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 ...)
Liverpool transfer news and rumours: PSG rebuff Reds enquiry for young defender Presnel Kimpembe?
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 ...)
Kowloon walled city in Hong Kong was 119 times as dense as New York
He shared photos and thoughts about his time in Kowloon Walled City with Business Insider. Though Hong Kong had been under British rule for decades by the time construction began, a clause in an 1842 treaty meant China still owned the property that would ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks end slightly higher as tech gains offset financials losses
HONG KONG, July 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rose for a seventh straight session on Tuesday as gains in the technology and energy sectors offset losses in financial stocks. The Hang Seng index finished 0.2 percent, or 54.36 points higher at 26,524.94. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pan-democrats list ways Carrie Lam could mend ties after ouster of four lawmakers
Hong Kong’s pan-democrats have suggested some ways the city’s new leader could try to mend ties with their camp after her good start suddenly went sour over a court ruling unseating four pro-democracy lawmakers. While the lawsuit was orchestrated by ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media giant Next Digital sells magazines for HK$500 million in bid to expand online content
Hong Kong media giant Next Digital Group Limited announced on Monday ... “This deal has marked the accomplishment of the transformation for Next Digital Group’s media business from print to digital,” group chief executive Cheung Ka-shing wrote ... ( read original story ...)
Search no more: Skilled retirees seeking fulfilling jobs get a leg up with Hong Kong start-up
Hong Kong digital marketer Priyanka Gothi watched her mother struggle with forced retirement after decades working as a school teacher in India. “She is one of the most active people that I know; you can’t pin her down in one place, you literally have ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong exchange eyes new role to keep its edge over rival bourses
Reading books about history how he likes to relax, he said, despite his formal training in chemical engineering in the US, and a relentless focus on Hong Kong’s business future. Chow, born and raised in Hong Kong, has spent the past 25 years working in ... ( read original story ...)
Seventeen years of hell: Hong Kong prisoner recounts his time in Philippine jail
Inside his 60 sq ft cell in the notorious New Bilibid Prison in Manila, convicted Hong Kong drug offender Tang Lung-wai completed a mission impossible – writing a book detailing his ordeal in the Philippines over the past 17 years. He wrote that he was ... ( read original story ...)