Overseas companies will keep coming to Hong Kong for its low-tax regime and access to mainland China, despite it being twice as expensive to set up here as in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic and politics leaves Hong Kong’s poor languishing
Squeezed into a tiny temporary apartment, Rainbow and her family struggle to make ends meet in Hong Kong, where the number of households in poverty has soared during recent political turmoil and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong begins talks on controversial ‘anti-doxxing’ privacy bill
Hong Kong's legislature, which has no opposition party, begins discussions on Wednesday on privacy laws tackling "doxxing behaviour" that some technology giants fear are so broad and vague that they ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Debate Doxxing Law That Alarms Tech Companies
Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate legal changes giving the government greater power to punish so-called doxxing offenses that a coalition of large tech companies says could hurt their ability to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s latest Silver Bond in strong demand, say banks, after government lowered age threshold to 60
Hong Kong's senior citizens rushed to subscribe to the latest batch of inflation-protected bonds on the first day of the offering on Tuesday, after the government opened the bond offering to more ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive-How Didi’s govt relations team navigated myriad regulators, until IPO dustup
Didi Global successfully navigated China's regulatory thicket for years, but the ride-hailing giant's 200-plus government affairs team's reliance on personal contacts with officials left it partly ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Zomato raises $1.26 billion in IPO – sources
Indian food delivery startup Zomato Ltd ` will raise $1.26 billion by pricing its shares at 76 rupees each in its initial public offering, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares end lower as virus surge hits risk appetite
Hang Seng index ends down 0.84% China Enterprises index HSCE falls 0.94% Property sector down 1.1%; financial sector falls 0.8% ... ( read original story ...)
Verdict awaited as first Hong Kong security trial ends
The trial of the first person to be charged under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law has ended after nearly a month, and now observers will wait for a verdict in the landmark case to see how s ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. firms warned on Hong Kong
U.S. businesses operating in Hong Kong should reassess their operations and decide if the risks of operating there are worth the reward, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Singapore to review travel bubble date in late-August
Hong Kong's government said on Tuesday authorities will review a planned air travel bubble with Singapore in late August, given the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
S’pore-Hong Kong air travel bubble won’t begin amid heightened alert period
The Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble (ATB) will not begin amid the current Phase Two (Heightened Alert) measures. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam shrugs off scenes of residents leaving at airport, says city has ‘prosperous future’ ahead
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday brushed off recent scenes at the airport suggesting an exodus of residents, adding that she would tell anyone considering leaving that the city would continue to prosper ... ( read original story ...)
US businesses in Hong Kong between a rock and a hard place
Plus, the FT’s South China correspondent Primrose Riordan reports that American companies are upset by the Biden Administration’s business advisory warning about the risks of operating in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)