Category: BUSINESS

HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Nov 11, 2017) – Canon Hongkong Company Limited (Canon Hongkong) (TSE: 7751) (NYSE: CAJ) today honoring winners of Canon PhotoMarathon (CPM) Hong Kong 2017 for their outstanding shots of the city during the competition ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong’s start-up revolution continues to surge because of increased activity in the financial technology field and the spark provided by young billion-dollar companies, a new study has found that overall business confidence in the city is down ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Lee Kum Kee won the first "Business for Social Good Award" by Our Hong Kong Foundation in recognition of its contribution in creating shared values and promoting corporate sustainable development. As a responsible ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks opened lower in early trading on Friday, retreating after closing above 29,000 for the first time in 10 years the previous day. Chinese banks and insurers were hit most as the Hang Seng Index fell 0.3 per cent, or 82.06 points, to 29,054 ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG–A select group of financial services technology (fintech) companies demonstrated their products and services to dozens of top banking, venture capital and technology executives today at Accenture’s (NYSE:ACN) fourth annual FinTech Innovation ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Nov 6, 2017) – Avnet Asia Pacific continued its ongoing investment in the region's startup community through its participation in the 2017 Elevator Pitch Competition (EPiC) as a diamond sponsor. Frederick Fu ... ( read original story ...)

Soccer fans who buy tickets to watch the Hong Kong team’s matches could have their names taken in future, as part of attempts to reduce booing when the national anthem is played, according to a director of the football association. But Wilson Wong Wai ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong lawmaker revealed a plan to report HK$50 million in past business dealings involving the city’s former leader to Britain’s corruption-fighting agency this week. Democratic Party lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting said he hoped to raise the matter ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese Communist Party has appointed the former party chief of the coastal province of Fujian to take charge of its relations with non-party groups at home and abroad, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. State media reported on Tuesday that You Quan had ... ( read original story ...)

A group of 14 year olds on Tuesday showed how youth can trump experience by securing one of the coveted market stalls at Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year fair next year. The three pupils from Po Leung Kuk Tong Nai Kan Junior Secondary College in Sham Shui Po ... ( read original story ...)

Both MetLife Limited and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Hong Kong Limited are authorized insurers carrying long term business in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

"We expect the vacancy rate in Hong Kong's Central business district to remain the lowest among all at around 2%," Lau wrote in a report published on Monday. The overall vacancy rate for the city's grade-A offices is about 5%. Cathie Chung, national ... ( read original story ...)

For early-stage startups, raising a seed round from angel investors can sometimes be easier than expected, especially in a city like Hong Kong where the average wealth per individual is relatively high. But taking a startup to the next level and closing a ... ( read original story ...)

Tencent unit China Literature, mainland China’s largest online publishing and e-book website, is on schedule to complete the second-largest internet business IPO in Hong Kong this year, after pricing its HK$8.3 billion Hong Kong listing at the top end of ... ( read original story ...)