Chinese banks cut the five-year loan prime rate (LPR), a reference for mortgage rates, to 4.45 per cent from 4.6 per cent. ( read original story ...)
More than 130 kittens, puppies confiscated in Hong Kong’s largest seizure of smuggled pets
The animals were handed over to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. ( read original story ...)
As Singapore and Hong Kong residents grapple with inflation and rising interest rates, is it better to rent or buy?
If you’re already struggling to pay today’s mortgage rates, it may be wiser to hold off your purchase until you are in a stronger financial position. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Dollar Traders Brace for Rate Spike Amid Intervention
Hong Kong dollar traders are girding for tighter liquidity in the banking system as the city’s de facto central bank drains cash to maintain the currency’s peg to the greenback. ( read original story ...)
CEO of Hong Kong testing company Prenetics looks beyond COVID
Hong Kong biotech start up Prenetics anticipates its covid-related business to be slashed after covid testing made up three quarters of its revenue last year, the company's CEO said on Thursday after ... ( read original story ...)
‘The King of Kowloon’, Hong Kong’s disobedient graffiti artist, gets a revival
Tsang Tsou Choi, who covered the city in rambling tales of resistance to authority, is being feted at Art Basel Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Blindspot Gallery continues to break new ground
When Mimi Chun started a gallery in Hong Kong in 2010, she gave it a name that directly addressed what she was trying to tackle. She had studied photography and film, but found vanishingly few ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong exotic animals trade cries out for action
Huge volume of city deals not only increases extinction threat to rare species, but also risks importing pathogens lethal to local wildlife and potentially dangerous to health Hong Kong values its ... ( read original story ...)
Evergrande’s Hong Kong Buyers Panic as It Halts Risky Lending
Now Mok’s suffering from the fallout of Evergrande’s debt crisis. With the cash-strapped company no longer willing to provide financing, her family can’t find a bank for a mortgage. They might lose ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: unvaccinated students allowed to attend graduation events in policy U-turn by education authorities
Education Bureau revises health guidelines for campuses, says all students, from kindergartens to secondary schools, will be able to attend their graduation ceremonies. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong considers blocking Telegram, according to local paper
Local reports from Hong Kong suggest that the city maybe planning to block access to messaging service Telegram. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Feb-Apr unemployment jumps to 5.4%
Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped to 5.4 per cent in the February-April quarter, the government said on Thursday, the highest since April-June quarter in 2021 as the labour ... ( read original story ...)
Vanishing Hong Kong: ‘I knew I was crossing a line but I didn’t care’
Louisa Lim’s book ‘Indelible City’ is a deeply personal account of Hong Kong’s complicated past and its transformation from a thriving financial hub to a security state. ( read original story ...)
The Latest Arrests of Pro-Democracy Leaders in Hong Kong Lend Urgency to Extending Refugee Status to Persecuted Hong Kongers
More bad news out of Hong Kong: more pro-democracy leaders have been arrested—including, astoundingly, a 90-year-old renowned Catholic cardinal, Joseph Zen. These arrests, coming on the heels of the ... ( read original story ...)