Educators are now calling for more government subsidies for kindergartens, warning there could be a wave of school closures otherwise. ( read original story ...)
QiXinTian Serves Up Spicy Hong Kong IPO, Defying Pandemic with Major Expansion
QiXinTian, China’s No. 3 hotpot restaurant chain, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could value it at more than $2 billion The company has doubled ... ( read original story ...)
Can this online sneaker store from Hong Kong compete with StockX and Goat?
The co-founders of online shoe store Sneaker Surge explain how business is booming, their unique edge and why they owe some of their success to Chance… the Rapper. ( read original story ...)
Air pollution in Hong Kong rose last year as traffic returned amid relaxed social-distancing rules, NGO finds
The Clean Air Network found that the annual average concentrations of major air pollutants all increased last year from 2020 levels, though they were still below the amounts recorded before the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Olympic champ Edgar Cheung Ka-long wins fencing World Cup gold
Olympic fencing star Edgar Cheung Ka-long won another historic gold for Hong Kong at the FIE (International Fencing Federation) World Cup in Paris over the weekend. Cheung, who made history last year ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong housing officials raise concerns about small flat size, design procedures of subsidised home ownership scheme
Housing Authority members note unsold batch of 500 shoebox flats under Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme, saying low take-up rate suggests such tiny homes do not meet buyers' needs Alice ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC names new CEO for PHL unit
THE Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) has appointed Sandeep Uppal as president and chief executive officer of its Philippine unit, the bank said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
HSBC PH announces new president
HSBC on Monday announced that Sandeep Uppal has been appointed as the new president and chief executive officer of HSBC Philippines, subject to regulatory approval.In a ... ( read original story ...)
Police charge Cathay flight attendants at centre of Hong Kong outbreak
Hong Kong police arrested and charged Monday two Cathay Pacific flight attendants for allegedly contravening Covid regulations, after the emergence of the Omicron variant in the territory was traced ... ( read original story ...)
3 senior Hong Kong officials caught up in Omicron ‘partygate’ scandal leave quarantine camp early after policy eased
Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, Immigration Director Au Ka-wang and political assistant Allen Fung leave Penny’s Bay camp. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports outbreak of African swine fever – OIE
Hong Kong reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the northern part of the territory, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. There had been recent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends poultry meat, products from Poland
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on Friday that it will suspend imports of poultry meat and products, including eggs, from parts of P ... ( read original story ...)
‘Sad’ family feud over late Hong Kong tycoon’s fortune will proceed to trial despite judge’s misgivings
One faction of the late Henry Fok’s sprawling family has accused other members of withholding information about an option to buy back a valuable share in a Guangzhou development. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s MPF net inflows seen at three-year low in 2021
Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund net inflows declined in 2021 to the lowest level in three years as the coronavirus crisis continued to weigh on the city’s economy, according to local pension ... ( read original story ...)