A 200-strong cast that reads like a who’s who of Hong Kong’s business, political, and entertainment sectors – including superstar Jackie Chan and businessman Allan Zeman – has been enlisted to guest ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks climb on optimism over Sino-U.S. trade deal
HONG KONG, May 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks gained on Thursday as investors welcomed signs that negotiations to resolve the U.S.-China trade row were moving to higher levels. ** As of midday break, ... ( read original story ...)
Talent at News Awards
The Newspaper Society presented its 2018 Hong Kong News Awards this week.Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung officiated, in keeping with the custom of having the chief executive and the chief ... ( read original story ...)
30 Years After Tiananmen: Hong Kong Remembers
On January 16, 2013, I published an article in the daily Hong Kong Economic Journal arguing that if Hong Kong people wanted democracy, they should make civil disobedience their means to this end. ( read original story ...)
Pre-owned resale luxury fashion on the rise in Hong Kong as buyers shun Chinese superstition
Even consulting firm McKinsey said in a report in November that it foresees “the end of ownership” in fashion, as pre-owned, refurbished, rental and repair models evolve. Wednesday Wu is a Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Interbank Rates Seen Staying Elevated, Buoying Dollar
Hong Kong borrowing costs are expected to remain stubbornly high over the rest of the quarter, supporting the local currency. That’s according to Carie Li, an economist at OCBC Wing Hang Bank Ltd., ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Newest Luxury Hotel Has an 80-foot Outdoor Pool and a Museum-worthy Art Collection
But Hong Kong’s just-opened Rosewood hotel has managed to do just that. The towering property is raising the city's luxury ante with its museum-worthy art collection, spare-no-expense interiors, and ... ( read original story ...)
Average four-bedroom house for sale in Kowloon, Hong Kong, for $92m
Hong Kong continues to be the most expensive place in the world to buy a house, with yet another standard listing going to market for a thoroughly non-standard price. The property at 5 Cassia Road in ... ( read original story ...)
Aldo Domeyer’s Hong Kong stint off to a flying start with Happy Valley double
Aldo Domeyer’s Hong Kong career is off to a flying start after securing a double at his very first meeting. The South African only arrived in the city on Monday but has wasted no time making an ... ( read original story ...)
Viva Biotech Raising $194 Million in Hong Kong IPO for CRO Operations
"using living things to create products or to do tasks for humans" About Biotechnology - Biotech Biotechnology is the practice of using plants, animals and micro-organisms such as bacteria, as well as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong for grown-ups and kids alike
A FRIEND once recommended that for my first trip outside the country, Hong Kong would be an ideal start to a series of adventures for many reasons: the food, the culture and most of all, the weather, ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands march in Hong Kong against proposed law allowing extraditions to mainland China
Thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand the local government scrap a plan that would allow extraditions to mainland China, an issue that also worries foreign investors. Hong ... ( read original story ...)
On Hong Kong’s ‘other’ Canton Road, cafes, markets and jade sellers still flourish – but for how much longer?
When Sam Chan tells people his family owns Wing Fat Cafe, a cha chaan teng on Canton Road in Hong Kong’s Kowloon district, he needs to specify. “Most of the time they ask, ‘Is it in Tsim Sha Tsui?’” ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Mortgage loans up 43%
Residential mortgage loans approved in March increased 43% compared with the previous month to $37.3 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today. Mortgage loans financing primary market ... ( read original story ...)