The head of a group connecting businesses in Singapore and Hong Kong on Tuesday hailed the rivalry between the two cities as "healthy", but said the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong may reverse ban on some types of re-export of e-cigarettes and other heated tobacco products
City only recently banned import, sale and manufacture of alternative smoking products, but authorities may amend law, with eye on billions of dollars that trade generates annually, source says. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businesses hope for easier access into lucrative Greater Bay Area
The Greater Bay Area's proximity, growth potential, quality investors, and sheer market size – about 85 million people – are attractive to Hong Kong businesses. ( read original story ...)
GBA Business Confidence Index continues to drop
Hong Kong rebounds, financial services sector shows resilienceHONG KONG, Oct 17, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) today ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong should be a hub for many things, but not espionage
It reported, rather breathlessly: “China has demanded the floor plans of all properties rented by foreign missions in Hong Kong, in a move diplomats believe reflects Beijing’s paranoia about ... ( read original story ...)
Chong Hing Bank seeks to expand faster in mainland China as GBA race heats up
Chong Hing Bank wants the mainland to account for around half of its net loans and assets, up from around a third, CEO Zong Jianxin told the Post Northbound expansion into the Greater Bay Area and the ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, ‘No Way Journalists Can Work Freely’
A prison term handed to a journalist last week shows how Hong Kong is using its laws to “assert more power” over the city’s media, analysts say. A court sentenced Edmund Wan Yiu-sing to 32 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong long-stay landlords battle desperate hotels for finite guests as former quarantine rooms flood market
Serviced apartments and residential leasing properties are facing competition from an unlikely rival as hotels slash rates and offer long-stay deals to fill their rooms. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Digital Wealth Startup Endowus Buys Carret Private
Digital wealth platform Endowus Pte acquired a majority stake in an independent wealth manager in Hong Kong as the Singaporean company builds out its business beyond the city-state. ( read original story ...)
Company that brought Porsche and Blue Girl to Hong Kong launches Toniebox, aims at multibillion-dollar China toy market
Jebsen Group has launched a children’s storytelling toy called Toniebox in Hong Kong and hopes to bring it to China’s multibillion-dollar toy market. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: ‘better than nothing’ to cut hotel quarantine from a week to 4 days for travellers between Hong Kong and mainland China
Covid’ approach in his speech at 20th party congress making it highly unlikely that quarantine will be entirely scrapped. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tries to stop brain drain
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is considering easing property taxes and visa restrictions as authorities seek to curb a pandemic brain drain that has threatened the city’s status as an international ... ( read original story ...)
The 12 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of September 2022
Everything you need to need to know about the largest global startup funding rounds of September 2022; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: return of live shows is music to the ears of struggling bar owners in Hong Kong
While operators welcome the move, they call on government to do more, such as scrap the 2am closing time and limits on seating ... ( read original story ...)