Hong Kong government plans for curbing access to its corporate registry are moving forward. The measures will bar all but select groups such as due diligence experts from access to details on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is poised for its ‘land king’ as Central harbourfront site goes for tender with up to US$7.1 billion in valuation
The prime Central harbourfront site, the last mega plot to go on sale in Hong Kong's core business district, is likely to set a record as the most expensive in the city's history, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Steady Start Eyed For Hong Kong Stock Market
Ahead of Monday's holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival, the Hong Kong stock market had halted the seven-day losing streak in which it ... ( read original story ...)
Was Alibaba a Trojan Horse for Hong Kong?
Its homecoming was supposed to ring-fence shareholder risks. Instead, the secondary listing has opened the door to even weaker corporate governance. ( read original story ...)
Ageing opportunity: Hong Kong’s Senior Deli targets vast care home populations with products for dysphagia sufferers
Hong Kong start-up Senior Deli is targeting care homes in Hong Kong and China with its range of food products for people suffering from dysphagia. ( read original story ...)
Central harbourfront site expected to set record as most expensive in Hong Kong’s history
The Central harbourfront site could fetch HK$55 billion (US$7.1 billion), and eclipse the previous record of HK$42.23 billion set in November 2019 for a parcel atop the West Kowloon station ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei CFO seeks publication ban on HSBC documents in U.S. extradition case
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on Monday will seek to bar publication of documents her legal team received from HSBC, a request opposed by Canadian prosecutors in her U.S. extradition ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC, TD to advise feds on green bond issuance
The federal Department of Finance has chosen Toronto-Dominion Bank and HSBC Bank Canada as the structuring advisors for its first green bond issuance. The Liberal government said in the 2021 federal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong singer criticised by the Chinese for wearing Dolce & Gabanna
Hong Kong-based singer Karen Mok has issued an apology after facing backlash from Chinese citizens for wearing a Dolce & Gabanna bathrobe in one of her new music videos. In the 51-year-old pop ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks are off to a weak start, pulling S&P 500 below record
Stocks are off to a sluggish start on Wall Street Monday, easing the S&P 500 index just below its latest record high. The benchmark index is also coming off its third weekly gain in a row. The S&P 500 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong party hub Lan Kwai Fong primed for a comeback after months of coronavirus-related closures, LKF Group CEO says
I don’t think nightlife in Hong Kong is over or anything, because Hong Kong is a place where people work hard and then they play hard,’ says Jonathan Zeman. ( read original story ...)
GS1 Hong Kong Summit 2021 Scaling Digital Transformation • Cultivating Digital Assets
The GS1 HK Summit 2021 (“the Summit”) was held successfully today at the HK Convention & Exhibition Centre attracting more than 1,300 delegates from cross-sector trades joining in-person and online. ( read original story ...)
China accuses G7 of ‘political manipulation’ following criticism over record in Xinjiang, Hong Kong
G7 leaders slammed China over abuses against minorities in the Xinjiang region and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, while the US called for Beijing to 'start acting more responsibly in terms of i ... ( read original story ...)
China denounces G7 after statement on Xinjiang and Hong Kong
In a joint statement at the end of a three-day summit, leaders of the G7 countries urged China to "respect human rights and fundamental freedoms". Issues highlighted included abuses against the Uyghur ... ( read original story ...)