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Chinese cities add millionaires at fastest pace globally as Hong Kong falls behind Singapore
Mainland Chinese cities post the fastest growth in millionaire population globally as Hong Kong registers a contraction, falling behind rival Singapore.
New box jellyfish species found in Hong Kong’s waters -study
A Hong Kong university team said it has discovered a new species of box jellyfish in the city's Mai Po Nature Reserve, the first discovery of the venomous species in China's waters.
Hong Kong leader vows to crack down on ‘hostile forces’ as Beijing official concludes visit
Hong Kong should never forget the “alarm bell” of the 2019 anti-extradition bill unrest and the harm it brought to the city, Chief Executive John Lee has said as he vowed to crack down on “hostile and ...
Billionaire Li Ka-Shing Backs Biocomputing Startup That Takes On AI With Lab-Grown Brain Cells
Cortical Labs, an Australian startup developing a new type of artificial intelligence that combines lab-grown human brain cells with computer chips, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by ...
Australia and Singapore AI startup Cortical Labs raises $10m
Australia- and Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup Cortical Labs has closed a $10 million funding round led by Horizons Ventures, a Hong Kong-based private venture capital company owned by ...
Hong Kong Is Vying To Be The Next Crypto Hub
Hong Kong has historically provided fertile soil to grow financial institutions. Can it also make magic for crypto firms?
Hong Kong Interbank Liquidity Shrinks Toward Lowest Since 2008
Hong Kong’s interbank liquidity is falling toward its lowest level since the global financial crisis, as a wide gap between local and US interest rates forces the Asian financial hub to use frequent ...
Hong Kong leader rejects calls to drop property cooling measures
Plea from real estate developer group rebuffed as Chief Executive John Lee says measures introduced to discourage property speculation ‘still applicable’.
Ping An calls for HSBC to separately list Asian arm in Hong Kong as it continues to push for restructuring
HSBC's biggest shareholder calls for the bank to remain a majority shareholder of a separately-listed Asia business Ping An has been calling in the past year for HSBC to consider changes to enhance ...
HSBC’s top shareholder calls for breakup, expressing ‘deep concern’
HSBC’s biggest shareholder called on the bank to create a separately listed Asian business headquartered in Hong Kong to fix what it sees as a lack of competitiveness. “It is necessary for HSBC to ...
Hong Kong’s property market to show ‘obvious’ improvements in September amid slow recovery, association head says
Government should scrap market cooling measures as they 'prevent earth from spinning', says Stewart Leung from Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee dismisses ...
Ping An raises pressure on HSBC to split off Asian business
Michael Huang, chair of Ping An Asset Management, said in a statement on Tuesday that although a split would involve initial costs, these should be “open-mindedly weighed against the benefits”. He ...
HSBC top shareholder renews call for breaking up of bank
HONG KONG, April 18 (Reuters) - Top shareholder of HSBC (HSBA.L) renewed its call for breaking up of the Asia-focused bank on Tuesday, saying the lender has failed to address key business model ...