For the past seven years, Hong Kong has held the title of the world's priciest city for home-buyers, according to the 2017 Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. James Law, a Hong Kong-based architect, believes that his micro-homes could ... ( read original story ...)
Taking HK’s e-commerce to new frontiers
Hong Kong-based logistics startup Buyandship hopes to facilitate the process with its international shipping service, helping shoppers to buy from platforms that don't normally ship products to Hong Kong. When shopping on an overseas site, a consumer can ... ( read original story ...)
Top EMBA and DBA courses in Hong Kong
Business schools offering advanced courses in Hong Kong for senior executives from around the region know they are dealing with high expectations and a very demanding constituency. Therefore, when teaching executive master of business administration (EMBA ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Richest 2018: How A Dying Business Was Revived By Focusing On Happiness
This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Hong Kong’s Richest 2018. See the full coverage here. In 1992, Sammy Lee (李惠森) had an idea for a company making Chinese herbal health care products. Today the LKK Health Products Group is bigger than the ... ( read original story ...)
The speed of change in the retailing business is asking questions of Hong Kong
A transaction at the beginning of this year provided an interesting reminder of the somewhat quaint nature of Hong Kong’s retail sector, highlighting how it operates and why it may no longer be able to operate in this way. Marks & Spencer, the British ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: an investment springboard
The enclave has the world’s largest offshore pool of renminbi business, processing 70 per cent of global offshore payment transactions. Hong Kong’s stock market is also continually among the top five global IPO listing markets, partly thanks to growing ... ( read original story ...)
Finastra Presents its HK Future of Banking Center of Excellence, Partners with McKinsey
“We welcome Finastra and McKinsey to the Cyberport community, and firmly believe that the Center of Excellence will provide a strong platform for us to engage industry players,” added Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited Non-Executive ... ( read original story ...)
This Hong Kong-based startup is making robots lifelike using AI
David Hanson envisions a future in which AI-powered robots evolve to become “super-intelligent genius machines” that might help solve some of mankind’s most challenging problems. If only it were as simple as that. The Texas-born former sculptor at ... ( read original story ...)
AI FinTech startup Trend Lab hits the unicorn mark with HK$100 million angel round valuation
In light of this, Mr. Tin Mok, founder and CEO of Trend Lab, has gathered talents from various leading internet technology companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. With its official establishment, the new AI FinTech startup Trend Lab ... ( read original story ...)
Finastra establishes Future of Banking Center of Excellence in Hong Kong
It is also a strong hub for Asia and the Belt and Road region. Dr. Lee George Lam, Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, said, "We welcome Finastra and McKinsey to the Cyberport community, and firmly believe that the Center of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government pledges cautious approach to easing mortgage plight of first-time buyers
The Hong Kong government is taking a cautious approach in the plans to review its mortgage policy for first-time buyers, according to James Lau, the secretary for financial services and the treasury – but any such move must be carefully thought out ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks break 14-day winning run; Nikkei rises despite stronger yen
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.23% ended down 0.2%, after climbing around 1% earlier in the session. The turnaround came amid steep losses in mainland Chinese equities. The Shenzhen Composite 399106, -1.80% ended down 1.8% and the startup-heavy ... ( read original story ...)
Chris Patten is wrong, Hong Kong will benefit from Brexit. Massively
Zhu Xin, the Shanghai manager of a large Sino-British business organisation ... Affairs see the UK’s impending departure from the EU as a great opportunity. Hong Kong ex-governors Patten and Wilson still upbeat about city’s democracy ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks power ahead as Tencent marches further into record territory
Hong Kong stocks broke the historical closing high in early trading on Monday morning, as Tencent Holdings climbed further into record territory, and financials advanced broadly. The Hang Seng Index opened up 1 per cent at 31,702.56, breaking the ... ( read original story ...)