Highlighted academic excellence and learning opportunities from eight leading government-funded universities in Hong Kong. Aimed to foster global collaborations and nurture future leaders across Asia ...
Hong Kong: European Parliament denounces obstructions to Jimmy Lai’s trial monitoring
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) commends a resolution adopted by the European Parliament that denounces the obstruction of an RSF representative to trial monitoring and urges the Hong Kong government ...
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closes 0.48 pct higher
HONG KONG, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's stock market ended mixed on Thursday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.48 percent to close at 17,284.54 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 0.33 percent to end at 6,120.37 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index dropped by 0.54 percent to close at ...
Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 Is Officially Released in Hong Kong, with Six Highlights Inspiring a Leap to Cloud
At Huawei Cloud Summit 2024 in Hong Kong, Hu Yuhai, Vice President of Huawei Hybrid Cloud, announced the release of Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 in Hong Kong. Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 provides more than 110 on-premises cloud services and six highlights,
A Hong Kong Facebook group on shop closure strives to survive allegations of inciting discontent
Several pro-establishment commentators and outlets claimed that the page had been hijacked by the “yellow clan” (pro-democracy) and a newspaper columnist warned that it might “incite” discontent again ...
Hong Kong stock exchange operator names Carlson Tong as new chairman
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced on Wednesday that Carlson Tong Ka-shing will become its new chairman with immediate effect, serving the same term as the director of HKEX. Tong was appointed chairman during HKEX's 2024 annual ...
Hong Kong’s role in China’s cross-border data flow regime ‘limited’ despite relaxed rules, lawyers say
Hong Kong does not play a major role in China's cross-border data flow even under the newly relaxed rules, said Gordon Milner, a partner at law firm Morrison & Foerster Firms looking to export data from the mainland to Hong Kong will need to go through the same compliance steps required for sending data elsewhere ...
Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Get Official Approval in Hong Kong; ‘Potential Fee War’ Unfolding, Says Analyst
James Seyffart, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, noted a "potential fee war" unfolding between issuers, with Harvest waiving all fees for the first six months. After the initial period, it will charge 0.3% for both its spot BTC and ETH funds, undercutting the Bosera-HashKey funds' 0.6% and ChinaAMC's 0.99% management fees.
Hong Kong: Marquee Port in Asia
After reopening its borders in early 2023, Hong Kong is steadily recovering its prominent position in the cruise market in Asia. Considered a major hub for c
136 family offices eyeing setting up or expanding operations in Hong Kong: treasury chief
Treasury chief Christopher Hui says figure includes 82 family offices based on mainland, 27 from Europe and nine located in the Middle East.
2 members of thwarted Hong Kong bomb plot stole chemicals from university laboratory to make explosives, court hears
Theft was part of wider plan to detonate two bombs in Wan Chai on December 8, 2019, during lawful protest, prosecution says.
Hong Kong Approves Crypto ETFs With a Key Difference
Hong Kong's latest milestone in fashioning itself to be Asia's premier market for cryptocurrencies has the support of a group of unlikely supporters—traditional fund houses from mainland China, where ...
Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel for Hong Kong?
Hong Kong’s stock market used to be the world’s top equity fundraising venue. Not anymore: In the number one spot as recently as 2019, it didn’t even break the top five in 2023 according to Dealogic.
Hong Kong lawmakers urge authorities to boost overseas confidence in city as they review budget
Lawmakers have urged the government to increase overseas confidence in Hong Kong in response to “smears” from foreign critics, as well as calling for it to step up explanation efforts for the city’s ...