Hong Kong won’t tighten Covid curbs before the city’s July 1 handover anniversary, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said, despite speculation President Xi Jinping will attend the celebrations.Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: too early to suggest arrival of sixth wave, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says amid rising number of cases
Chief executive tells reporters before Tuesday’s Exco meeting that she will be consulting pandemic advisers later to discuss further measures. ( read original story ...)
HSBC Buys back Over 3.07M Shrs in HK, London Ytd for $161M
HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) announced that it had repurchased a total of 3.0768 million shares in London and Hong Kong yesterday (6th), involving a total of approximately HKD161 million. HSBC repurchased ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-backed Chinese start-up G7 Connect and rival E6 Technology merge to create truck management services giant
The size of China's road freight market, the world's largest, was worth 6.2 trillion yuan (US$933.4 billion) in 2020, according to information provider Chyxx.com About 80 per cent of the country's ... ( read original story ...)
First Mover Asia: When It Comes to Crypto, Hong Kong Isn’t the World’s ‘Freest Economy’; Bitcoin Has a Late Fall
A memo by the city’s securities and futures regulator reminds investors of the risks of NFTs; altcoins surge and then drop. ( read original story ...)
Iconic Hong Kong landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant is sinking — and no one may save it
In a statement released in late May, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor declared that the government has no intention to invest in the tourist attraction, which has proven costly to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has always had expats who found the city incredibly boring
From Hong Kong’s mid-19th century urban beginnings, chronic boredom among long-term residents who felt trapped here was well-documented in diaries, letters and published memoirs. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks lower at start of trade
Hong Kong stocks opened slightly lower on Tuesday morning following a strong run-up the day before, with traders awaiting the release of key US and ... ( read original story ...)
Arrests Made in ‘Dead’ Hong Kong as Tiananmen Anniversary Gatherings Banned
Victoria Park saw heavy police presence on Saturday as concerns arose that it might be used for "illegal activities." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market Expected To Open In The Green
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market on Monday snapped the two-day losing streak in which it had stumbled more than 330 points or 1.6 percent. The Hang Seng Index now rests just above the ... ( read original story ...)
Tiananmen: Hong Kong students hide tiny “democracy goddesses” on campus
Students at a Hong Kong university have hidden tiny figurines of a "democracy goddess" around campus in the lead-up to Saturday's anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The anonymous acts defy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Two Years After the Passage of the National Security Act
China and Hong Kong will surely celebrate the National Security Law for its contributions to the stability of the heretofore fractious Special Autonomous ... ( read original story ...)
Investors hoping to pounce on summer IPOs may be out of luck. Here’s why
The U.S. initial public offering market is staring down another slow week with just one small deal on tap, capping a period of little-to-zero activity ... ( read original story ...)
Asian insurer FWD delays $1b Hong Kong IPO amid volatile market
Asian insurer FWD Group has delayed its $1 billion Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) because of volatile financial markets, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. FWD ... ( read original story ...)