Category: BUSINESS

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We’ve been seeing a trend of Silicon Valley startups coming to Asia to seek both funding and customer expansion for several years now. Not only do financial hubs like Hong Kong offer access to investment, but also the perfect strategic entry point for ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Transport Department has told commuters to leave home earlier for work and school on Thursday morning as road works are expected to cause serious traffic congestion on a major thoroughfare connecting the New Territories and Kowloon. ( read original story ...)

I don’t know what to wear on Crunch Report (It’s a hard decision and I suck at dressing myself). If you are a startup and want to me to wear something mail me an XL T-shirt and I’ll wear it in an episode. I’m not going to mention the company on ... ( read original ...

Hong Kong-listed companies need to act fast to raise their environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and quality disclosure to match international standards to attract global investors and maintain the city’s status as a leading global ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong slipped down the rankings of the world's easiest places to do business, a report shows. This year, the city fell by one rung to the fifth from the year before in the World Bank's Doing Business 2018 report. The drop was mainly due to the lower ... ( read original story ...)

In South Korea, almost three quarters of research is performed by businesses, while in Hong Kong less than half is business-led, according to figures from the OECD. “In Hong Kong, R&D is highly reliant on government spending and the private sector seems ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) said on Monday that 95 percent of respondents interviewed at the Autumn Lighting Fair, and the Outdoor and Tech Light Expo expected a better or stable market prospect in 2018. Organized by the HKTDC, the 19th ... ( read original story ...)

Fintech in Asia is a growing industry, and what’s interesting in this region is that both startups and established financial service providers are getting into high gear in building products that are aimed at empowering users into doing more with the ... ( read original story ...)

The highest-placed Chinese city is Shenzhen at sixth spot, while Hong Kong’s ranking fell six places to 12th, undermined by its record property prices. The UN-CASS survey, using a broader measure than conventional business competitiveness studies ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-based Internet of Things (IoT) start-up MobiJuce today (October 30) launched one of the first app-based power bank rental services in Hong Kong, which allows smartphone users to rent a power bank and return it to a different location. The Chief ... ( read original story ...)

“It’s not really money unless you use it,” as the old Cantonese saying goes. The same can be said about government power and authority. Last week, we witnessed this conundrum in action. Hong Kong’s stock market operator and the regulator have ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks traded little changed at mid-morning on Monday, while mainland Chinese stocks fell for the first time in seven trading sessions. The Hang Seng Index was unchanged at 28,438.45, after trading as much as 0.7 per cent higher at 9.35am. ( read original story ...)

“The real opportunity is for up and coming players to use the location as a base,” said Henri Arslanian, fintech and regtech leader for PwC in China and Hong Kong. “In the B2B [business to business] fintech and regtech, there’s a lot of appetite in ... ( read original story ...)