For most of the Covid pandemic, life in Hong Kong remained a simulacrum of normal. The city maintained one of the world’s strictest border control measures, requir ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 20,082 new COVID cases on Friday
Hong Kong health authorities reported 20,082 COVID-19 cases on Friday, down from 21,650 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and 206 deaths compared with 202 in the previous 24 hours. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong housing: who benefits from the budget’s raising of mortgage caps for homebuyers?
Readers discuss the government's opening of the mortgage funding tap, and how the use of Covid-19 isolation units could be extended Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? ( read original story ...)
‘Pandemic is temporary’, Hong Kong developer Wheelock says, remains optimistic about housing market, price recovery after record year
Hong Kong developer Wheelock Properties expects to shrug off headwinds and remains optimistic about the city’s home prices recovering 5 per cent this year if Covid-19 eases. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hosts debut Spac listing
Aquila Acquisition Corp floated for HK$1bn ($127.8m) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, becoming the first special purpose acquisition company (Spac) to list in the city. Aquila is backed by ... ( read original story ...)
Leapmotor files for IPO in Hong Kong
Leapmotor filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday. [Photo/Leapmotor website] Leapmotor filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday, making it the fourth China EV ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Tokyo prints first Tona-linked notes
Bank of China on Thursday priced a ¥10bn ($84m) two year floating rate bond linked to the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate (Tona), making it the first deal of its kind to be priced against the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
First Hong Kong-Listed SPAC Has Slow Start In Trading Debut
Aquila Acquisition Corp., the first special purpose acquisition company to list in Hong Kong, had a slow debut Friday as few investors are qualified to trade the shares.Most Read from BloombergPutin ... ( read original story ...)
Airline startup Greater Bay’s launch slowed by COVID situation in Hong Kong – CEO
Hong Kong startup Greater Bay Airlines has scaled back its initial growth ambitions due to tight pandemic-related quarantine restrictions and has yet to set a date for its first commercial flights, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first SPAC listing sees Aquila shares slip
Aquila Acquisition Corp shares slipped on Friday in the first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listing in Hong Kong as the city's bourse talked up what it calls "a new route to market". ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader defends mainland medics against ‘divisive comments’
Hong Kong's leader on Friday warned against making "divisive comments" about mainland medics helping battle the city's deadly Omicron-fuelled wave after questions of accountability were raised by the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first SPAC listing sees Aquila shares untraded
Shares in Aquila Acquisition Corp 7836.HK on Friday made a muted debut in the first special purpose acquisition comp ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mulls outlook for scandal-plagued GEM, once touted as Asia’s Nasdaq
The city’s scandal-plagued alternative listing platform has been brought to heel after a rash of scandals, culminating in a clampdown on 60 companies dubbed the "nefarious network.” ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng falls more than 2% as volatile week continues; Biden and Xi set to speak
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, with the two leaders set to discuss topics such as Russia's war against Ukraine and competition between the two ... ( read original story ...)