Category: BUSINESS

Hong Kong stocks rose on Friday, paring losses for the week, as financial companies climbed thanks to strong quarterly earnings and solid economic data from China. The Hang Seng Index gained 0.8 per cent, or 236.47 points, to 28,438.85, trimming its loss ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is at the epicentre of the global electronics industry for the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from October 13-16, 2017. The Autumn Electronics Fair and the concurrent ... ( read original story ...)

Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. The total raised this week was more than $67 million. >>Klook, a Hong Kong-based travel activities marketplace, has completed a nearly $60 million Series C funding ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong superstar Rex Tso Sing-yu’s bid for a world title shot ... The fight was stopped at the start of the seventh round after a ringside doctor examined Tso’s almost completely shut eye and declared the fight over. Tso won the fight on a technical ... ( read original story ...)

In 2013, the Hong Kong government mapped out a waste management blueprint ... In 2011, the scope of collection expanded to cover 17 airport business partners including hotels and airline caterers, and 29 food and beverage tenants and lounges within the ... ( read original story ...)

Entrepreneurs are constantly looking for ways to grow their business, with the ultimate goal of expanding their business globally. Yet, international expansion is easier said than done. Not many have the know-how to stand out in a competitive foreign ... ( read original story ...)

The majority will be located in the New Territories, well away from the city’s core business districts. Unlike in many western cities such as London and Sydney, Hong Kong does not have legal requirements on the minimum size of a flat. And skyrocketing ... ( read original story ...)

Showing that the connections between China and Israel are growing, Hong Kong-based travel destination startup, Klook, has raised $60 million in funding from a group of investors that includes Israeli-based VC platform OurCrowd, making a first investment in ... ( read original story ...)

Aside from its industrial history, Shenzhen is located at the border of Hong Kong – a city which provides effortless arrival and departure without a visa. It’ also the financial hub of China’s Greater Bay Area, and has a thriving startup ecosystem. ( read original story ...)

The Startup zone at the Autumn Electronics Fair this year attracted ... He had found 30-40 potential suppliers of IoT solutions, AV systems and smart devices from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. ( read original story ...)

Still, as visitor arrivals and retail sales start to rebound, there’s limited upside for Hong Kong’s landlords, said Patrick Wong, Bloomberg Intelligence property analyst in Hong Kong. "Receipts might be stable and resilient, but if things turn better ... ( read original story ...)

(Photo/Benjamin Stanfield) Paul Orlando is known for getting startups off the ground. He co-founded Hong Kong’s first startup accelerator, AcceleratorHK, and as USC Incubator director, he helps Trojan-led projects go from idea to reality. But this summer ... ( read original story ...)

Xi’s future policies on Hong Kong have been well defined, after he declared China’s “comprehensive jurisdiction” over the city and included it in the nation’s Greater Bay Area development plan at the start of the 19th party congress last week. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-based travel activity booking site Klook said on Wednesday that it has raised almost US$60 million in the latest round of funding giving further impetus to its overseas expansion plans. With its fresh funds, Klook plans to expand to North America ... ( read original story ...)