The BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) may be off the agenda for Tony Cruz-trained California Whip, but jockey Neil Callan believes the four-year-old has the ability to still prove one of the best horses of his generation – albeit in shorter races. He will ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader CY Leung voted in as delegate to China’s top political advisory body
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was voted in as a delegate to Beijing’s top political advisory body on Tuesday. Of the 280 delegates from the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference’s standing committee who took part in a vote to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Vying For Advisory And Hosting Role In Aramco Listing
Hong Kong’s stock exchange is vying for a position as an advisor to the Saudi Arabian team preparing for the initial public offering of Saudi Aramco, paving the Chinese financial center’s road to become the host of the largest financial event of its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media outlet suffers 'political retaliation'
has expressed concern over claims by Sing Pao Daily News that it has suffered political retaliation since it published a series of articles attacking a top official in China and the Mainland's two chief agents in Hong Kong. On February 21, 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pins Aramco IPO hopes on China's deep pockets
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's stock exchange will bank on its role as a gateway to mainland China's deep-pocketed investors to take on other leading venues and win the coveted $100 billion listing of Saudi Arabia's giant state oil company, Aramco ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing : HKEX 2016 profit slides on weak trading volumes, cautious on outlook
Hong Kong's stock exchange operator said on Monday its 2016 net profit fell 27 percent due to a decline in fees generated by stocks and metals trading on the bourse as it struggled to match stellar volumes seen during 2015's record rally. Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Five Hong Kong think tanks make it to list of region’s top 90
Five Hong Kong think tanks have made it onto a list of the top 90 in the region compiled by a US university – two more than in the same study last year. But the highest spot occupied by one of the city’s think tanks was only 60th place, taken by Our ... ( read ...
Hong Kong newspaper Sing Pao calls police after senior employee’s home splashed with red paint
Chinese-language newspaper Sing Pao Daily News called the police on Sunday after the home ... the travel document that enables Hong Kong residents to travel to mainland China. The newspaper said late last week that it received a large number of nuisance ... ( read original story ...)
Refugees who sheltered Snowden now live in fear in Hong Kong
They kept their story secret until going public last year. Edward Snowden's Hong Kong lawyer, Robert Tibbo, who also represents the asylum seekers, told a news conference on Thursday that he has received information from "multiple sources" that members of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong family in hospital, residents evacuated after a bedtime cigarette sets off blaze
Residents of a Wong Chuk Hang block of flats were evacuated Friday morning after a man accidentally lit his own bed on fire while trying to smoke a cigarette. The 41-year-old man, his elderly parents and their domestic helper were all taken to Ruttonjee ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police hasten to contain diplomatic embarrassment over remarks comparing convicted officers to persecuted Jews
Senior Hong Kong police officers are scrambling to snuff out a growing ... A video by Chinese-language news outlet Apple Daily recorded him saying to the crowd: “It’s like we’re now in the second world war. We are Jews facing the persecution of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leadership hopefuls Lam and Tsang set to hand in nominations early next week as Ip struggles
Chief executive contenders Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and John Tsang Chun-wah are set to submit their nominations and formally become candidates in Hong Kong’s leadership race early next week, while underdog Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee vowed to fight until ... ( read original story ...)
Britain flags concern about confidence in Hong Kong's system
HONG KONG: Developments in Hong Kong have affected confidence in a system of government intended to ensure the Chinese-ruled city's autonomy, though its rule of law remained robust "despite challenges", former colonial power Britain said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
METALLICA: Video Recap Of Hong Kong Concert
A video recap of METALLICA's January 20 concert at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong can be seen below. Also available is a professionally filmed video clip of the "Atlas, Rise" performance from the same show. METALLICA has also announced the formation of its ... ( read original story ...)