Hong Kong’s stock market operator canceled its morning trading session on Monday after the city’s weather observatory issued a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank officers, loan applicants among 36 arrested over suspected scams seeking HK$40 million under SME aid scheme
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has warned of shady middlemen offering help with bank applications after arresting 36 people over suspected scams involving government-guaranteed loans totalling ... ( read original story ...)
With Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Closed, Media Question Security Law’s Reach
With Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper gone, questions remain about the future of press freedom in the city. Apple Daily’s publisher said that with founder Jimmy Lai in prison, five executives ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Stand News Removes Op-Eds After Pro-Democracy Apple Daily Folds Under Pressure
"This will likely get little international media attention but it is a very, very dark moment for press freedom in HK," an Apple Daily columnist tweeted. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at airport
An editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night while attempting to leave the city, local media reported. ( read original story ...)
The IPO Market Has Never Been Hotter Than It Is Right Now
Investors say they can afford to be picky and are increasingly reluctant to pay steep valuations demanded by the fast-growing companies that populate the IPO market. As a result, a number of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport -local media
Hong Kong police arrested a former senior journalist with the Apple Daily newspaper at the international airport on Sunday night on a suspected national security charge as he tried to leave the city, ... ( read original story ...)
Editor of shuttered Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper arrested
The former managing editor of the English edition of Apple Daily, Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy newspaper, was arrested at the Hong Kong airport on charges of collusion, Bloomberg reports. Why it ... ( read original story ...)
13 arrested over HK$53 million money-laundering scheme in Hong Kong, mainland China that preyed on jobseekers
Cross-border gang falsified bank and ID information obtained through bogus adverts for job and moneymaking schemes. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-based foundation hopes to win goodwill for China along the ‘medical silk road’
The GX Foundation recently provided Laos with supplies to fight Covid-19 and aims to do the same for Cambodia. ( read original story ...)
The Global IPO Market Has Never Been Hotter Than It Is Right Now
Companies are racing to public markets like never before, cashing in on record-high stock prices.An all-time high of almost $350 billion has been raised in initial public offerings in the first six ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees rising interest in property auctions, as housing market outlook improves
Interest in property auctions has risen amid a boom in Hong Kong’s housing market, despite a decline in the number of properties foreclosed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s digital voucher scheme will help ‘build platform’ for city’s electronic payment future, finance chief says
Hong Kong's financial chief has said the upcoming roll-out of the city's HK$36 billion (US$4.6 billion) voucher scheme is intended to push residents towards embracing electronic payments and lay the ... ( read original story ...)
Fire sets at least 16 boats ablaze in Hong Kong
A fire engulfed 16 vessels in a Hong Kong typhoon shelter early Sunday, resulting in at least 10 boats sinking and one person sent to a hospital. The fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m. at the Aberdeen ... ( read original story ...)