If diners don’t use it, how could a restaurant waiter, or even operator, force them to do so?’ asks Hong Kong restaurateur Simon Wong. ( read original story ...)
Kuaishou’s IPO: Things to watch
Kuaishou’s IPO was the biggest tech listing since Uber’s in 2019. Could there be an even bigger China tech IPO on the cards this year? ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s new stock exchange chief has big shoes to fill
“It’s a way of showing the world that Hong Kong is open to business and that it will endure.” If [Aguzin] has been hired to get more foreign listings, I think it will remain a marginal play Jamie ... ( read original story ...)
After Hong Kong, Indian Stock Market Gains Most Among World’s Top Ten Markets
Among the world’s top 10 equities markets, India has gained the most since January after Hong Kong, reports Hindustan Times. Driven by bullish investor sentiment and global liquidity inflows, ... ( read original story ...)
Wave of coronavirus cases brings a tide of racism in Hong Kong
Racism, especially against South Asians, is not a new phenomenon in Hong Kong, whose population is 92 percent ethnic Chinese. But a wave of incidents during the pandemic — including comments from an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong holds scaled-down Lunar New Year fairs amid COVID-19, China crackdown
Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs, usually an opportunity to sell creative merchandise critical of the government alongside festive foods and decorations, are subdued this year amid coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buyers partly responsible for driving UK house price affordability to its worst level in 10 years
A combination of foreign demand, including those from emigrating Hongkongers, and a rush to beat the impending property tax, pushed UK home prices to their most unaffordable level in 10 years, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HK to scale new heights
I believe that as long as we stand united and work together with perseverance, Hong Kong can certainly rise above all challenges, emerge stronger and scale new heights. I wish you all a harmonious, ... ( read original story ...)
Three Hong Kong Power Couples on What Makes Their Marriage Tick
Hong Kong power couples Brandon and Jenny Chau, Ankie Beilke and Simon Van Damme, and Esther Sham and Sunny Tan, talk frankly about love. ( read original story ...)
‘Not The City I Used To Know’: Why Some Hong Kongers Are Leaving
A new visa scheme is offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown. Authorities ... ( read original story ...)
PTT Oil Surges in Bangkok Debut After $1.57 Billion IPO
PTT Oil & Retail Business Pcl, the retail unit of Thailand’s biggest energy company, jumped in its trading debut after raising about $1.57 billion in the country’s biggest initial public offering in ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Goldman, Other Financial Firms Add China Staff, Eyeing Growth
Global financial firms including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Fidelity International are poised to add hundreds of staff in China this year as they look to take advantage of the opening up of its $40 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks close higher ahead of Lunar New Year holiday
Hong Kong stocks ended a half-day trading session on Thursday at their highest level since June 2018, as investors squared their positions ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. ( read original story ...)
CSOP kicks off launch of Hong Kong’s Star Market ETFs
A Chinese asset manager has launched the first Hong Kong exchange traded fund to track China’s Star Market, a Shanghai-based science and technology board that has drawn huge int ... ( read original story ...)