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 ...)
Hong Kong logs 9 new imported COVID-19 cases
Hong Kong Center for Health Protection CHP on Monday reported nine new imported cases of COVID-19 taking the total tally of confirmed cases to 12598 medi ... ( read original story ...)
Cathay Pacific suffers pilot exodus amid Hong Kong’s ‘permanent quarantine’
Cathay has been operating with passenger capacity at 93% below pre-pandemic levels as a result of Hong Kong’s zero-Covid-19 policy ... ( read original story ...)
Can Hong Kong be a global springboard for ‘new generation’ of wines from mainland China?
A growing number of boutique vineyards in mainland China are poised for take-off, and a leading Hong Kong trader has said he believes the city can help introduce their offerings to the world. Paulo ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A Forum Zhihu Denies Reports of Hong Kong IPO
What’s new: Zhihu Inc., the Chinese question-and-answer forum, denied media reports that it was about to undertake a secondary listing in Hong Kong, saying the company had not heard the news. Citing ... ( read original story ...)