Category: NEWS

HONG KONG — Luggage maker Samsonite said Friday its CEO has stepped down following a report by a short-seller questioning his credentials and the company’s accounting. Ramesh Tainwala resigned for personal reasons, which Samsonite’s board decided ... ( read original story ...)

Billy Wong Wai-yuk, executive secretary of the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights, said she had mixed feelings about the news. “I’ve been waiting [for today] for some 20 years. It finally came and we’re happy, but it is not the commission ... ( read original story ...)

An outspoken legal scholar won the last seat up for grabs on the governing council of the group representing Hong Kong solicitors on Thursday, scraping in with fewer votes than expected. Eric Cheung Tat-ming, a principal lecturer at the University of Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader has categorically denied ever surrendering any fugitive to mainland China, strongly objecting to the United States government’s allegation that she did so on Beijing’s orders last year. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ... ( read original story ...)

There is fake news, old news and ancient news. I guess the idea is that none of them really count as “news”. But how do we define ancient? Well, I am 52, and my children consider me ancient. Here’s a piece of ancient news. Chung Hwa Book, Joint ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Canada Goose Holdings Inc (GOOS.TO) will open its first stores in Beijing and Hong Kong, reaching directly to customers who have been buying its luxury coats online and at department stores. The company will partner with ImagineX Group ... ( read original story ...)

The recovery in Hong Kong’s tourism and shopping industries gained momentum in April, with double-digit growth in visitor numbers and retail sales. The city’s tourist arrivals rose 11 per cent for April on a year earlier, meaning a third month of large ... ( read original story ...)

The trial of a mainland Chinese woman accused of taking photographs during a Hong Kong court hearing related to the city’s 2014 pro-democracy Occupy protests began on Thursday, with two key eyewitnesses giving accounts of her actions. The two pupil ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong should consult the central government if asked to hand over a Chinese fugitive to another country, the city’s former security minister said on Thursday, in a debate over its refusal to turn over a hacker to US authorities last year. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Chinese factory activity grew at its fastest rate in eight months on stronger demand, a survey showed Thursday, in a positive sign for the world’s No. 2 economy despite trade tensions with the U.S. The official purchasing managers’ index ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Thomson Reuters Foundation ... Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. ( read original story ...)

Most US companies in Hong Kong believe there has been an erosion of the city’s “one country, two systems” form of government, a survey by one of the city’s largest business chambers revealed on Wednesday. However, while there was also a feeling ... ( read original story ...)

Three photos showing counsel and respondents in a legal case were found on the mobile phone seized from a mainland Chinese woman accused of courtroom photography, though she told a Hong Kong judge on Wednesday that Jesus believed she did not take them. ( read original story ...)

A 56-year-old woman living in public housing has become the biggest victim of online love scams in Hong Kong, losing HK$26.4 million (US$3.3 million) in just 18 months. The victim, who is a supervisor in the accounts department of a local trading company ... ( read original story ...)