Category: BUSINESS

The startup has attracted an initial round of financing of about HK$70 million. Lee said she used to ride a bicycle when commuting overseas but due to space limitation, she has not owned a bike since her return to Hong Kong. She does not have to worry ... ( read original story ...)

Government planning advisers are set to reject a controversial proposal to remove trams from a key section of Hong Kong’s central business district during a meeting of the city’s Town Planning Board on Friday. Former local town planner Sit Kwok-keung ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, Motive Force Technology, a Hong Kong startup that is involved in the VirCube AR platform, is looking to incorporate coding software into AR glasses to produce a wide range of teaching resources driven by AR technology. Equipped with sensors and ... ( read original story ...)

The proposed platform will have to be able promote the growth of the new economy as well as to facilitate startups/SMEs to be truly ‘new’. (Photo credit: Esri China (HK)) The new economy in Hong Kong is sluggish as evident from the low uptake of ... ( read original story ...)

Dickson said Hong Kong is a “super-connector” that is a very much available for doing business with India and it is completely up to India to use Hong Kong as a platform to connect with it and other countries. According to latest HKTDC data ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, more than 450 flights were canceled ... and companies set to resume normal business on Thursday. The storm also caused a power blackout across most of the gambling hub of Macau for about two hours, residents said, with disruption to mobile ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has so rarely been directly affected by typhoons in recent years that there’s a joke about a Li Ka-shing forcefield -- said to prevent tropical cyclones from hitting the city during trading hours and disrupting the billionaire’s business ... ( read original story ...)

A powerful typhoon barreled into Hong Kong on Wednesday, forcing offices and schools to close and leaving flooded streets, shattered windows and hundreds of canceled flights in its wake. Typhoon Hato came within 60 kilometers (37 miles) of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong braced for severe tropical storm Hato on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights and other transport services cancelled and schools and most businesses in the financial hub expected to be closed for the better part of the day. The weather ... ( read original story ...)

It may seem obvious that the job of an architect is to design, but in reality, many spend most of their time processing paperwork and communicating with clients. A Hong Kong startup is tackling the problem. Archiparti, a Hong Kong-based tech startup, is ... ( read original story ...)

Uber is hiking its fees in Hong Kong for its ride-sharing service ... in addition to stints at The United Nations, McKinsey, and various board positions with The Asia Foundation, The Aspen Institute, EmancipAction and YoungLife. “Uber is one of the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s financial industry professionals are still divided over how they can remake the city’s stock exchange to make it the world’s most attractive place for startups and technology firms to raise capital, even as the first round of a public ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s tech startup ecosystem is moving up another notch, thanks to deals such as the $9 million investment in the city’s own bike-sharing service GoBee and backing of six startups from a Sequoia Capital China-linked fund and platform. The six ... ( read original story ...)

There’s an old investing joke that goes something like this: “If you want to make a million dollars, start with ten million.” This is most certainly the case when it comes to angel investing in early stage startups. I myself can vouch for the ... ( read original story ...)