Category: NEWS

Two workers have plunged about 20 floors to their deaths while working on a gondola at a high-rise residential block in Hong Kong’s upscale Mid-Levels neighbourhood. The gondola, which had broken into ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong saw Covid-19 infections detected among overseas travelers jump to a pandemic record after an easing of border restrictions led to a surge in international flights. ( read original story ...)

President Xi Jinping said people in Hong Kong and on the mainland should develop “a closer emotional bond,” comments that come before the Chinese leader’s potential visit to the city. ( read original story ...)

Legal scholar Surabhi Chopra says research efforts showed public information on immigration detainees was harder to find than data for prisoners. ( read original story ...)

In an increasingly competitive online banking market, Hong Kong's Livi Bank is making its presence felt through deferred services that feature quick borrower screening and collaboration with ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks plunged at the open Monday after data showing a forecast-busting jump in US inflation last month fanned bets on a sharper pace of ... ( read original story ...)

ManuGlobal Saveris designed to help people achieve financial freedom and reach their wealth goals,. A survey commissioned by DBS and Manulife finds that only 32 percent of Hong Kong couples have ... ( read original story ...)

Photographer Steven Knipp has withdrawn a photo donated to Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC), saying the club has failed to stand up for press freedom. In an email seen by HKFP last week, ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, sinking more than 200 points or 0.9 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now rests just above the 21,800-point plateau and it ... ( read original story ...)

The HKMA sits on the world's seventh-largest foreign-currency reserves, a financial war chest that quintupled over 25 years to US$460 billion at the end of May The stock market's value grew eightfold ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (OTCMKTS:HKXCY – Get Rating) was the target of a large growth in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 99,400 shares, a ... ( read original story ...)

Bloomberg Hong Kong on Sunday reported more than 800 new Covid infections for the second straight day, and authorities warned that numbers co ... ( read original story ...)

Force says four men jointly charged with one count of attempted wounding with intent, suspects each facing one count of possessing offensive weapons. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said Sunday that the COVID-19 virus continues to be detected in sewage samples from different areas in Hong Kong, indicating that ... ( read original story ...)