While Chinese technology and private-education giants have been stealing the headlines this week when it comes to stocks in Hong Kong, the biggest loser in the market is a popular hotpot chain.Shares ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: CE tours biotech startup
Chief Executive Carrie Lam today visited a local biotech startup in Fo Tan that has developed a portable rapid testing instrument. Mrs Lam learnt more about how the advanced manufacturing industry and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Startups play pivotal role in I&T
Startups play a pivotal role in the innovation and technology (I&T) development, offering innovative ideas and injecting momentum into the I&T ecosystem. The Government has been allocating more and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s young entrepreneurs get boost with HK$500 million scheme to kick-start tech ecosystem
City University’s HK Tech 300 scheme to support 65 start-up teams with HK$100,000 worth of seed funding for each group The scheme, one of the largest funding programmes at the university, is expected ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Business fund upgraded
The Trade & Industry Department today announced enhancement measures for the Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading & Domestic Sales (BUD Fund) in support of enterprises’ business development to be ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fintech startup Airwallex looks to raise $200m for new VC fund
Global payments platform Airwallex said it plans to establish a new venture capital fund that aims to invest in early-stage tech firms built on its infrastructure. Called Capital 49, the new fund is ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land 1H Net Loss $865M
By Anthony O. Goriainoff Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. said on Thursday that its net loss for the first half narrowed, and that it expects ... ( read original story ...)
New owner of Hong Kong’s Citybus and New World First Bus weighs merger as losses mount
The new owner of one of Hong Kong's largest franchised bus groups has confirmed it is considering a merger of Citybus and New World First Bus (NWFB) in a bid to keep business afloat amid heavy losses ... ( read original story ...)
WM Tech’s $1 Billion Hong Kong IPO Stalls on Vetting
WM Tech Corp.’s planned initial public offering in Hong Kong is facing delays as the city’s bourse questions the supermarket owner on its business operations, people with knowledge of the matter said. ( read original story ...)
Citigroup banks on disciplined approach to China
U.S. banks from Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase are hurrying to expand in China as the country opens up its financial markets -- but Citigroup's top regional executive says his bank will pick its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Internet Rebounds Overnight
It is likely China’s “national team”, government-affiliated institutional investors such as pension plans, were buying overnight in the Mainland market. ( read original story ...)
Rapidly Expanding Rimon Has Become a Firm to Watch—Next Stop? Hong Kong
The hybrid alternative service provider is looking to launch in Hong Kong with two partners in the pipeline. And Singapore and Tokyo are on the horizon. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court convicts first person charged with violating new national security law
The Hong Kong High Court convicted a former waiter of "terrorism" and "inciting secession" in the first trial conducted under a national security law that was imposed by China to stamp out ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong creative industries in need of a boost
If there is anything indicative of Hong Kong's soft power, it would probably be the television, film and Canto-pop industries. They have helped put the city on the global map of pop culture, with ... ( read original story ...)