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With billions of dollars in corporate memberships at stake, the elite 129-year-old Hong Kong Golf Club, one of Asia’s oldest, told the Pos t it would stand firm against any plan that would see part or all of the historic site razed for building homes to ... ( read original story ...)

Companies at two major Hong Kong technology parks will be able to hire IT experts from outside the city and have them working within four weeks under a new government fast-track immigration initiative to attract talent. More than 700 tenants and incubatees ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports rebounded last month from a brief downturn while its politically sensitive trade surplus with the United States expanded, according to official data released Tuesday. Customs data showed that exports jumped 21.5 percent ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has some of the busiest air routes in the world, a report has found – just don’t expect to get a budget flight to or from the city, unlike elsewhere in the region where low-cost travel is booming. Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA ... ( read original story ...)

A surgeon who left a patient open on an operating table last year while he worked at a different hospital will reportedly take up a job at a mainland Chinese hospital affiliated with a Hong Kong university, despite the school’s medical faculty not ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Chinese technology company ZTE says it has applied to the U.S. Commerce Department asking it to suspend a seven-year ban on it doing business with U.S. technology exporters. The company said in a statement late Sunday that it had “formally ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Most Asian stock markets started the week higher on Monday following strong gains on Wall Street after the U.S. jobless rate hit an 18-year low, helping investors overlook unresolved trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. ( read original story ...)

A surgeon who left a patient open on an operating table last year while he worked at a different hospital will reportedly take up a job at a mainland Chinese hospital affiliated with a Hong Kong university, despite the school’s medical faculty not ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG—A gadget maker. An online delivery service. And the electronic payment company owned by the tech giant Alibaba. These are among a spate of Chinese companies expected to open their doors to ordinary investors in Hong Kong over the next year ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Global bank HSBC said Friday it’s launching its latest multibillion-dollar share buyback, as it released its first quarterly earnings report under its new chief executive, John Flint. The bank said that the buyback of up to $2 billion in ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend did not tell his later partner about the killing until she had given birth to his son, a court heard on Thursday. That revelation at the High Court, from the accused Oscar Mok Chun-yin, prompted ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader on Thursday dismissed a controversy over the use of Mandarin in public schools and whether Cantonese could be considered the city’s mother tongue as a “non-issue”, telling legislators her administration had no plan to change its ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi filed documents Thursday with Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator for an initial public offering that could be the world’s biggest share sale in years. Beijing-based Xiaomi is the world’s fourth biggest ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday as investors analyzed ... they’re overly concerned that inflation will overshoot that. “With much of the good news in the equity world currently factored in, investors are left mulling over the ... ( read original story ...)