HONG KONG, May 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's stock exchange operator will partner with Euroclear, Europe's largest settlement house for securities, on new arrangements to help bring European Exchange ... ( read original story ...)
Top Hong Kong officials shoot down proposals to change controversial extradition bill
Hong Kong’s security and legal ministers shot down counterproposals to the government’s controversial extradition bill on Tuesday, saying they were “impracticable” and could not help with transferring ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces for turbulence amid ugly turn in US-China trade war as Donald Trump raises tariffs on Chinese exports
Lin said the 25 per cent tariffs were too big for Hong Kong factories across the border to swallow, and that this was against Trump’s claim that “tariffs paid to the US have little impact on product ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s What We Think About Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited’s (HKG:423) CEO Pay
Help shape the future of investing tools and you could win a $250 gift card! Lawrence Fung is the CEO of Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited (HKG:423). This analysis aims first to contrast ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong graduates of mainland universities are flocking to the Greater Bay Area – with 60 per cent working there or planning to
A survey has found that 60 per cent of Hong Kong graduates of mainland universities were either already working in the Greater Bay Area – or intend to – even though salaries on the mainland are about ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Best Stock Market Rally Since 2015 Is Under Threat
Hong Kong stocks’ best start to a year since 2015 may be put to ... a strategist at CMB International Securities Ltd. "Unless we get surprisingly good news from trade talks, the index doesn’t have ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Canadians say changes allowing extradition to China a ‘knife hanging over their heads’
If a journalist produces something that the subject disagrees with, they could be accused of producing false news or other crimes in China. He said the law could also impact anyone who visits Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Economy Grew Slower Than Expected in First Quarter
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s economy expanded at the weakest pace since the aftermath of the global financial crisis a decade ago, as a fragile global outlook and the U.S.-China trade war dampened ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks climb on optimism over Sino-U.S. trade deal
HONG KONG, May 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks gained on Thursday as investors welcomed signs that negotiations to resolve the U.S.-China trade row were moving to higher levels. ** As of midday break, ... ( read original story ...)
Talent at News Awards
The Newspaper Society presented its 2018 Hong Kong News Awards this week.Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung officiated, in keeping with the custom of having the chief executive and the chief ... ( read original story ...)
30 Years After Tiananmen: Hong Kong Remembers
On January 16, 2013, I published an article in the daily Hong Kong Economic Journal arguing that if Hong Kong people wanted democracy, they should make civil disobedience their means to this end. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Interbank Rates Seen Staying Elevated, Buoying Dollar
Hong Kong borrowing costs are expected to remain stubbornly high over the rest of the quarter, supporting the local currency. That’s according to Carie Li, an economist at OCBC Wing Hang Bank Ltd., ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Newest Luxury Hotel Has an 80-foot Outdoor Pool and a Museum-worthy Art Collection
But Hong Kong’s just-opened Rosewood hotel has managed to do just that. The towering property is raising the city's luxury ante with its museum-worthy art collection, spare-no-expense interiors, and ... ( read original story ...)
Average four-bedroom house for sale in Kowloon, Hong Kong, for $92m
Hong Kong continues to be the most expensive place in the world to buy a house, with yet another standard listing going to market for a thoroughly non-standard price. The property at 5 Cassia Road in ... ( read original story ...)