Carrie Lam unveiled a plan to build a Northern Metropolis that could be home to 2.5 million Hong Kongers. Can this turn the tide of HK's homeownership? ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong’s ‘Patriots Only’ Elections Bolster Beijing’s Grip
China’s crackdown has driven most of the city’s popular pro-democracy candidates either into police custody or exile. Officials are urging the public to vote, but turnout is expected to be low. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong accuses activists of inciting poll boycott
Hong Kong has issued arrest warrants accusing five overseas activists of urging voters to boycott Sunday's polls for the legislature -- the first to take place under Beijing's "patriots only" rules. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong officials push turnout in first ‘patriots’ election
Hong Kong officials are working to boost turnout in Sunday's (Dec 19) legislative election, according to diplomats and people familiar with the effort. As part of those actions, two Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE Hong Kong officials push turnout in first “patriots” election
Hong Kong officials are working to boost turnout in Sunday's legislative election, according to diplomats and people familiar with the effort. ( read original story ...)
Explainer: How Hong Kong’s new election law will reshape legislature
Hong Kong holds a legislative assembly election on Sunday in which candidates have been vetted for "patriotism" and pro-democracy candidates are largely absent, having declined to run or been jailed ... ( read original story ...)
Business as usual for Hong Kong
Hong Kong Tourism Board offers a variety of perspectives for tourism players to market its offerings. Photo Credit: gettyimages/the.epic.man Hong Kong stays the course and it’s full steam ahead for a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong election defines dramatic changes by Beijing
Elections for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Sunday mark the culmination of Beijing’s campaign to rein in the body that had once kept it from imposing its unrestrained will over the semi-autonomou ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign banks to cast votes in Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ election, as citizens’ voting power shrinks
Around 40 per cent of the banks registered to vote in Hong Kong’s legislative elections on Sunday are foreign-owned, including some partly-owned by their respective governments, despite Beijing’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘patriots’ election casts doubt over democracy as city enters new era
Critics describe Sunday’s vote as ‘illegitimate’ as Beijing tightens its crackdown on dissent and pro-democracy movement is wiped out ... ( read original story ...)
Opposition neutralized, Hong Kong is proceeding with electoral exercise
Sitting in their jail cells last week, dozens of Hong Kong opposition leaders received bureaucratic fliers reminding them of their right to vote in a citywide legislative poll on Sunday — and a ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC fined US$85 million by UK regulator for anti-money-laundering lapses
The Financial Conduct Authority said three key parts of HSBC’s automatic monitoring system had serious weakness over an eight-year period until March 2018. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is the Worst Market This Year
Hong Kong is the worst performing major stock market not only in Asia but the entire world so far this year. “The hamstrung Hang Seng index is hobbling into year end,” RealMoney's Alex Frew McMillan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to vote under new election laws
Hong Kong voters are preparing to vote for the first time this weekend since election laws were changed. The legislative elections, to be held Sunday, come after Beijing in March passed a resolution ... ( read original story ...)