Hong Kong's new online-only banks plan to venture into business lending and wealth management, seeking more lucrative avenues beyond basic savings accounts and transfer services, senior executives ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks fluctuate with US stimulus in doubt as Covid-19 variant dims recovery outlook
Hong Kong's stock benchmark swung between gains and losses amid concerns about a delay in US stimulus package to support the economy, while investors assessed the economic fallout from a series of ... ( read original story ...)
The American pirate who kicked off one of Hong Kong’s earliest major political scandals
The 1857 trial of American pirate Eli Boggs in Hong Kong was a riveting affair, filled with tales of plunder, kidnapping and murder on the high seas. But it was Boggs' two-hour closing statement that ... ( read original story ...)
Global investors inject momentum into Hong Kong’s biotech craze
International investors including BlackRock and Fidelity are anchoring a boom in Hong Kong biotech listings, with Chinese healthcare companies raising a record $21.1bn from share offerings in the city ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents should be allowed to choose which Covid-19 vaccine they take, experts say
Hong Kong residents should be allowed to choose which Covid-19 vaccine they take from a pool of suppliers, medical experts said on Tuesday, after the health minister sought to clarify whether the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: police officer broke data privacy law by displaying reporter’s ID card during protest live stream, watchdog finds
A police officer breached the data privacy law when he displayed a journalist's identity card during a live stream of a protest in Hong Kong last year, the privacy watchdog said on Tuesday. The Office ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, China markets plunge as Covid-19 mutation threatens recovery outlook, US expands China blacklist
Hong Kong and China stocks slumped on Tuesday after a highly infectious Covid-19 strain sparked UK lockdowns and clouded the economic recovery outlook, and the US further expanded its blacklist of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong manhunt: citywide search for five assailants after former village head killed in daytime attack with knives, axes
A former Hong Kong village head was killed in an apparently well-organised knife attack at a tombstone factory in the New Territories on Tuesday, sparking a citywide manhunt for the gang involved. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Student Shot By Police Goes On The Run Ahead Of Trial
A warrant was issued Tuesday after a court no-show for a Hong Kong student who was shot by police during last year's democracy protests, as an activist group claimed he had gone "into exile". Tsang ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Proposes Major Overhaul of Hong Kong Stock Index
Hang Seng Indexes Co. is considering wide-ranging changes to Hong Kong’s stock benchmark that would dilute the influence of its largest companies. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protester Shot by Police Last Year Now in Exile – Group
A Hong Kong student protester who was shot by police during last year's anti-government demonstrations and later charged with rioting and assaulting officers is in exile in an undisclosed location, an ... ( read original story ...)
Exiled Hong Kong activist to seek asylum in Britain
Nathan Law, a prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in London, has revealed that he is applying for political asylum in the UK six months after he left Hong Kong.“If I don’t act now, I will become a ... ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong Activist, Nathan Law, Seeks Political Asylum in Britain
The prominent dissident fled to London shortly before a security law was imposed in Hong Kong. Affording him asylum would likely incense China. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest a coronavirus patient who fled the hospital.
A 63-year-old coronavirus patient has been arrested in Hong Kong after his escape from a hospital isolation ward set off a frantic manhunt across the city. Hong Kong, a semiautonomous Chinese ... ( read original story ...)