Now you could protest that Singapore and Hong Kong are small city states but what about Taiwan ... we still had to spend thousands contracting McKinsey to write our Education Blueprint! Were there no Malaysians capable of writing our own Education Blueprint? ( read original story ...)
The bloated civil service
Now you could protest that Singapore and Hong Kong are small city states ... we still had to spend thousands contracting consulting firm McKinsey to write our Education Blueprint! Were there no Malaysians capable of writing our own Education Blueprint? ( read original story ...)
Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Is Hiring Artificial Intelligence Specialists in China
according to McKinsey. Google’s run in China has not been smooth. The U.S. firm departed the mainland in 2010, redirecting mainland users to an unfiltered Hong Kong site. Google’s search engine and other services such as Gmail were blocked in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong start-up wants to put an end to smartphone battery woes
A Hong Kong start-up hopes it has the cure for the panic faced by smartphone users when their devices run out of power and they have no way to charge their phones while on the move. MobiJuce, developed by Silicon Valley veterans, is launching an app-based ... ( read original story ...)
GoGoVan’s success disrupts not merely Hong Kong’s business, but also social strata norms
GoGoVan’s successful merger with 58 Suyun, the freight business of mainland Chinese online classifieds giant 58 Home, has created the city’s first, billion dollar unicorn technology company. But, the local company’s success also points the way to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong FinTech Week the perfect stage for global FinTech business (with photos)
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) today (September 7) announced that Hong Kong's regulators, along with a host of private sector partners, entrepreneurs and industry leaders, will participate in the second annual Hong Kong FinTech Week, to be held from October ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong regulators to push for greater clarity in fintech market guidance to help companies develop
Hong Kong’s securities, banking and insurance regulators are ... cryptocurrencies – called tokens – are used to represent a percentage of ownership in a business. That is similar to how shares in an initial public offering signify a stake in a ... ( read original story ...)
Virgin Australia goes daily on Melbourne-Hong Kong
Virgin Australia's flights between Melbourne and Hong Kong are ticking up to a daily frequency, giving business travellers more choice and flexibility in planning their trips to the Asian metropolis. Starting from 12 November 2017, the northbound flight ... ( read original story ...)
Photos: Virgin Australia gets new Hong Kong airport lounge
Along with Virgin Australia passengers, Club Autus also caters for Hong Kong Airlines' business class flyers – including those bound for Queensland's Gold Coast – and those of its other partner airlines, plus Fortune Wings Club Gold and Silver cardholders. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fintech firm moves ahead with coin offering despite warning
HONG KONG -- Shrugging off the financial regulator's caution against cryptocurrency investing, Hong Kong-based technology company Octo3 announced Thursday a public token sale to finance the upgrade of its existing payment processing network into a ... ( read original story ...)
Why running kindergartens is a lucrative business
In Hong Kong, parents need to pay more than HK$100,000 in annual tuition for sought-after kindergartens, a lot more expensive than a college education. Teaching kids appears to be such a lucrative business that it has attracted new entrants like C.banner ... ( read original story ...)
Where cash is king: Can e-payments catch on in Hong Kong?
HONG KONG: For decades in the past, mainland China tourists came to Hong Kong for a taste of modern life. The city, a British colony until 1997, boasted taller buildings, faster cars and the latest fashion - the stuff of envy for mainland Chinese who ... ( read original story ...)
What is next for Hong Kong after its first billion-dollar start-up?
Hong Kong will need to step up development of a sustainable ecosystem for a growing hi-tech start-up community to help foster the city’s next US$1 billion “unicorn”, according to industry experts. It would mean plugging the city’s big gaping hole ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airlines targets Cathay Pacific’s core business market
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Airlines, part-owned by Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, plans to target business travelers from small and medium sized companies as it launches new long haul routes to North America and Europe, its vice chairman said on ... ( read original story ...)