Getty Images Wind now generates a significant proportion of the world's electricity needs. It is not unusual for it to account for more than 20 per cent of supply in some European countries. The ... ( read original story ...)
Innovo’s $855M deal for HSBC tower in trouble
Innovo Property Group’s $855 million deal to purchase the HSBC tower in Midtown could come apart for lack of financing. ( read original story ...)
Top Asian prelate calls Hong Kong ‘a police state’ after Cardinal Zen’s arrest
One of Asia’s top Catholic cardinals said the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen is a cause of concern “about the situation for human rights and threats to religious freedom in Hong Kong.” ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing urges Nancy Pelosi to ‘mind her own business’ in tit-for-tat row over Hong Kong cardinal’s arrest
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tells US House speaker to focus on issues in United States, rather than ‘let Hong Kong bother her’. ( read original story ...)
New World’s affordable housing project aimed at getting first-time buyers in Hong Kong on property ladder
A proposal has been submitted to the Town Planning Board to build about 300 flats, with sizes ranging from 300 sq ft to 400 square feet in Yuen Long, New World Build for Good, NWD’s social enterprise ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong SAR’s proposed family office tax concession regime
The proposed tax exemption regime for FHIVs is modelling on the existing unified tax exemption for funds. On March 8 2022, the Hong Kong SAR government released a consultation pap ... ( read original story ...)
Calb to Tap More Banks for $1.5 Billion Hong Kong IPO, Sources Say
Calb Co., a Chinese battery supplier for electric vehicle makers, has added more banks to arrange its planned Hong Kong initial public offering, which could raise as much as $1.5 billion, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Arrest of Cardinal Zen sends chill through Hong Kong’s Catholic community
Zen’s supporters fearful that a crackdown on churches in mainland China could spread to Hong Kong The activist Leung Wing-lai was in prison when he first met Cardinal Zen. In 2018, while Leung was ... ( read original story ...)
Cardinal Zen will not fear the fate that awaits him in Hong Kong
When I hosted a talk by Roman Catholic cleric Cardinal Joseph Zen at Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club in June 2009, it never occurred to me that doing so would one day ... ( read original story ...)
Card Bo calls Hong Kong a ‘police state’ after Card Zen’s arrest
The archbishop of Yangon slams Chinese authorities, concerned about the lack of respect for human rights and threats to religious freedom in the former British colony. In a state governed by the rule ... ( read original story ...)
Top spots in Hong Kong’s civil service could soon be filled using external recruitment, bureau chief says
Civil service minister Patrick Nip says some posts to be open to those with ‘professional skills’, including positions facing ‘succession difficulties’. ( read original story ...)
Be wary of social media ‘liking’ and avoid responding to doxxing attacks, Hong Kong’s judiciary tells judges
Hong Kong judges should think twice about whether their social media interactions could damage public confidence in the judiciary and refrain from personally responding to doxxing attacks, newly ... ( read original story ...)
CBI sends letters rogatory to Hong Kong in Rs 156-crore diamonds over-invoicing case
The CBI had first approached the Home Ministry with its application for the go-ahead for sending the LR. After getting the nod under Section 166 A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the application ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong coach Jorn Andersen without all his mainland players as he names Asian Cup squad
New head coach confirms 25-man squad with several new faces for qualifying campaign, after accusing mainland Chinese clubs of pressuring players to withdraw. ( read original story ...)