Almost from the moment he took office as chair of the Hong Kong Bar Association this year, British barrister Paul Harris was a marked man in Beijing. Officials attacked him as “anti-China” for ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong fitness chain blames ‘unrealistic rent’, social-distancing toll in closing last branches
Goji Studios had eight outlets before its Whampoa branch became the first to close amid the Covid-19 pandemic in September 2020; it was unable to strike a deal on rent with its remaining landlords. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market May See Additional Support
Ahead of Monday's holiday for Christmas, the The Hong Kong stock market had finished higher in four straight sessions, advancing more than 470 points or 2 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents lose HK$726 million in 2021 to phone scammers pretending to be mainland Chinese officials
Newly arrived mainland Chinese students were tricked by scammers accusing them of breaking the law across the border, while locals were targeted by fraudsters claiming ‘discrepancies’ in personal ... ( read original story ...)
HK’s confident of staying as a major global financial hub
Hong Kong has just regained the third spot in the latest Global Financial Centres Index published by London-based Z/Yen Group in September. Earlier, the Canada-based Fraser Institute again ranked Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bourse counts on listing reforms to boost market in coming year after decline in IPO fundraising in 2021
Effective January 1, HKEX will allow SPACs, widen the pool of overseas companies that qualify for listing, and increase the profit threshold for new listings CEO Nicolas Aguzin promised to promote ... ( read original story ...)
Surprise New Rules Could Bring More SPACs to Hong Kong Exchange
Hi, it’s Manuel here in Hong Kong. Hope everyone had a nice holiday break. I’m taking a look at new rules that will allow SPACs to come to Hong Kong, as well as a further crackdown on IPOs in ... ( read original story ...)
Additional memorials to Tiananmen Square massacre removed in Hong Kong
Universities in Hong Kong are removing memorials to the bloody suppression of the 1989 Chinese pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is clinging to ‘zero COVID’ and an extreme quarantine. Talent is leaving in droves.
The resultant brain drain is altering the face of the financial hub, which some Western companies now consider a hardship post, as fewer people are willing to take the places of those leaving. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong business environment to benefit under patriots administering HK
The business environment in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region HKSAR will continue improving as long as patriots adminis ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize 1.27 tons of ketamine in bust
Police in Hong Kong made their largest ketamine bust to date, seizing 1.27 tons of the drug and arresting four in relation to its distribution. ( read original story ...)
Here’s how Hong Kong spreads joy over the Christmas season
Town is designed after the fantasy town of Colmar, France, which also inspired Howl’s Moving Castle, a world-acclaimed animated picture directed by Hayao Miyazaki. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities ‘pressured’ into removing Tiananmen Square monuments
Students at a Hong Kong university have accused the pro-Chinese government of trying to “wash away history” by removing monuments commemorating the 1989 Tiananm ... ( read original story ...)
Maintaining stability, improving livelihoods should take precedence over democratic development in Hong Kong, think tank leader says
Tsinghua University law professor Wang Zhenmin says resources should be used to develop the economy and improve people’s livelihoods after recent political upheavals. ( read original story ...)