Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu’s housing policy is likely to help more Hongkongers get on the property ladder, but he will have to come up with innovative solutions to solve the ... ( read original story ...)
China’s biggest insurer Ping An calls for break-up of HSBC
HSBC’s largest shareholder ... Ping An has argued that an independent Asia business listed in Hong Kong would have higher profitability, lower capital requirements and greater local management control ... ( read original story ...)
Climate activists disrupt HSBC’s annual meeting over net-zero policies, sing parody of ABBA’s ‘Money, Money, Money’
We are particularly focused on supporting our carbon intensive clients to do this." HSBC, one of Hong Kong's three currency-issuing banks, has said it would provide up to US$1 trillion in transition ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s Top Holder Ping An Supports Push to Break Up Bank
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. has held discussions with the bank on the idea of spinning off HSBC’s Asian operations and listing the operations separately in Hong Kong, according to people familiar ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Next Leader Touts City’s Global Role but No Policy on Reopening
including boosting Hong Kong’s competitiveness as an international city with access to mainland China’s markets. One thing he didn’t offer was a road map for the financial center to emerge from its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Fintech Unicorn Looks To Raise Up To $150 Million In Yet Another Funding Round: Bloomberg
Airwallex, a fintech unicorn headquartered in Hong Kong backed by the likes of Tencent and Li Ka-shing ... 1835i Ventures (formerly Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s innovation unit) and ... ( read original story ...)
Tiger Bank leads successful real-world professionals into the world of Web3 The actual exchange of assets in the virtual world for real resources
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 29 April 2022 – Tiger Bank announced a brand new NFT project that is friendly for all novices to NFT world. This project will guide beginners to understand NFT and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong eases COVID rules for aircrews, lifts overseas travel alert
HONG KONG, April 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong will shorten mandatory hotel quarantine for passenger flight crews to three days from seven, while cargo crews will be exempt, modest steps at unwinding ... ( read original story ...)
Short Interest in BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (OTCMKTS:BHKLY) Drops By 52.6%
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (OTCMKTS:BHKLY – Get Rating) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,700 shares, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong faces even stricter security laws under John Lee
Hong Kong’s next leader has vowed to enact a controversial security law that would introduce even stricter laws on the territory. John Lee, 64, a former top police officer and security chief, unveiled ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s next leader John Lee vows to restore business hub
Hong Kong's next leader unveiled a manifesto on April 29 vowing to restore the business hub to its former glory but would not be drawn on when the city might discard zero-COVID controls that have left ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to ease quarantine period for passenger aircrew to 3 days from May 1, provide more hotel rooms for isolation purposes
Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways welcomed the eased requirements, saying it would resume more passenger and cargo flights. Denise Tsang is an award-winning journalist, with her ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong student jailed for five years under national security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Friday increased a jail sentence to five years, in line with a China-imposed national security law, for a student who called for independence from China in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s likely leader pledges to “solidify” its international role
HONG KONG, April 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's sole candidate to become ... Lee will take over the Chinese-ruled city amid growing concern in the financial community that its role as an international hub ... ( read original story ...)