Financial Secretary Paul Chan will also renew consumption voucher scheme and hand out more sweeteners, especially for struggling businesses. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares begin with gains
Hong Kong opened slightly higher on Wednesday morning following a three-day sell-off but investors are keeping a nervous eye on events in eastern Euro ... ( read original story ...)
Why HTC Invested In A Hong Kong Events Platform Startup In The Middle Of The Pandemic
When EventX, a fast-growing Hong Kong startup, raised $10 million in Series B financing last year, the funding round was led by two investors. One was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Lawmaker Calls for a Full Lockdown to Spare Business
Hong Kong should impose a strict, city-wide lockdown for nine days to rein in its snowballing Covid-19 outbreak rather than prolong social-distancing restrictions that are strangling business, ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong companies on edge of collapse wonder how they will survive 2-month extension of social-distancing curbs
More small and medium-sized firms will be forced to close down as they have no hope of doing business, warns Hong Kong chamber chief 'Just like that, we've been asked to stop business for four months, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: What went wrong with its Covid plan?
All were suspected or confirmed Covid cases waiting to be admitted. "It felt like we were in a wartime refugee camp. It was depressing. We were tearful, but there was no more space in the ward. They ... ( read original story ...)
Exiled Artists Launch Hong Kong Film Festival in the U.K.
Hong Kong protest films “Revolution of Our Times” and “May You Stay Forever Young” will have their British premiere in March at a new film festival organized by artists and culture sector workers ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong’s All-Out Fight Against Covid, Singapore Is Winning
In pursuit of a tough Covid Zero strategy to fight its worst ever coronavirus outbreak, Hong Kong is ceding ground to Singapore, a rival Asian financial and transport hub that’s been easing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to enforce mass COVID testing amid surge
Stringent coronavirus rules would be in place until mid-April with schools breaking early for summer and resuming the new year in August, she said, as authorities battle an "exponential" rise in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Shut Schools to Fight Omicron; Foreigners Rush to Leave
A surge in cases has overwhelmed hospitals and threatens business confidence in the global financial hub. Photo: Bertha Wang/Bloomberg HONG KONG—Within hours of the city’s top official saying late ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong announces mandatory Covid testing as city reels from surging cases
Hong Kong announced on Tuesday that all residents would have to undergo mandatory Covid-19 testing from next month, as the city reels from China’s worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s fourth-quarter profit triples as it benefits from commercial lending, global trade financing
HSBC, the biggest of Hong Kong’s three currency-issuing banks, said its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled as it benefited from gains in its commercial lending and global trade financing. The ... ( read original story ...)
JPMorgan’s Holsheimer to Leave Hong Kong -Memo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - One of JPMorgan's most senior Asia Pacific equities bankers, Ryan Holsheimer, is leaving the bank and Hong Kong to return to Australia, according to a memo seen by Reuters. ( read original story ...)
HSBC: Hong Kong Covid-19 restrictions hit staff retention and hiring climate
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 crackdown may hurt staff retention and the ability to hire more employees, HSBC has said. The city has maintained Beijing’s tough ‘zero-Covid’ stance on the virus, despite cases ... ( read original story ...)