Some restaurants and hotels are hoping to score extra business from the visit of football superstar Lionel Messi and his team Inter Miami to Hong Kong, while the tourism sector has called for more ...
Hong Kong Insurer FWD Group Cuts Around 50 Jobs – Sources
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asia-focused insurer FWD Group has cut around 50 jobs in its head offices this week, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The job cuts took place mainly in ...
Hong Kong’s New Security Law Brings Fresh Anxiety to Finance Hub
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee has spent the past year trying to revive the city’s business environment that’s been battered by pandemic curbs and China’s economic slowdown. His decision to enact a ...
Meet the founders of 18 startups disrupting the social-media scene with alternative ways to connect online
Social media is evolving with new platforms like Nospace and Diem, focusing on connecting people over consuming media.
Double Take: This Singapore Healthtech Startup Develops ‘Digital Twins’ To Manage Chronic Diseases
Mesh Bio on Wednesday raised $3.5 million in funding to double down on its digital twin technology, which produce virtual models, or “twins,” of a patient’s state of health based on their data.
Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li seeks to sell asset manager PineBridge -sources
Rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions have roiled regional asset prices. PineBridge managed about 25% of the assets of Hong Kong-based FWD, an insurance business owned by PCG, as of ...
More clarity needed on Hong Kong’s Article 23 domestic security law to reassure investors, say legal experts and business chambers
Executive Council member Ronny Tong urges clearer definition of ‘state secrets’ outlined in consultation on new domestic security law.
More Hong Kong taxis to accept cashless payments starting April, but passengers may have to pay extra
More Hong Kong taxis will start accepting cashless payments as a fare settlement system will be available as early as April, but passengers using the service may have to pay an extra fee. Developers ...
Startup intern scheme launched
The Home & Youth Affairs Bureau, in partnership with the Cyberport Management Company and the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, launches the Youth Start-up Internship Programme 2024, ...
Hong Kong business groups back homegrown security law, as NGO warns of ‘further repression’
As Hong Kong proposed outlawing treason, insurrection, theft of state secrets and espionage, sabotage and external interference, we round up reactions.
Hong Kong stocks set for worst month since August as China manufacturing extends slump, Fed to offer no early relief
Bearish investors dominate the local stock market in January, as China’s lack of stimulus shows up in weak manufacturing data. With the Fed seen on hold, there won’t be any early relief for the city’s ...
The Chinese transformation of Hong Kong is almost complete
As Westerners are leaving, professionals from the mainland are taking their place. Hong Kong overtook Switzerland to become the world’s largest cross-border financial centre last year, as a result of ...
More clarity needed on Hong Kong’s Article 23 domestic security law to reassure investors of financial hub status, government adviser says
Executive Council member Ronny Tong urges clearer definition of ‘state secrets’ outlined in consultation on new domestic security law.
Hong Kong’s banks report a bumper year in 2023 as record interest rates bloat margins and fatten earnings
Hong Kong banks’ net interest margin – the gap between the rate charged on loans and the interest paid for deposits – widened last year to the fattest in four years at 1.68 per cent, the HKMA’s data ...