WASHINGTON – Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (Credit Suisse Hong Kong or CSHK), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse or CSAG), a Swiss-based issuer of publicly trade... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set for very hot weather as Super Typhoon Maria swirls over western Pacific
Hong Kong will get very hot by midweek as Super Typhoon Maria closes in on Taiwan, Japan and eastern China though rainstorms in the latter part of the week are likely to provide some respite. The Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IT sector legislator Charles Mok apologises after data of 15,000 people who signed his petition gets hacked
The man representing Hong Kong’s IT sector in the city’s legislature apologised on Saturday after falling victim to a cyberattack that harvested the personal details of 15,000 people who signed an onl... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cannot escape the US-China trade war unscathed
Or even a war against globalisation? Beijing and Washington apparently have just the opposite views. Then how about Hong Kong, which remains an independent and free economic entity under “one country, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s female bomb disposal officers on keeping your nerve, blazing a trail, and breaking the glass ceiling
“I didn’t know if it was going to suddenly explode,” said Kwong, an operator with the Hong Kong police force’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau. “It had been weathered underground for so long that i... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong woman loses HK$10 million in ‘black money’ scam
Ma met the first fraudster on social media who, citing different reasons, told her to transfer HK$1.7 million to six bank accounts on the mainland and in Hong Kong from January 10 to March 29. She has ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s women bomb disposal officers on keeping your nerve, blazing a trail, and breaking the glass ceiling
“I didn’t know if it was going to suddenly explode,” said Kwong, an operator with the Hong Kong police force’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau. “It had been weathered underground for so long that i... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Cafe serves true Hong Kong-style fare
Plus, it’s delicious. A place in Albany serving up all your Chinese favorites, in house or to-go, is Hong Kong Cafe. We can all say a big thank you to the Chinese immigrants of the 1800s who populariz... ( read original story ...)
Call for action on Hong Kong moneylenders forcing Indonesian and Filipino domestic helpers to hand over passports
Diplomats from Indonesia and the Philippines on Friday urged Hong Kong authorities to take firm action against people who hold domestic helpers’ passports. They said they were “deeply concerned” about ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance minister plays down fears about impact of China-US trade war, saying cost to city will be limited
Hong Kong’s finance minister on Saturday said the short-term impact on the city of China’s escalating trade war with the United States would be limited to a dip in growth of just 0.1 or 0.2 of a perce... ( read original story ...)
Two men die after truck slams into Hong Kong village house
Hong Kong police were on Friday investigating whether a driver who ploughed a truck into a village house earlier in the day, killing himself and another man, had deliberately crashed into the building ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airport Authority on course for HK$57.6 billion passenger tax windfall, but won’t say what it plans to do with extra cash
A tax that Hong Kong airport passengers pay to help fund a third runway is on course to raise billions more than the HK$26 billion (US$3.3 billion) initially projected. The Airport Authority, which ma... ( read original story ...)
Rights lawyers slam Hong Kong plans to tighten asylum procedures, calling proposals ‘wholly unreasonable’
Human rights lawyers have slammed plans by Hong Kong officials to tighten procedures for asylum applications, describing the proposals as “wholly unreasonable”. A security panel at the city’s legislat... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong heatwave left city’s poorest reduced to tears and fighting off depression as temperatures soared in oven-like homes
The oppressive heatwave that left Hong Kong sweltering for much of May reduced some of the city’s poorest residents to tears and left others fighting off bouts of depression, a new survey has revealed ... ( read original story ...)