Top bankers would have to hand over half their earnings to the taxman in Tokyo, making Japan a far less appealing destination than Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Markets shock in 2020 gives way to IPO boom
The listings have provided financial firepower for companies in a year when the coronavirus pandemic hit hard but left vastly differing marks on financial markets from Hong Kong to London to ... its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong expected to play key financial role in Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong has multiple advantages to push forward the development of financial services and innovation and technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, said Paul Chan Mo-po, the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: Covid-19 in sewage samples leads to mandatory testing for residents of public housing block, as city expects more than 60 new cases
All residents of a Wong Tai Sin public housing block with 731 flats will be required to undergo mandatory Covid-19 testing after Hong Kong's sewage monitoring programme detected coronavirus in waste ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. embassy urges China to release 12 Hong Kong fugitives
The U.S. embassy in China has called upon Chinese authorities to immediately release 12 fugitives from Hong Kong and permit them to depart the country on Monday, according to a statement released on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks see-saw as tech giants including Alibaba affiliates plunge after regulators clip Ant’s wings
Hong Kong stocks were up and down on Monday morning, as Covid-19 infections flared up in the mainland and Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Protest granny ‘prepared to die’ for Hong Kong’s freedoms
For Ms Wong, the flag — which is despised by the Chinese Communist party as representing British colonial rule in Hong Kong — was the ultimate symbol of defiance. Authorities ran out of patience in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bourse Has Flat Lead For Monday
Ahead of the long holiday weekend, the Hong Kong stock market had climbed higher in two straight session, gathering more than 260 points or 1 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now rests just ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong International Races Hit by Covid-19
Hong Kong International Races looked very different this year due to Covid-19, with measures including a "quarantine bubble" for overseas jockeys and horses. Bloomberg's Adrian Wong reports. (Source: ... ( read original story ...)
Peak performance: the glorious highs of Hong Kong’s trail runs
Having moved to Hong Kong from Paris, I was completely new to trail running. Parisians are, by default, not very outdoorsy. But Hong Kong’s beautiful landscapes are impossible to resist — even to the ... ( read original story ...)
Holidays in Hong Kong: with more housing on the way, you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone
WITH A PINK HOTEL, A BOTIQUE AND A SWINGIN' HOTSPOT It would appear the mutant virus successfully became the Grinch that tried to take away our holiday fun, and like many people I had to break it to ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble unlikely for now, but commerce minister urges patience, says vaccines offer sliver of hope
Hong Kong's commerce minister is not optimistic about resuming talks on the postponed travel bubble with Singapore, citing the surging Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, but he has offered a sliver of hope ... ( read original story ...)
How son’s asthma diagnosis set dad on a mission to find its cause, and led to a new career tackling air pollution in Hong Kong
In 2007, Saketaram Soussilane and his wife, Christelle, were working in finance in Paris but keen for a change of scenery. Hong Kong ticked all the right boxes: it was safe, multicultural and had ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: ‘super spreader’ patient at public hospital triggers review of preventive measures as 59 new cases confirmed in Hong Kong
An elderly Covid-19 patient in a public palliative care ward became a "super spreader" who infected at least 14 others, prompting officials to pledge to do more to contain the outbreak and strengthen ... ( read original story ...)