Category: BUSINESS

Hong Kong has a very liberal, free market economy in many ways, but its reliance on an artificially expensive land market inhibits its ability to foster a modern, entrepreneurial economy. ( read original story ...)

Despite personal attacks directed at him from China, Paul Harris says he wants to have more of a dialogue with Beijing and work to amend the national security law. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been booted off an index of economic freedom that it used to lead, dealing another blow to the city's standing as a global business hub. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s fintech sector proved to be an economic oasis, with companies continuing to hire and grow. Bucking the global trend, wev ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been removed from an annual index of the world's freest economies because the think-tank that compiles the league table said the city was now directly controlled by Beijing. ( read original story ...)

At the time, Hong Kong officials struck a defiant tone. “I can confidently say that the conditions that have long made Hong Kong a place with a high level of economic freedom wo ... ( read original story ...)

The compiler of the Hang Seng Index defended its decision to create a quota for Hong Kong firms in the latest overhaul, saying maintaining a local presence in the city’s most widely followed stock ... ( read original story ...)

Launched by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) in 2002, the Caring Company Scheme aims to foster strategic partnerships between the business and social services sectors to promote good ... ( read original story ...)

After having had a tough 2020, the Asian economy is one of the first that’s on a road to healthy revival. Bigger markets like China and India, as well as emerging markets like Indonesia and Vietnam ... ( read original story ...)

CLSA Ltd. has lost more than half of its fixed income team that focuses on bond sales in Hong Kong after its Beijing parent tightened control over the brokerage and cut down on risk, people familiar ... ( read original story ...)

HKEX decided that Aguzin was the best candidate to lead its business – the key reason being his experience as a senior international banker guiding JPMorgan’s expansion in China in recent years, a ... ( read original story ...)

Former Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung, among the most vocal supporters of Beijing's moves to tighten control over the territory, did not rule out a return to his former post in an interview on ... ( read original story ...)

The value of total retail sales in Hong Kong in January this year, provisionally estimated at 32.6 billion HK dollars (about 4.20 billion U.S. dollars), decreased by 13.6 percent compared with the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks have been alternating between gains and losses in the past week amid rising bond yields and concerns about policy tightening. Traders will be looking for clues from China’s most ... ( read original story ...)