A huge video screen suspended over a stage fell on members of a Hong Kong singing and dancing boyband Mirror during a pop concert. A viral video on Twitter captures the terrifying moment the screen ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC urged to appoint shareholder Ping An to its board
A Hong Kong politician has urged HSBC spin off its Asia business and appoint representatives of Chinese insurer Ping An to its board, as the global lender prepares to meet with Hong Kong shareholders ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC bosses ‘in denial’ over China’s resolve to split off Asian arm
Executives at the lender are understood to believe that a separation would be costly and disrupt its international trade business. ( read original story ...)
Organisers of coming shows in Hong Kong face temporary ban on large stage sets
Concert organisers may be barred from installing large stage sets for coming shows until the full completion of a probe into a shocking accident involving boy band Mirror, the city's culture minister ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong still has work to do on engaging ethnic minority groups
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) this year launched the Professional Traineeship Programme for the Ethnic Minorities to subsidise NGOs and business partners to hire minority youth as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s urban renewal chief rejects calls to help Housing Authority develop public flats
Wai Chi-sing, managing director of Urban Renewal Authority, says it is financially ‘unfeasible’ for the profit-driven statutory body to develop public housing. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s urban renewal chief rejects calls to help Housing Authority develop public living spaces
Wai Chi-sing, managing director of Urban Renewal Authority, says it is financially ‘unfeasible’ for profit-driven statutory body to develop public housing. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residential sales drop 22.2% to 4,826 units in June
There were 1,382 primary sales during the month. Sales activity in Hong Kong’s residential market slowed down in June. Knight Frank reveals there were a total of 4,826 transactions recorded, dropping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s finance chief warned the city to prepare for a geopolitical “worst-case scenario”
The city's finance chief has issued a warning that Hong Kong must be fully prepared for the worst of upcoming geopolitical te..|News Track ... ( read original story ...)
UN human rights watchdog urges Hong Kong to take ‘concrete steps’ to repeal national security law; govt slams ‘unfair’ criticism
A UN watchdog has urged Hong Kong to “take concrete steps” to repeal the Beijing-decreed national security law as it is threatening civil rights protected by an international covenant, a criticism the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng drops more than 2% with tech stocks under pressure; yen strengthens
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell more than 2% on Friday as tech stocks came under pressure. Hang Seng heavyweights Alibaba and Meituan dropped more than 5% each. Thailand's market is closed for a ... ( read original story ...)
Will sharp rises in interest rates diminish Hong Kong’s love affair with property?
Housing prices in the city have risen in three of the past five rate-rising cycles since 1993, according to JPMorgan Concerns about the city's slowing economy, restrictions to control the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Report Quarterly GDP Shrank From Year Earlier: Chan
Hong Kong will on Monday report a decline in quarterly gross domestic product from a year earlier, even though the economy improved from the previous three months, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Oscar-winning director Malcolm Clarke releases documentary series offering different take on city’s 2019 unrest, says he is not ‘working for the Chinese …
Hong Kong Returns comprises 10 short films aimed at showing audiences how unrest could have been an organised effort influenced by foreign forces Clarke says his goal is to advocate a gentler and more ... ( read original story ...)