China's Ant Group has received approval from the Chinese securities regulator for the Hong Kong leg of its about $35 billion dual-listing, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. The fin ... ( read original story ...)
Iconic Hong Kong theatre and Singapore’s Golden Mile: mixing business sense with heritage
I write to expand on Professor Ho Puay-peng's piece "Why conservation of State Theatre is a landmark project for Hong Kong" (October 14). The decision by Adrian Cheng Chi-kong, third-generation owner ... ( read original story ...)
China regulator approves Ant Group’s Hong Kong IPO: IFR
China's securities regulator has approved financial tech firm Ant Group's Hong Kong leg of a planned dual-listing worth up to $30 billion, IFR reported on Monday citing unnamed people familiar with ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 pandemic, politics lead to closure of storied Hong Kong bar
Nearly 15 years ago, Grace Ma decided to name her bar Club 71, in commemoration of a Jul 1, 2003, rally where hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers protested a proposed national security law for the ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand’s Protests Shift Tactics, Influenced by Hong Kong
Demonstrators defied a government ban on large gatherings for the fourth consecutive day to call for the prime minister’s resignation. ( read original story ...)
Pair arrested after HK$3.7 million Lamborghini slams into side of Hong Kong flyover
Hong Kong police have detained a man and woman on suspicion of perverting the course of justice after their HK$3.7 million (US$550,000) sports car slammed into the side of a flyover. The Lamborghini ... ( read original story ...)
Front Lines and Hand Signals: Thailand’s Protests Shift Tactics, Influenced by Hong Kong
Demonstrators defied a government ban on large gatherings for the fourth consecutive day to call for the prime minister’s resignation. ( read original story ...)
Salaries of Hong Kong domestic workers top HK$5,000 for first time, but Covid-19 piles on pressure from families back home
The average salary for domestic workers in Hong Kong has exceeded HK$5,000 (US$645) per month for the first time ever, but many are facing financial pressures amid the Covid-19 pandemic and economic ... ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong engineers used lessons from Sars to solve new Covid-19 challenges for hospitals
Veteran engineer Yuen Pak-leung's first-hand experience with two major public health crises has convinced him his profession is really about people, and finding solutions swiftly when challenges arise ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong wraps preparatory work on ‘health code’ necessary for cross-border travel, as city records four cases on Sunday
Hong Kong has completed preparatory work on a "health code" necessary for cross-border travel with the mainland and Macau, the health minister revealed on Sunday, as the city recorded four new ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cannot afford to say ‘I don’t mind’ to being overtaken by Shenzhen, President Xi’s ‘miracle’ city
"We should build several Hong Kongs on the mainland," the late Deng Xiaoping once said. That was when China's paramount leader and architect of the country's opening up visited Shenzhen, then a ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong health minister cautions over coming fourth wave, as city records four new cases
Hong Kong's health minister on Sunday renewed her warning that a fourth wave of coronavirus infections could hit earlier than expected, as the city recorded four new cases, two of which were locally ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protester ‘Grandma Wong’: I was held in mainland China for 14 months
Sixty-four-year-old vows never to give up fighting, even as she describes forced confessions and detention without trial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs arrests 22, seizes HK$20 million in high-end fruit, frozen meat during raid on barge used as ‘mobile warehouse’
An illegal shipment of high-end fruit and frozen meat worth about HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) bound for mainland China has been seized by Hong Kong's customs authorities in a case marking the first ... ( read original story ...)