The card offers up to 10% cash rebate and Pay Later options. Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) has teamed up with Mastercard to launch the BOC Chill Card, an eco-friendy credit card aimed at young ... ( read original story ...)
(HKSAR 25) “One country, two systems” crucial to future of Hong Kong’s financial sector, says HKEX CEO
Aerial photo taken on May 29, 2022, shows a view of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) in south China's Hong Kong. (Xinhua/Li Gang) The practice of "one country, two systems" has created a unique ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon May Be Forming Ahead of Hong Kong Handover Anniversary
Chinese weather forecasters warned on Wednesday that the first typhoon of the summer appeared to be forming, bringing rain and unsettled weather to southern China, ahead of the 25th anniversary of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong in limbo 25 years after British handover to China
When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong economy faces uncertain future 25 years after handover
When Hong Kong transitioned from British to Chinese rule, Edmond Hui was a floor trader at the bustling stock exchange, witnessing the roaring growth of a city at the crossroads of the West and Asia. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong elite descends on Tokyo for bargain property buys
Investors join luxury real estate tours as yen hits record lows and Bank of Japan sticks to ultra-loose policies ... ( read original story ...)
Why business is not giving up on Hong Kong
On a cloudy June day, the Jumbo Floating Restaurant was towed out of Hong Kong's Aberdeen harbour. The giant six-storey structure - in the shape of a Chinese imperial palace - crept past yachts a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Why business is not giving up on the Asian financial hub
The mega restaurant, which could house 2,300 diners at a time, had spent nearly a half a century in Hong Kong's waters. It drew visitors like the Queen, Richard Branson and Tom Cruise, and featured in ... ( read original story ...)
China and Hong Kong: The UK Hongkongers living with handover’s legacy
Hong Kong, a former British colony, was handed back to China as a special administrative region (SAR). The island, both sides agreed, would continue to enjoy a high degree of autonomy until 2047 when ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong was a Rolls-Royce. China just had to turn the ignition
Twenty-five years since the city passed from British to Chinese rule, its last British governor Chris Pattens says Beijing did not keep its word. Chris Patten does not mince his words about the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s homebuyers snap up Grand Jete’s new flats in Tuen Mun to get ahead of rising mortgage rates
Hong Kong’s biggest mortgage lenders kept their prime rates unchanged immediately after the monetary authority’s June 16 move, giving homebuyers the opening to get ahead of higher borrowing costs. ( read original story ...)
New issuers line up for Hong Kong IPOs
Five Chinese companies took their Hong Kong IPO plans to the next step this week despite a difficult market environment. Weilong Delicious Global Holdings and Miniso Group have passed their listing ... ( read original story ...)
Talent drain: Could Hong Kong shift from a financial to tech giant?
Hong Kong’s status as a global business center is waning and some say a transformation is due. Last year, 90,000 people left Hong Kong and during the second wave of COVID this year, more than 100,000 ... ( read original story ...)
How the world’s ‘most high-profile kleptocracy case’ didn’t stop the sale of this Hong Kong penthouse
A penthouse in one of Hong Kong’s swankiest property developments sold for $36.5-million to a company linked to Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the late Uzbekistan dictator Islam Karimov – bringing to l ... ( read original story ...)