman sparks backlash after blaming Muslims for his restaurant’s failure in Malaysia
A popular Hong Kong-based dim sum restaurant, Tim Ho Wan, decided to shut down its business in Malaysia on July 4 after entering the Malaysian market three years ago. When explaining the decision to Hong Kong media outlets, the founder of the Michelin ... ( read original story ...)
More Hong Kong pan-democrats in ‘highly risky’ position after ouster of four lawmakers: experts
Legal experts warn that more Hong Kong pan-democratic lawmakers face the same fate as their six colleagues barred over improper oath-taking in the Legislative Council. One legal scholar has even proposed allowing a judge to administer oath-taking to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong authorities to pay private hospitals to take public patients as city struggles with flu season
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will pay for the transfer of patients from overcrowded public hospitals to private ones in an arrangement that could become a long-term measure to cope with an influx of sick people, according to a senior health official. ( read original story ...)
Two private equity groups submit bids for Hutchison fixed-line unit: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A consortium of private equity firms TPG Capital Management LP and MBK Partners, and investment manager I Squared Capital Advisors LLC have put in separate bids for the fixed-line phone unit of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-Shing ... ( read original story ...)
Edward Snowden’s ‘guardian angels’ seek fast-track refugee claim to Canada
OTTAWA—A group of Hong Kong asylum seekers who sheltered the American surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 is calling on the Canadian government to speed up their refugee applications in the face of concern they will be imminently detained ... ( read original story ...)
Group asks court to expedite refugee status for ‘Snowden’s Guardian Angels’
Seguin was blunt during a news conference in Ottawa Monday about what could happen ... are being specifically targeted for deportation by Hong Kong authorities, said Simkin, who could only speculate on why. "It seems like the families' connection to ... ( read original story ...)
Jurgen Klopp fearful over Hong Kong pitch as torrential downpours put Premier League Asia Trophy in doubt
Jurgen Klopp fears torrential rain could turn the pitch for Liverpool’s Asia Trophy game against Crystal Palace into a quagmire, writes Darren Lewis in Hong Kong. Pitch inspections have been taken ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League-sponsored match at ... ( read original story ...)
Lam Soon Hong Kong : Supplemental Announcement Continuing Connected Transactions – Master Services Agreements
Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited would like to provide further information in relation to the continuing connected transactions under the Master Services Agreements. Reference is made to the announcement of Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Company") dated 7 ... ( read original story ...)