Hong Kong’s interbank borrowing costs climbed across the curve, as the city’s currency interventions continued overnight, taking this week’s total to HK$16.8 billion ($2.1 billion). The three-month Ho... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Spends $2.1 Billion This Week to Defend Dollar Peg
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s currency interventions continued overnight, taking this week’s total to HK$16.8 billion ($2.1 billion). The Hong Kong Monetary Authority bought HK$14.6 billion of local doll... ( read original story ...)
Digital payment firms fight for Hong Kong market
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s shopping districts are well known for their fierce competition. Now, a new battleground is forming as digital payments firms fight for retailers and shoppers. Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong politician: Trump should target us in trade war with China
A controversial Hong Kong politician wants the United States to sanction his city as part of its ongoing trade war with China in hopes of somehow achieving his dream of independence and democracy. Ana... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Spends $2.1 Billion This Week to Defend Currency Peg
Hong Kong’s currency interventions continued overnight, taking this week’s total to HK$16.8 billion ($2.1 billion). The Hong Kong Monetary Authority bought HK$14.6 billion of local dollars on Wednesda... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam unveils Beijing-backed boost for city’s innovation and technology sector
Hong Kong’s innovation and technology sector is due for a significant boost from a slew of initiatives announced in Beijing on Wednesday, including the setting-up of two new state-backed laboratories ... ( read original story ...)
Retail Traders Turning Bearish Is Good News for Hong Kong Stocks
Some good news for Hong Kong investors: the plunge that has erased more than $750 billion from its stock market since late January may soon be over. So says Dick Chau, director for UBS Group AG’s equi... ( read original story ...)
China Warns Hong Kong Journalists’ Club After Activist Speech
“Anyone whose words and actions try in vain to split Hong Kong from China will be punished according to the law.” The FCC, whose more than 2,000 members include journalists from some of the world’s be... ( read original story ...)
Activist compares Beijing’s rule in Hong Kong to colonialism
Small groups of pro-Beijing and pro-democracy protesters gathered outside the Foreign Correspondents Club's building in Hong Kong ahead of and during the speech by Andy Chan of the Hong Kong National ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong independence activist attacks Beijing at press club talk
Hong Kong independence activist Andy Chan attacked China as an empire trying to "annex" and "destroy" the city in a no-holds barred speech Tuesday at the city's press club which Beijing wanted cancell... ( read original story ...)
Pro-China Groups Target Hong Kong Foreign Journalists’ Club
Hong Kong’s foreign journalists’ club found itself at the center ... The club, whose more than 2,000 members include journalists from some of the world’s best-known news organizations, went ahead with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist to speak at press club on Tuesday, despite Chinese pressure
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong independence activist is due to speak on Tuesday at the city’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) despite pressure from Chinese officials to cancel the event. The inv... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reclaims lead over Singapore in global liveability rankings as ‘social unrest drops’ four years after Occupy
Hong Kong has reclaimed its lead over Singapore in liveability rankings, climbing 10 places in an annual global survey which attributed the score to lower levels of social unrest four years after the ... ( read original story ...)
How China’s ire put global spotlight on Hong Kong activist Andy Chan
A lunchtime talk by a little-known Hong Kong politician has drawn global attention to China's influence on free speech in the territory. Andy Chan is the head of a fringe nationalist party calling for ... ( read original story ...)