Beijing has laid down three “red lines” for the top US diplomat in Hong Kong, saying recent comments by the consul general constituted interference.Most Read from BloombergApple Makes Major Progress o ...
January price index of Hong Kong’s lived-in homes marks surprise uptick as influx of investors rekindles transactions
The index of second-hand homes rose 2 points, or by 0.6 per cent, to 336.1 in January, according to the Rating and Valuation Department The unexpected rise was the benchmark's biggest monthly increase ...
Commentary: Hong Kong property – when a penthouse is next to public housing
Hong Kong may be one of the world's most expensive cities, but plans to build more affordable homes have drawn howls of protests from some of its wealthiest residents, says Bloomberg Opinion's Shuli ...
Hong Kong home prices end seven-month decline with 0.6% rise in January
Hong Kong private home prices edged up 0.6% in January from December, the first increase in seven months, official data showed on Friday, as reopening of the border with mainland China and ...
No more masks by April? Hong Kong finance chief raises hopes by saying city will drop unpopular Covid rule by ‘end of season’
Financial Secretary Paul Chan takes questions on radio programme, but most callers focused on mask mandate instead of overall budget blueprint He admits similar views were raised during consultations ...
Climate change: why Hong Kong needs to do more to help green-tech start-ups with carbon-reduction certification
Hong Kong needs to fill a void in services like certifying carbon-emission reduction benefits of new applications, says founder of green-tech start-up Achelous Achelous has developed a prototype based ...
Listening to Hong Kong: China surveillance like law forces real-identity registration for all cell phone use
All SIM cards in the Hong Kong have to be real-name registered. Phone numbers not linked to a person's identity will be deactivated. This is the latest attempt by the Chinese mainland to tighten its ...
Hong Kong Budget: Finance chief says he will ‘not be intimidated’ as lawmaker slams ‘zero cents’ for poverty alleviation
Hong Kong’s finance minister has defended his latest budget after a lawmaker accused him of allocating “zero cents” for alleviating poverty in the city. Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Thursday ...
HKEX posts its best fourth quarter as Hong Kong’s post-Covid bounce puts a cushion under bourse operator’s 2022 profit slump
Even Saudi Aramco, which holds the record for the world’s largest IPO, is being wooed for a secondary offer in Hong Kong, following a February 7 accord between HKEX and Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul exchange ...
Hong Kong to Consider Allowing Stock Trading During Severe Weather
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. is exploring arrangements to continue trading under severe weather in a bid to facilitate investor transactions amid wider trends of remote working in the finance ...
Hong Kong Exchange Reports IPO Drought In 2022 As Profits Slide
At the start of last year, vast swathes of Hong Kong's economy shut down as the highly transmissible Omicron variant fuelled the city's worst-ever coronavirus outbreak. The economic environment was ...
Hong Kong stock exchange operator reports first profit slide in 6 years as IPOs dried up and trading dwindled in 2022
The bourse operator posted a 20 per cent decrease in net profit to HK$10.08 billion (US$1.28 billion) for 2022 In 2022, the average daily turnover of Hong Kong stocks shrank 25 per cent to HK$124.9 ...
Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan eyes greater LPGA Tour success after HSBC Women’s World Championship invite
On the back of her most successful season on the LPGA Tour, Tiffany Chan eyes greater success, starting with next week’s HSBC Women’s World Championship.
Hong Kong stocks slump as Chinese tech giants step up rivalries, HSBC in focus as market await corporate earnings boost
Stiffer competition among Chinese tech giants could put margins under pressure. Reports in the past quarter have been ‘soft’ with earnings inflection point likely only from this quarter, Goldman Sachs ...