Category: BUSINESS

Japan, Korea, Australia, Taiwan indexes fall, but Hong Kong stocks hit 10-year high Some Asian stock markets pulled back Wednesday morning, ending a big start to 2018 for global equities, though Hong Kong’s benchmark climbed to a 10-year high. ( read original story ...)

When asked by reporters about his comments after he met President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Tuesday, Ma said Alibaba was considering listing subsidiaries in Hong Kong, without elaborating. TeamIndus, India's first space start-up, drops out of moon race ... ( read original story ...)

But he warned: “If you start talking about the rise of localism and an independence movement, they can change the Basic Law in one stroke and take back Hong Kong.” ( read original story ...)

Wellness media startup, Green Queen, has served health-focused consumers ... a “360-degree overview of the many wellness solutions”. Self-proclaimed as Hong Kong's largest health & wellness digital media platform, Green Queen provides consumers ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag has defied expectations by ... pic.twitter.com/jhFqJE1jR0 Although Scallywag was still in last place at 3pm after a slow start from Melbourne, Witt always knew it would take just one move to challenge for the lead. ( read original story ...)

Allowing companies that offer different share classes to list in Hong Kong could attract more technology companies to list in the city because many capital-intensive science and technology startups use the system to make sure their founders keep their ... ( read original story ...)

For Alibaba, it could provide greater access to investors closer to China who are familiar with its business and allow it to benefit from the Hong Kong government's growing support for financial services innovation, said James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific FinTech ... ( read original story ...)

But it’s always advisable to take a more diversified view,” said Luk Kim-ping, head of Fidelity’s Hong Kong defined contribution business. Hong Kong and China equity funds were the MPF’s biggest winners last year, with the top 10 funds by ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong startup has rolled out a smart-film product that can easily turn an ordinary glass into a frosted and opaque one and allows the glass to serve as a display monitor. Film Players Ltd., an entity specializing in film and advanced display ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, government support includes Hong Kong Science & Technology ... The globally renowned Crypto Valley ecosystem, which is home to several notable blockchain and cryptocurrencies startups and organizations including the Ethereum Foundation ... ( read original story ...)

Helping startups scale and begin that journey to profitability is the mission of Stripe and Piruze Sabuncu, who has served as the company’s Head of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong since 2015. Sabuncu experienced failure earlier in her career as part of a ... ( read original story ...)

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) says the number of startups last year rose 16 percent, while shared laboratories in Hong Kong also increased from just three five years ago to 55 at present.Charles Ng, associate director-general of investment promotion at ... ( read original story ...)

As StartmeupHK (http://www.startmeup.hk/), Hong Kong’s annual flagship startup event, gets set for its 2018 lineup of programs and events later this month, we examine a core question that underlies the very startup process: deciding to pursue the startup ... ( read original story ...)

Asian markets mostly rose on Tuesday with Hong Kong edging up for an eleventh straight trading day as investors press on with a global rally that has the region enjoy its best start to a year since 2006. Wall Street provided yet another record lead as eyes ... ( read original story ...)