For the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to be successful in its plans for gold trading, longer trading hours are needed as mainland and international customers are likely to need 24-hour servicing, according to leading traders in the yellow metal. ( read original story ...)
Money launderers leave a stench in Hong Kong’s enforcement charade
Hong Kong and Macau have launched simultaneous shake-ups of the systems they have in place to tackle the growing menace of money laundering. --SCMP, May 27 A news story is the opposite of a Swedish novel. With Stieg Larsson, you get 300 pages of character ... ( read original story ...)
China’s import regime dominates debate at BIR Hong Kong
There were even rumours that Chinese imports of film scrap could be halted as early as September this year, he told delegates to the BIR plastics committee meeting in Hong Kong. During any hiatus in shipments to China, no other county in the region would ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund makes huge HK$57.1b investment gain in first quarter
The Exchange Fund, reserves held to defend the Hong Kong dollar, made a huge HK$57.1 billion (US$7.33 billion) investment gain during the first quarter of the year – a 137 per cent increase on last year at this stage (HK$24.1 billion ) – thanks to ... ( read original story ...)
Lenovo’s struggling mobile business sets sight on high-end market
which need brands and innovative products, whereas emerging markets need efficiency," Chairman Yang Yuanqing said of Lenovo's mobile business at a press conference in Hong Kong on Thursday. "So we will have two teams catering to the two kinds of markets ... ( read original story ...)
Airline review: Qantas business class, Sydney to Hong Kong
For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Boeing 747-400; Qantas has retained nine of this aircraft in its fleet, with reconfigured cabins along the ... ( read original story ...)
HK financial secretary questions Moody’s over downgrade
HONG KONG: Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade Hong Kong’s debt rating last week was based on “shallow” evidence, Hong Kong financial secretary Paul Chan wrote in a blog. “The evidence on which the ratings company mechanically ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong should batten down the hatches for another round of political battles
Then, at the weekend, he took out a stick. Earlier, Zhang told a delegation of senior Hong Kong business representatives in Beijing that the “key mission” of the incoming administration of Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was to focus on improving people’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Uber arrests show the city’s talk of innovation cowers before a monopoly
Uber Hong Kong, founded in mid-2014, has so far served one million passengers in the city using more than 30,000 drivers, with 80 per cent of them working as part-timers. It certainly represents a proven and commercialised business suitable for Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Moody’s downgrades Hong Kong credit rating after China cut
Moody's decision to cut its credit rating for Hong Kong soon after downgrading its China rating on worries about rising debt levels drew an objection Thursday from the business hub's financial chief. Financial Secretary Paul Chan said he strongly disagreed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers for illegal car hiring
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of an ongoing clamp down against Uber Technologies Inc’s operations in the Asian financial city. The arrests marked the latest upset for the San Francisco-based ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific cuts 600 jobs as it faces rising competition
Cathay Pacific Airways said on Monday it’s laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters in its biggest round of firings in two decades as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The Hong Kong airline said it ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Cathay lays off 600 as it faces rising pressure
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Monday it's laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The airline said it plans to axe about 190 managers, or a quarter of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank branches aren’t closing – but they are evolving digitally
“The smartphone is really the new branch for transactional needs, so it basically gives Citi a branch network in the millions,” claimed Angel Ng, Citibank’s country business manager, Hong Kong. “In terms of physical footprint, branches remain ... ( read original story ...)