Hong Kong is to test connecting China's digital yuan with its domestic payments network, officials said on Tuesday, the second stage of experiments of China's digital currency in the financial hub. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong devolving into economic monoculture
A young trader at the Hong Kong branch of a mainland brokerage learned five years ago what matters most in local finance. At a 2016 annual meeting, executives told his team just how critical access to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong risks its global finance status over Covid isolation
There has been more outspoken criticism of Hong Kong government policy from business and finance circles in the past two months than in two years of political and social turmoil. A slow Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
$1.3 million parking spot in Hong Kong sets new record
Hong Kong’s property market is breaking yet another record. Wharf Holdings Ltd. and Nan Fung Group sold a parking space for HK$10.2 million ($1.3 million) at the luxury Mount Nicholson residential ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong parking space sells for record $1.3 million
A parking space in Hong Kong has been sold for a record $1.3 million. The price broke the previous high mark by over 30%. ( read original story ...)
Sacked England attack coach Simon Amor to take charge of Hong Kong
While the RFU takes the unprecedented step of advertising for his replacement as England attack coach, Simon Amor has already moved on to pastures new by signing up with the Hong Kong Rugby Union.Amor ... ( read original story ...)
WorldView: Pro-democracy activist arrested in Hong Kong; concerns about Olympics mount in Japan
A prominent pro-democracy activist and vigil organizer for the Tiananmen Square massacre is taken into custody in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, an international chemical watchdog is calling out Syria for ... ( read original story ...)
‘Do We Need to Be in Hong Kong?’ Global Companies Are Eying the Exits
Buffeted by political upheaval, a crackdown by mainland China and the pandemic, global companies are heading for rival cities such as Singapore and Shanghai. ( read original story ...)
A Single Parking Space in Hong Kong Sells for $1.3 Million
Parking has been getting more expensive, especially in New York and other cities, but Hong Kong has them all beat. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong commemorates Tiananmen Square Massacre despite crackdown
Hong Kong authorities banned vigils commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre -- the official reason, the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, protesters gathered in smaller groups in a ... ( read original story ...)
Banned from marking Tiananmen, Hong Kong strives to keep flame alive
Victoria Park was floodlit but empty — apart from the police enforcing the ban on the annual June 4 candlelit vigil in memory of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.Nearby, a young couple dressed ... ( read original story ...)
Detained Hong Kong activist says arrest meant to ‘frighten’
A Hong Kong activist has been released after her arrest on suspicion of publicizing a commemoration of China’s deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seal off park, issue jail threats ahead of banned Tiananmen vigil
Under tightened Chinese control of the city, authorities are trying to stamp out the memory of the bloody crackdown. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong not dead yet, says Tiananmen veteran taking lone stand in park for June 4 vigil
Han Dongfang, a veteran Tiananmen Square activist, says Hong Kong should not lose heart despite a heavy China-led crackdown on its freedoms, as he defied police warnings and sat quietly on a park ... ( read original story ...)