Hong Kong’s ZA Bank is talking to potential stablecoin issuers about setting up accounts for the cash reserves that would back the tokens.
Beijing on Hong Kong: Nothing to See Here
Repression has consequences.
Hong Kong sees 57.2 per cent jump in property sales in March
Property sales in Hong Kong rose 57.2 per cent in March from the previous month, a clear sign that the market was largely buoyed by the government's lifting of all property cooling measures in its ...
Easter gloom for Hong Kong retail sector with some owners expecting business to have fallen 40%, trade group says
Government spokesman says considering the first two months of 2024 together, the value of retail sales rose ‘modestly’ over a year earlier.
Hong Kong’s Catholics fear for religious freedom
Hong Kong's Catholic community has been left fearing that one of the key tenets of its faith is under threat after the passage of new security laws last month.
Home-grown hydrogen energy start-up Epago aims to tap Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem to expand to China and overseas
Epago Technologies, which makes ‘new-generation electrodes’ for hydrogen fuel cell batteries, aims to use the city’s innovation, policy, and geographical advantages as a springboard to access bigger ...
Monkey Attack Leads to First Human Case of B Virus in Hong Kong
A 37-year-old man who is in critical condition after being attacked by monkeys in a Hong Kong country park has tested positive for B virus, making him the first person in the city to contract the ...
My verdict on Hong Kong Art Week: security laws much discussed. So is tacky public art
Visitors for Art Week from Beijing and Shanghai complained to a taxi driver about tacky mainland Chinese-style public art taking over Hong Kong, he recounted – and I couldn’t agree more.
Hong Kong’s CK Asset, others indicate interest in properties linked to Vietnam bank fraud
Hong Kong developer CK Asset Holdings and some other foreign investors have expressed interest in properties worth billions of dollars linked to Vietnam's biggest financial fraud, letters written to a ...
Three cheers for Sevens and Hong Kong – different but back to business
This year, World Rugby has taken over the tournament that Hong Kong popularised, changing the well-loved format. Smaller teams find it almost impossible to qualify, so although Hong Kong seeded Sevens ...
Societe Generale, AllianceBernstein launch cash equities and research business
Societe Generale aims to eventually own 100% of both entities after five years, subject to regulatory approval.
Beijing nudged Syngenta to withdraw $9 billion Shanghai IPO on market weakness, sources say
(Reuters) -Chinese authorities nudged Swiss agrichemicals and seeds group Syngenta to withdraw its application for a long-delayed $9 billion IPO in Shanghai on concerns about the impact a sizeable new ...
Asia Pacific Startups Tackle Skin Disorders
But startups in Asia Pacific are now tackling skin disorders ... It is being adopted by a growing number of community care providers in Singapore and Hong Kong. “Based on feedback by users, we see up ...
Tian Tu Plunges Into The Red On Sagging Hong Kong Stock Market
Tian Tu Capital posted an 873 million yuan net loss last year, reversing a 559 million yuan profit in 2022 The venture capital firm is getting hit by weakness in the Hong Kong IPO market, one of its p ...