Hong Kong’s top financial official says the government will work to help the tourism sector keep growing as a major part of its efforts to stabilise the economy to offset the effects of the US-China t... ( read original story ...)
World’s longest bridge further blurs lines between China and Hong Kong
External Link: Hong Kong-Macau Bridge map (ABC News) The area is intended to be developed into an international centre of "scientific and technological innovation", while still adhering to the princip... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police probe bomb-threat emails demanding US$20,000 in bitcoin
Hong Kong police were on Friday night investigating emailed bomb threats intended to extort “security fees” in cryptocurrenty, part of a wave of cyber scams targeting people across the world. The emai... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters face jail but promise to keep fighting for freedom
Hong Kong democracy leaders have pledged to keep fighting for full democracy, as their month-long trial wraps up and they wait for the verdict that could have them jailed for leading and inciting the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Homes Sell Out. That’s Not the Good News You May Think
(Bloomberg) -- Amid all the doom and gloom in Hong Kong’s housing market, there appeared to be a silver lining, when a developer sold all 488 apartments on offer in a single day. Sino Land Co Ltd. rep... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy leaders defiant as landmark trial wraps up
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong democracy leaders pledged on Friday to sustain their fight for full democracy at the end of a month-long trial that could see them jailed for leading and inciting 2014 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s coolest new hotel with a conscience
That was one of the questions that Katherine Lo hoped to answer as she began the process of opening Eaton Workshop, a combination hotel, co-working space, music venue, radio station, art gallery and m... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s housing developers and landlords could take a hit with rates changes – but what are they?
Hong Kong’s housing developers and major landlords could take a hit, under a government proposal to take away billions of dollars’ worth of property tax sweeteners. Under the plan, submitted to the Le... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bill May Hand Tax Exemptions to Local Hedge Funds
Hong Kong has proposed widening tax breaks to include hedge and private equity funds that are domiciled in the city in a move market watchers say should encourage more of them to move there. Locally d... ( read original story ...)
Ex-diplomat who worked on Trudeau’s Hong Kong visit detained in China
News of Kovrig's detention comes after China warned Canada ... Kovrig wrote on his LinkedIn profile that he served as the political lead on the "successful visit" Trudeau made to Hong Kong in Septembe... ( read original story ...)
Ex-diplomat who worked on Trudeau’s Hong Kong visit detained in China, reports say
(Michael Kovrig / Facebook) Kovrig had been splitting his time working out of ICG offices in both Hong Kong and Beijing and travelled around the east Asia region for research, he told a Star journalis... ( read original story ...)
Runaway Bus With No Driver Careens Through Hong Kong Intersection
HONG KONG — At least four people were killed and 11 more injured on Monday when an out-of-control school bus rolled down a Hong Kong street after the driver had exited the vehicle. Video footage taken ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong on track for global IPO crown but many new listings sag
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is on course to take the global IPO crown this year for the most money raised in stock market flotations, narrowly ahead of arch-rival New York, but its new ... ( read original story ...)
Tumour mimicking machine by Hong Kong team wins prize at Asian edition of prestigious Swiss-based innovation awards
Their efforts finally paid off on Thursday when they took home two awards at the 1st Asia Exhibition of Inventions Hong Kong – an Asian offshoot of the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva. S... ( read original story ...)