Category: BUSINESS

Hong Kong business groups have labelled as reckless the government plan to stop them using pension fund contributions to offset severance and long-service payments. They warned the plan would discourage entrepreneurs from starting businesses in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

It predicted that once business-friendly Hong Kong became infected with China’s culture of corruption and patronage, this glittering international finance hub would become just another typical mainland city. “In fact,” the article declared ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has decided he will retire from his business empire by next year. He says he will remain a “senior adviser” to his flagship conglomerate, CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. As reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

Michael Straub is doing things the other way around. After two years working as a McKinsey consultant in Switzerland, he took a career break and relocated to Asia to pursue a full-time MBA at Hong Kong’s HKUST Business School. Michael wants to immerse ... ( read original story ...)

To the creative minds in mainland China, the recent proposal of a new board for start-up companies by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is a dream come true. Unfortunately, all that glitters is not gold, and investors have seen plenty of the exchange’s ... ( read original story ...)

International media intelligence company Meltwater has acquired Hong Kong-based analytics start-up Klarity in a move that is expected to deepen the firm’s ability to harness data from major Chinese social media platforms like WeChat and Sina Weibo. ( read original story ...)

If you want to intern at CICC in Hong Kong or China, here’s who you have to live up to ... in the equity research team in Hong Jong and it follows a stint last summer at McKinsey & Co. But it’s away from internships that her CV stand out. ( read original story ...)

The joint venture will set about further expanding the Mulberry brand in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mulberry was also busy opening a Shanghai store in April, and in May it opened a Hong Kong boutique. Online, Mulberry has created a Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares are likely to decline on Monday morning after futures on the benchmark index opened lower in the city. June futures contracts on the Hang Seng Index fell 0.3 per cent, or 71 points, to 25,426 before the spot market opened at 9.30am. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economy has become more integrated with China’s over the past 20 years since the handover – but the city continues to be higher rated, at “AAA”, reflecting the views there are still traditions that are distinct to it and not mainland ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is one of the world’s premier financial hubs, but can it be a destination for tech startups? That was the question put to a panel of experts at the TechCrunch China event in Shenzhen today. The answer, largely, was yes but it may need a little ... ( read original story ...)

Plans also introduced for revamp of small-cap GEM venue Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. is sending a message to startup companies the world over: We want your business. The bourse operator on Friday proposed the creation of a new exchange that would ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. is sending a message to startup companies the world over: We want your business. The bourse operator on Friday proposed the creation of a new exchange that would allow firms to list before they’ve made a profit and ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — In many places, US$664,000 can buy you a nice house. For that price in Hong Kong, you can buy a slab of concrete, roughly 17 feet long and 11 feet wide, to leave your luxury car. Hong Kong is now home to a very expensive parking spot ... ( read original story ...