HSBC Holdings Plc. won regulatory approval to take full control of its life insurance venture in China after more than one and half years’ waiting, marking an initial success in mending frayed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong editors charged with sedition, U.S. criticizes raid
Two former editors from a Hong Kong online pro-democracy news outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail Thursday, a day after one of the last openly critical voices in the city said it would ... ( read original story ...)
Didi reveals US$4.7bil loss ahead of Hong Kong IPO next year
Didi Global Inc disclosed a US$4.7bil (RM19.60bil) loss after revenues shrank in the September quarter, revealing the rising cost of a series of regulatory actions that will force China’s ride-sharing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stand News arrests ‘beyond reproach’ – Chinese embassy
The police raid on Hong Kong media organisation Stand News this week was "completely lawful and beyond reproach", said a spokesperson with the Chinese embassy in Britain, hitting back at foreign ... ( read original story ...)
AMTD International Reports Half Yearly Financials and Completes Private Placement of New Shares
AMTD International Inc. ("AMTD International" or the "Company", NYSE: HKIB; SGX: HKB), a NYSE and SGX-ST dual listed company and a subsidiary of AMTD Group Company Ltd. ("AMTD Group" or the "Group"), ... ( read original story ...)
38 Hongkongers lose HK$12 million to scammers posing as big banks, finance companies offering low-interest loans
Nearly 40 Hongkongers were conned out of a total of HK$12 million (US$1.5 million) in fraudulent low-interest loans, according to a member of the Democratic Party. Consumer rights advocate of the ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime shares jump as much as 23% on debut after $740 mln Hong Kong IPO
SenseTime Group shares surged as much as 23% from their IPO price on Thursday, adding billions of dollars to the artificial intelligence start-up's market value as it debuted in Hong Kong in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Rings in the New Year with the First-Ever Arts Spectacular across Victoria Harbour
Hong Kong will ring in the New Year with a dazzling light art extravaganza, featuring radiant lights along the entire Victoria Harbour waterfront, the city’s flagship Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to ring bell next to Big Buddha in low-key New Year’s Eve ceremony on Lantau Island
Chief executive and Abbot Sik Jin-yin of Po Lin Monastery will ring the bell next to the Big Buddha on New Year’s Eve, with top officials of Beijing’s liaison office in the city in attendance. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court denies bail to former Stand News editors charged with sedition
Two former senior editors of Hong Kong's Stand News were charged with conspiring to publish seditious materials and denied bail by a court on Thursday, a day after a police raid on the pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-democracy Cantopop star Denise Ho arrested by Hong Kong police for sedition
Cantopop singer and activist Denise Ho has been released on bail after being arrested in her home and accused of sedition by authorities in Hong Kong. The face of a movement: On Wednesday, Ho and at ... ( read original story ...)
Two Hong Kong news editors at shuttered website charged with sedition
Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, both top editors at the pro-democracy website Stand News, were charged and denied bail on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court denies bail to pro-democracy editors charged with sedition
A Hong Kong court on Thursday charged two former editors for a pro-democracy media outlet with sedition and denied them bail. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court denies bail to ex-editors after raid on news outlet
It comes as US secretary of state calls for release of Stand News editors, saying ‘journalism is not sedition’ ... ( read original story ...)