Category: NEWS

Hong Kong dollar bears are down, not out. So say Credit Agricole CIB and DBS Hong Kong Ltd. after the biggest jump by the pegged currency in 19 months. The main factors weighing down the exchange rate haven’t gone away, with ample liquidity causing a ... ( read original story ...)

News of Li’s investment, via Ocean Dynasty Investments Ltd., helped send O Luxe shares surging as much as 6.1 percent to HK$1.74, the highest intraday price since June 2013. This isn’t the first time the Hong Kong tycoon, whose global business empire ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader headed a chorus of condemnation and outrage on Friday over an “extremely callous” and “cold blooded” message displayed on the Education University campus, taunting a top education official over the suicide of her eldest son. ( read original story ...)

Actor Michael Wong has been a favourite of the Hong Kong screen for more than three decades, making his debut in kung fu film Invincible Obsessed Fighters (1983) before going on to star in multiple action films, often as police officers. Born in the US to ... ( read original story ...)

Will the government’s strong condemnation lead to stronger advocacy for Hong Kong independence? The question has haunted the administration, and, to a certain extent, Beijing as well over the years. Since then, Beijing has stated its uncompromising anti ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations announced on Saturday that they had concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement and related investment pact. Asean and mainland China have had a free trade agreement in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong student leaders on Friday refused to condemn a poster taunting the city’s education undersecretary, whose son committed suicide, saying the people behind the message were exercising their freedom of speech. The stance taken by the student ... ( read original story ...)

The greenback’s slide is proving too much for even the pegged Hong Kong dollar, which is heading for its biggest two-day gain against the U.S. currency since January 2016. Hong Kong’s dollar jumped 0.07 percent to HK$7.8080 against its U.S. counterpart ... ( read original story ...)

A Maritimer living in Hong Kong recently got a taste of home after a Cape Breton radio station went the extra mile to make a special delivery to a loyal listener. Glace Bay native Carolyn Andrews has been teaching in Hong Kong for more than 20 years but ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Sept. 8, 2017 /CNW/ -- Hong Kong Airlines, an internationally acclaimed Skytrax four-star full-service airline firmly rooted in Hong Kong, is the new title sponsor of the Hong Kong Airlines Million Challenge and will partner for the next three ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is developing a new and cheaper screening method to detect Alzheimer’s disease through blood and eye imaging that could be more accessible for elderly sufferers in Hong Kong. Scientists behind the study are ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - For anyone digging into Hong Kong’s history, the official archives might not be the place to look. The office of the chief executive, Hong Kong’s leader, failed to hand over any official records at all for eight of the 20 years ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is on the verge of seeing its economy surpassed in size by the former fishing village Shenzhen, a role reversal long foreshadowed by China’s massive supply of cheap labor and subsidized capital. Shenzhen -- less than 20 miles north of central ... ( read original story ...)

The CNR broadcast includes news, culture and lifestyle programming mostly in Mandarin -- the language most commonly spoken in mainland China. Only some of its content is in Cantonese, which is the dominant language of Hong Kong, leading to criticism that ... ( read original story ...)