HONG KONG (Reuters) - At least five insurers ... is the latest case of foreign insurers wanting to expand their life business in Southeast Asia, a region of more than 600 million people. ( read original story ...)
CareVoice, China’s TripAdvisor-style health insurance start-up, launches in Hong Kong as it eyes Asian expansion
A start-up that was the first to allow people in China to review and rate hospitals, clinics and doctors – a medical equivalent of TripAdvisor – launched its services in Hong Kong on Thursday. Shangha... ( read original story ...)
Cross-border buses start trial runs on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Cross-border buses operated by Hong Kong companies on Friday started trial runs on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) in preparation for the bridge's upcoming opening. The trial runs, jointly ar... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government should fully subsidise costs for employers under plan to extend maternity leave, business and union representatives say
The Hong Kong government should bear all extra costs for employers – which could be more than HK$1 billion yearly – under a proposal to increase maternity leave for workers by four weeks, two high-pro... ( read original story ...)
HK-funded startups accelerator set up in Shenzhen
A Hong Kong-funded accelerator was established in Shenzhen on Thursday, with the aim of helping Hong Kong startups develop on the Chinese mainland. ParticleX, as the accelerator is known, is funded by ... ( read original story ...)
4 unique electronics startups to meet in Hong Kong this October
As a trading hub, Hong Kong often plays host to the world’s businesses and investors. With more than 80 exhibitions each year, the port city attracted some 72,000 exhibiting companies and 2.4 million ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Launches First High Speed Rail Service
Hong Kong's bullet train allows visitors to travel quickly and conveniently between Hong Kong and several cities across Mainland China. (Photo: Business Wire) Hong Kong's bullet train allows visitors ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retailers filling up empty shops, sending vacancy rates in tourist areas to 3-year low as landlords cut rents
Business sentiment has been on the upswing this year. More tourists are helping boost sales for street-level retailers in tourist hot spots, property analysts note. Tourist arrivals to Hong Kong incre... ( read original story ...)
University of Chicago Booth School of Business unveils sleek Hong Kong complex on site of former Victoria Road Detention Centre
It once held inmates arrested after the city’s 1967 leftist riots but now jail cells have been converted into a sleek classroom, and floor to ceiling windows showcase a view of the sea along Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
SCED promotes Hong Kong’s strengths in doing business on US visit (with photos)
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, began his visit programme in Washington, DC, the United States (US) today (September 24, Eastern Standard Time), where he met with t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shirtmaker Esquel turns to robots to beat US tariffs
Esquel Group, Hong Kong’s most prolific maker of cotton shirts, is putting a bold new plan into action – one that transitions from a low-cost business model predicated on favourable locations for prod... ( read original story ...)
Why Legacy Companies Must Reinvent—or Die
Kevin Sneader is the managing director of McKinsey based in Hong Kong, and Anand Swaminathan is a senior partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. Gautam Lunawat and Vibhu Singh assisted in ... ( read original story ...)
Focus: As China builds biotech sector, cash floods U.S. startups
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - For three whirlwind days ... dozens of U.S. biotech companies to partner with his start-up, Brii Biosciences. Months earlier, Hong had raised $260 million ... ( read original story ...)
As China builds biotech sector, cash floods U.S. startups
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - For three whirlwind days in June ... the former GlaxoSmithKline PLC executive pitched dozens of U.S. biotech companies to partner with his start-up, Brii Bioscience... ( read original story ...)