The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has said it will start laying the foundation to implement a retail central bank digital currency in a report published on Friday. Although it had been looking ...
Travel to Hong Kong Is Back — Here’s What It’s Like to Visit and What to See and Do
After three years of near-total closure, Hong Kong is finally back on the tourist map. One travel reporter returns to the city to determine what’s changed — and what’s better than ever.
Giant inflatable ducks make a splash in Hong Kong as pop-art project returns after 10 years
Two giant inflatable ducks are making a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, in the return of a pop-art project that sparked a frenzy in the city a decade ago. The two 18-meter-tall yellow ducks by ...
China Critics to Blinken: Disinvite Hong Kong From APEC
The Biden administration is under increasing bipartisan pressure from Congress to consistently punish Hong Kong’s leaders for following Beijing’s orders in their continued crackdown on pro-democracy ...
Two giant rubber ducks make a splash in Hong Kong
STORY: Stationed near Hong Kong's central district and Tamar Park, the ducks swam across Victoria Harbour to the delight of dozens of bystanders.Hong Kong-based creative studio AllRightsReserved (ARR) ...
Bulletproof-Coffee Company Star Plus Legend Postpones Hong Kong IPO
Star Plus Legend Holdings, which makes a type of diet coffee, said it is postponing its Hong Kong initial public offering, a week after the company launched its deal.
Hongkong Land says to open 10 retail developments in 5 yrs in China
adding the new developments will add 280,000 square meters of retail floor space to its China portfolio Hongkong Land also said it will complete the $8 billion West Bund Financial Hub development in ...
Hong Kong refuses to clarify law as uncertainty dims business hub
Officials are refusing to clarify what activities are legal, reflecting era of uncertainty under national security law.
A decade on, giant duck brings a friend home to roost in Hong Kong
Ten years after a giant inflatable yellow duck captivated crowds in Hong Kong, the art installation returned to the city's Victoria Harbour on Friday as a double-bill exhibition.Setting sail in front ...
Hang Seng Bank to launch RMB counter on 19 June
The bank’s shares will be designated as dual counter securities by the stock exchange. Hang Seng Bank is launching a renminbi (RMB) counter for trading the shares of the bank, beginning 19 June. The ...
What this playful photo reveals about Hong Kong’s infamous ‘Walled City’
Searching for a moment of respite from the heat and chaos below in Hong Kong’s infamous Kowloon Walled City, photographer Greg Girard found himself on the roof of one of the enclave’s many ...
How this Hong Kong-based incubator is fostering a new gen of deeptech startups in M’sia
This is a sponsored article with City University of Hong Kong.] It’s no secret that tech startups need a conducive, well-equipped space, as well as various support to conduct their high-tech R&D.
Sustainable sneaker start-up Kibo sees increased appetite in Hong Kong for shoes made from apple waste, eyes overseas growth
Hong Kong sustainable sneaker start-up Kibo, which makes shoes from apple waste and other recycled materials such as plastic bottles sourced from mainland China, almost doubled its sales in the ...
HKUST professor and VC of $12 billion startups, appointed as visiting distinguished professor at KAUST
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 9 June 2023 - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's (HKUST) Professor of Electrical Computer and Engineering, Zexiang Li has ...