Metaverse Accelerator Program will invest in 30 to 40 blockchain startups a year, helping to develop the open metaverseThe program will invest up to US$250,000 in each startup. ( read original story ...)
Bank of America looks at Hong Kong staff relocations to Singapore
Review begins to identify workers who can be moved as strict quarantine rules stifle territory’s role as regional hub ... ( read original story ...)
Pet Owners in Hong Kong Are Now Chartering Private Jets to Move Their Furry Friends
Pets are hightailing it out of Hong Kong—in private jets, no less. In the wake of Covid-19, many people have decided to leave the ultra-modern metropolis and take their fur babies with them. As a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retail banks are having their worst time in a decade as low interest rates crimp profits
The dismal state puts the HKMA and the city’s banks in a dilemma: whether to extend the interest holiday for the 3,500 businesses that still rely on it for survival, or end the support to bolster ... ( read original story ...)
British judges have no place in Hong Kong
Letters: British judges are lending credibility to an increasingly anti-democratic justice system in Hong Kong, argues Siobhain McDonagh ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong risks exodus over extended COVID-19 isolation, Euro chamber says
Hong Kong may not reopen until early 2024 because of its strict COVID-19 policies, which could trigger an exodus of foreign firms and staff and jeopardise the city's role as a financial hub, its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Covid Isolation Could Last to 2024, Euro Chamber Says
Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19 could keep the Asian financial hub cut off from most of the world until 2024 and fuel a large-scale exodus of international workers and executives, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong risks exodus over extended COVID isolation, Euro chamber says
Hong Kong may not reopen until early 2024 because of its strict COVID-19 policies, which could trigger an exodus of foreign firms and staff and jeopardise the city's role as a financial hub, its ... ( read original story ...)
Global coalition of parliamentarians call for crackdown on HSBC’s financing of Uyghur abuses
Parliamentarians across the European Union, United Kingdom, India, Australia and Canada have called on their governments to block investors from bankrolling firms perpetrating forced labour abuses in ... ( read original story ...)
Tycoons Keep Building Hong Kong Offices as Vacancies Jump
Vacant office stock in Hong Kong climbed to a record high in December to 9.1 million square feet (845,000 square meters) -- equivalent to nearly 158 football fields, according to real-estate services ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Penalizes Tianhe Executive in Long-Running IPO Scandal
Authorities sanctioned Wei Xuan over the 2014 listing of the Chinese chemicals company, closing a chapter in a saga that had already seen big U.S. and European banks punished. ( read original story ...)
Some HSBC Branches To Pause Sat Services From Feb
HSBC announced further opening hour adjustments at retail branches in view of the Covid epidemic changes. Starting 5 February, some branches will be closed on Saturdays until further notices. Some ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong DJs banned from playing pro-democracy artists
Hong Kong musicians who supported pro-democracy protests against growing Chinese influence have had their work banned by the city’s public broadcaster, a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security chief says new laws will reflect “importance of spies”
Hong Kong's security chief said on Wednesday that his government would strengthen laws against espionage as part of extra national security legislation now being drafted. ( read original story ...)