Category: BUSINESS

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Hong Kong stocks declined sharply on Thursday, with 47 of the 50 components falling in the benchmark Hang Seng Index. Mainland markets also fell. Analysts said investors’ anxiety on the 30th anniversary of Black Monday may have depressed the market, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Securities Association will continue to press the government to cut stamp duty in a bid to boost market turnover, according to the newly elected head of the association. Hong Kong stocks on Monday reached their highest level in nearly a decade ... ( read original story ...)

The CPA-McKinsey report is published by a joint research team established ... About the author(s) Franck Le Deu is a Senior Partner in the Hong Kong Office, Gaobo Zhou is a Partner in the Hong Kong Office, Tina Hou is an Associate Partner in ... ( read original story ...)

Prenetics, a Hong Kong-based startup that is using genetic testing to help people identify health risks, has raised US$40 million from Beyond Ventures and the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. Other participants include eGarden Ventures (the parent ... ( read original story ...)

Prenetics, a genetic testing startup, plans to expand into more Asian countries after raising a $40 million Series B led by Beyond Ventures and Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. The round also includes capital from Yuantai Investment Partners, mFund ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks rose in early trading on Tuesday, looking likely to extend a three-day win streak after hitting the highest close in nearly 10 years. The Hang Seng Index was up 0.1 per cent to 28,713.57 in early trades. On Monday, the Hang Seng Index rose ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong also ranked among the most expensive in Asia to take a business class flight, have a fine dining experience or receive Botox injections, although the city fared well when it came to buying jewellery, coming in 11th, and ranked 10th for wine and ... ( read original story ...)

The race to develop Hong Kong’s next “unicorn” may be heating up, with the launch on Monday of a start-up accelerator with a difference. Unlike the city’s numerous existing incubators, the two-year Sprinter programme will focus on both start-ups ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks reached their highest level in nearly a decade on Monday after media reports said the bourse operator was considering asking the city’s government to cut the stamp duty on share trades. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.8 per cent, or 216.37 ... ( read original story ...)

He was put onto a flight back to Bangkok. Yes, Hong Kong may still be a great place for business, but it is no longer the free society it was. The SAR is playing to the territory's business strengths by asserting itself as an intermediary -- a comprador if ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has the best two business school programmes in the world, according to a prestigious global ranking of universities in the Financial Times released on Monday. The University of Science and Technology (HKUST) retained the top spot it claimed last ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s recent budget creates its own unconventional version of Freakonomics: the morality of how bureaucrats imagine the city works versus the economics of how it actually works. Despite pumped up welfare and social spending, the government’s ... ( read original story ...)

Nowhere is this more so than in the areas of health care and elderly care, where I confess I have a strong bias, and have been keenly engaged with the Business Professionals ... Elderly and End of Life care in Hong Kong”, is simple: “Hospitals are ... ( read original story ...)