The Hong Kong government lifted a lockdown in an area of Kowloon district in the early hours of Monday after testing about 7,000 people for coronavirus to curb an outbreak in the densely populated ... ( read original story ...)
Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui gives evidence of frozen HSBC accounts to British parliament
Foreign Affairs Committee is expected to question bank CEO Noel Quinn and chief compliance officer Colin Bell over the matter on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
China’s Growing Power Is Scaring Ordinary Savers Out of Hong Kong
Bank of America estimates outflows could reach $36 billion this year as anxious Hong Kong residents reassess their options ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Crackdown Is an Early Test for Biden
If the Biden administration was aiming to improve relations with China, events in the past few weeks have shown the depth of the chasm that has grown between Washington and Beijing in recent years on ... ( read original story ...)
Most Hong Kong firms plan to boost pay by 3 per cent but pace of hiring set to slow, survey finds
Some 82 per cent of firms will freeze their headcounts while about 35 per cent will either reduce their bonus payouts or offer no extra payment. ( read original story ...)
Kuaishou Seeks to Raise Up to $5.4 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou Technology, the main rival to ByteDance Ltd. in China, is seeking to raise as much as $5.4 billion in Hong Kong in what would be the world’s biggest internet initial public offering since ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Eases Kowloon Area Lockdown for Uninfected Residents
Hong Kong began easing a temporary lockdown on thousands of residents after carrying out mandatory testing for the coronavirus, allowing those with negative results to leave the affected area. ( read original story ...)
TOURISM IN HONG KONG SEVERELY IMPACTED BY COVID AND PROTESTS
Hong Kong has lost its status as a "tourism hub" in Asia due to a drop in domestic visitors from mainland China and the degradation of its international image abroad. The territory has had its worst ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-Backed Kuaishou, TikTok’s Main Rival in China, Readies its IPO
China's Kuaishou, the country's number two short-form video platform, is set to hit the public markets in the next week or two. Although Kuaishou is China's second-place platform behind Douyin, which ... ( read original story ...)
Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui gives evidence to British parliament related to freezing of his HSBC accounts
Self-exiled former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung said he had given evidence related to the freezing of his HSBC accounts to the British parliament, ahead of a meeting on Tuesday to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief hopes support for innovative technology will be key to city’s economic recovery
Paul Chan says the government has been supporting the use of new technology – such as touchless lift panels – to fight the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Greater Bay Area: Guangzhou lures young Hong Kong entrepreneurs to start businesses with rent waivers, subsidies
The city is attracting young Hongkongers by offering generous subsidies on business costs, access to trade officials and a favourable environment to raise capital. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Imposes COVID Lockdown in Densely Populated District
The local government in Hong Kong said Saturday that it had locked down one of the territory’s most heavily populated areas to complete mandatory COVID-19 testing of its entire population. Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong upstart Greater Bay Airlines formally applies for rights to operate more than 100 routes
The application to take over the routes is a major step for the fledgling airline, but it could face objections from would-be competitorsThe routes were relinquished by now-defunct regional carrier ... ( read original story ...)