Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the country will exclude the large supermarkets and pharmacy chains as well as other businesses from the ne ... ( read original story ...)
With Hong Kong at a crossroads, city needs a strong leader and a Build Back Better plan to reboot
Hong Kong is in dire need of a reboot following mishandling of pandemic and protests roiled the city because status quo no longer works Hong Kong's next chief executive must lead the city out of its ... ( read original story ...)
Leapmotor Eyes IPO in Hong Kong
Chinese electric vehicle maker Leapmotor has filed for public listing on HKEX (Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing) on Friday, with China International Capital Corporation (CICC), Citibank, JPMorgan ... ( read original story ...)
First HK-listed SPAC has slow start in IPO debut
Aquila Acquisition Corp, the first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to list in Hong Kong, had a slow debut yesterday as few investors are qualified to trade the shares. ( read original story ...)
Beijing digs in to avoid repeating Hong Kong’s Covid mistakes
Xi Jinping’s Covid tsar travelled south to Hong Kong where he witnessed panic and chaos sweeping through the financial hub as body bags overflowed from intensi ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Hainan cyberspace regulator summons some property firms over suspected fake advertisements
China's Hainan government agencies have summoned two property firms, including Hong Kong-listed Agile Group, and have warned some real estate service websites over suspected fake advertisements.Firms ... ( read original story ...)
CALB Taps Into EV Battery Fever With Hong Kong IPO Plan
EV battery maker CALB has applied to list in Hong Kong, in what could become the city’s biggest IPO so far this year The company turned profitable ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech in Hong Kong: 2021 in Review
Home to more than 470 fintech companies, Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic fintech hubs in the world. Despite the ongoing economic challenges of ... ( read original story ...)
HKEX announces first SPAC listing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has welcomed the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) listing in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong SPAC listing regime was put i ... ( read original story ...)
Confusion and Chaos in Hong Kong as Leaders Fumble Virus Response
Government officials have been unable to curb an outbreak that has surpassed one million infections, leading Beijing to step up its intervention in the semiautonomous territory. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Migrants Find U.K. Is a World Turned Upside-Down
Crystal Lau’s parents fled mainland China for Hong Kong when she was a child. Thirty years later she and her husband, Davy, have made a longer journey. They are making a new home in the city of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sets Global COVID Infection Record as Morgues Overflow
There were almost 900 confirmed COVID-19 infections per 100,000 residents of Hong Kong when case numbers peaked in the city earlier this month, according to an analysis of government data by the Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Here in Hong Kong, Covid has surged and we’ve run out of coffins. Please learn from our mistakes
To keep out the virus, the city shut up shop. But low vaccination rates mean it has now stormed our defences, says Hong Kong-based writer Ilaria Maria Sala ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong COVID-19 infections surge past 1 million
Hong Kong has passed one million COVID-19 cases throughout the pandemic on Friday as the country struggles to contain its latest COVID-19 outbreak. The city said its total number of cases since the ... ( read original story ...)