Category: FINANCE

Omicron surge throws football season into doubt as Hong Kong extends lockdown There are eight teams in the BOC Premier League this season but so far only four rounds out of a total 14 have been ... ( read original story ...)

For Chan, there had been no lack of critical challenges since becoming financial secretary in January 2017, with the city going through several economic and political upheavals. But the current ... ( read original story ...)

After two years of recession, Hong Kong’s economy heated up last year, and growth is expected to continue this year—albeit at a slower pace. ( read original story ...)

The proposals could be seen as an extension of the listing reforms introduced in 2018, which allowed technology firms with multiple classes of voting rights and pre-revenue biotechnology firms to list ... ( read original story ...)

From 2023-24, residential property owners will be able to apply for tax rebates for one self-occupied home only. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong launched a new round of financial handouts as the city struggles to contain China’s biggest outbreak of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, even as economists warned the city’s zero ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will expand mask-wearing to all public places, including in parks and during outdoor exercise, as its latest outbreak worsens. Londoners, by contrast, will no longer be required to wear face ... ( read original story ...)

The government should clarify whether rents could be paid in instalments after the deferral period, if business continued to be bad, industry body executive says HSBC and Hang Seng Bank vow to help ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is suffering from severe rise of covid-19 infections. Major banks in the country announced that they will temporarily close from 5 March, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s retailers and financial firms may benefit from the city’s annual budget, which includes pandemic relief measures like consumption vouchers and more investment schemes to connect with the ... ( read original story ...)

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has delivered the 2022 Hong Kong budget. HKFP’s coverage in full: ・HK$10,000 consumption vouchers for all ・Gov’t pledges over HK$54b to fight Covid-19 ‘on all fronts and ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC Holdings Plc said it will be closing all of its retail branches in Hong Kong temporarily on Saturdays starting from March 5 as the Asian financial hub scrambles to contain its worst wave of Covid ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will offer tax breaks, handouts and subsidies to small businesses and residents, to mitigate the impact of a new wave of social restrictions to curb COVID-19 infections, Finance Secretary ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's finance chief on Wednesday unveiled a costly HK$170 billion ($21.79 billion) budget, including tax breaks and consumer spending vouchers, as the city reels under its worst coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)