Stanley Chiang, a relationship manager at Taishin International Commercial Bank’s Singapore office, has resigned ahead of his move to Hong Kong next month, GlobalCapital Asia understands. He will wrap ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong biotech Prenetics rides COVID wave to Nasdaq
Biotech startup Prenetics, a COVID-19 test provider that helped soccer's Premier League resume matches, is set to go public Wednesday on the Nasdaq, making it Hong Kong's first unicorn to list. The ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Buys back Over 1.67M Shrs in HK, London Ytd for Over $81.11M
HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) announced that it had repurchased a total of 1.6793 million shares in London and Hong Kong yesterday (16th), involving a total of approximately HKD81.1122 million. HSBC ... ( read original story ...)
Why HSBC’s ‘pivot’ to Asia rings false
Readers discuss HSBC's inability to forge a new strategy for growth, the UK's interest in Hong Kong and Taiwan, why Hong Kong must bring back TikTok, and how anti-touting measures at government sports ... ( read original story ...)
Leading Hong Kong tycoons turn their backs on jet leasing
Hong Kong tycoons Li Ka-shing and Henry Cheng are both retreating from aircraft leasing, a business into which they had steered their wide-ranging conglomerates over the past decade to diversify risk ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to push on with next stage of vaccine pass scheme although 1 million residents have yet to receive third shot
Hong Kong will press ahead with a policy requiring residents to receive the third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to enter most premises by the end of the month, the city’s leader has confirmed, although a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Top Female Entrepreneurs: Christine Yu
Some of Hong Kong’s most exciting start-ups are run by female entrepreneurs. Today, we speak to Christine Yu, founder of Sophia. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ease curbs even with hundreds of daily Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong will proceed with relaxing virus curbs despite recording hundreds of cases a day, as the city's Covid policy drifts farther from Beijing's zero-tolerance approach. Chief Executive Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)
NetEase, JD.com lead Hong Kong stocks higher as JPMorgan turns positive on Chinese tech shares
the mainland's financial capital, plans to reopen in phases starting next month Hong Kong stocks rose to their highest level in almost two weeks after JPMorgan Chase upgraded its recommendation on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s next government should scrap quarantine for travellers, provide pandemic exit plan: European business group
Frederik Gollob, chairman of European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, says he hopes city will provide mainland China with example of how to reopen to world Gollob has called on incoming government ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developers’ rural land conversion in New Territories gathers pace, expect to push for lower land premium due to softening market
Developers with large holdings in the northern New Territories are likely to negotiate for a lower land premium, as the area becomes the new focus of development, analysts say. ( read original story ...)
CBI Sends Judicial Request To Hong Kong In Rs 156 Crore Diamonds Over-inflated Invoices
CBI has sent a judicial request to Hong Kong seeking assistance in its probe into a racket that allegedly imported Rs 156 cr diamonds with inflated invoices ... ( read original story ...)
HKMA buys HK$5.9 billion from market as currency hits weak end of trading band
Hong Kong's de-facto central bank bought HK$5.888 billion ($750 million) from the market to stop the local currency weakening and breaking its peg to the U.S. dollar.The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to ... ( read original story ...)
Business must utilise potential of women in Hong Kong
Christina Ong, HSBC head of Hong Kong business banking, rightly says small and medium-sized businesses will continue to be the bedrock on which economies and local communities are built, and there is ... ( read original story ...)