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 ...)
The $64 question facing startup founders and would-be founders
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 build on blistering start to year
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 ...)
Hong Kong IPO said to be 1,500 times oversubscribed in frenzy
C-Mer will complete order-taking on Monday (Jan 8) and start trading on Jan 15. A Hong Kong-based external spokesman for the company declined to comment on the IPO. Yixin Group, an online car loan provider backed by Tencent, has been trading below its IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma to consider listing Alibaba on Hong Kong stock exchange
“Now I hope Alibaba can come back to list in Hong Kong,” Lam said. She said the stock exchange had decided to start allowing the dual-class share system in midyear, and described allowing the system as a form of economic innovation. I have never been ... ( read original story ...)
Most Asia stocks start week on a high, Hong Kong up for tenth day
Most Asian markets rose on Monday following yet more records on Wall Street, with Hong Kong chalking up its tenth day of gains. Traders in New York pushed all three main indexes ever higher on Friday, unperturbed by a well-below-forecast jobs reading. ( read original story ...)
Startup Societies UN’s Newest Scheme For Re-Engineering Society’s Future
and their sprawling suburbs and farms are a problem in the transition to startup societies.” SSF proposes the use of CO2-binding concrete, artificial photosynthesis, and vertical integration such as the laudable architectural high rises in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPO ‘over 1,500 times oversubscribed’ in retail frenzy
HONG KONG • Investors are still flocking to initial public offerings ... It completed its order-taking yesterday and will start trading on Jan 15. Yixin Group, an online car-loan provider backed by Tencent, has been trading below its IPO price since ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businessman pleads not guilty in bribery case
Prosecutors say the 68-year-old former Hong Kong government official and another businessman arranged bribes to the president of Chad and the Ugandan foreign minister to secure business advantages for a Chinese energy conglomerate. Ho once was Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Event: Hong Kong’s first co-farming space set to open for agritech and greentech startups
[Sponsored] The Hive is launching Hong Kong’s first co-farm – the Hive CoFarm – a space for agritech, aquaponic, hydroponic and remote monitoring IoT start-ups to pilot their technologies in a real world setting. The site will also develop community ... ( read original story ...)
I rode Hong Kong’s amazing subway where it’s impossible to get lost — now I’ll never look at the London Underground in the same way
Hong Kong’s subway system, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), is ... No more pushing and shoving to get onto the train. Will Martin/Business Insider The MTR is also fiendishly efficient when it comes to boarding and alighting. Instead of the mad free ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong needs more than tax breaks for the aircraft leasing hub to get off the ground
Many who invest in this business hope to raise funds through an IPO “in Hong Kong or Shanghai,” Leung said. “In an IPO, the first thing the stock exchange reviews is your profit and loss.” It is also one of the world’s major financial centres and ... ( read original story ...)
China, Hong Kong shares keep climbing; developers lend support
Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong rose 0.19 per cent at 12,226.95, while the Hang Seng Index was up 0.18 per cent at 30,791.59. The smaller Shenzhen index was up 0.16 per cent and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 0.54 per cent. ( read original story ...)
Startup Demonstrates Ultra-High Resolution Micro-LED Micro-Displays
Hong Kong based startup JBD announced recently that it has successfully demonstrated monochromatic ultra-high resolution active matrix micro-LED displays as an enabling technology for next-generation display panel applications. JBD, a Hong Kong based ... ( read original story ...)