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Alibaba, Nio Soar Over 7%: Powell’s Speech Fires Up Hang Seng After Strong Wall Street Close
Hong Kong stocks soared on Thursday with the benchmark Hang Seng opening 2.47% higher following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech that indicated the central bank may slow the pace of rate ...
HSBC names new marketing head for wealth and personal banking
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates in the marketing and advertising scene. HSBC has appointed Cheuk Shum (pictured) as new head of marketing for wealth and personal banking.
Tributes to ex-China leader Jiang Zemin at half-mast flags in Hong Kong, as gov’t websites go monochrome
Hong Kong government websites and social media pages have turned monochrome to mourn the death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. © Hong Kong Free Pre ...
Hong Kong court delays media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
The government sought the delay to prevent Lai's British lawyer from representing him during the trial. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hong Kong’s courts in firing line as Beijing rewrites rules
The case against Jimmy Lai has exposed tensions between the city’s common law system and Beijing’s tightening control.
Hong Kong publisher’s national security trial postponed
The trial of a Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested in a crackdown on a pro-democracy movement was postponed Thursday after the territory's leader asked China to effectively block him from ...
Chinese students and young workers look to Hong Kong for a better future
Kivi is part of what university officials and immigration specialists say is a growing trend of mainland Chinese students and young workers moving to the former British colony. Academics and students ...
Hong Kong court adjourns trial of tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai
A Hong Kong court on Thursday adjourned to Dec. 13 the high-profile trial of tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai, who is charged with two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or ...
Tech start-ups shun Singapore and Hong Kong for US Spacs
Singapore and Hong Kong start-ups are sidestepping their home stock exchanges to merge with s (Spacs) in the US, as fundraising vehicles in the Asian financial hubs have yielded little on their exit ...
Hong Kong stocks surge more than 3% at open
Hong Kong stocks rallied more than three percent at the open on Thursday, extending the previous two days' big gains, after Federal Reserve chief ...
Man, 25, arrested for allegedly killing mother in Hong Kong public housing flat
Nurse attending to 25-year-old man called authorities after no one answered door when she visited flat Hong Kong police have arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly killed his mother at a public ...
Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher faces possible life in prison in Security Law trial
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai broke into the media industry with the belief that delivering information equates with delivering freedom.
HSBC to shut down 114 branches in UK from April as people shift to online banking since pandemic
With people changing their preferences for using a bank, several bank branches have few customers using them. The drastic fall in the number of customers for physical banking has forced Hongkong and ...