Hong Kong banks are joining a cluster of their Asian counterparts in testing the disruptive potential of the much-hyped blockchain technology - the next big thing poised to reshape the traditional banking industry in the near future. Bank of China (Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Flight Test: Hong Kong to Auckland on Cathay Pacific's A350
If you'd like to see how the 1 per cent fly, then business class on Cathay's new A350 is the way to go. THE AIRLINE Cathay Pacific THE ROUTE Hong Kong to Auckland, New Zealand. THE PLANE Airbus A350-900, the world's newest aircraft. The aircraft carries ... ( read original story ...)
Gigi Chao has a head for business and a heart for LGBT rights
HONG KONG From her 49th-floor office at Central Plaza, Hong Kong's third-tallest building, Gigi Chao juggles three roles as a business executive, philanthropist and one of Asia's most prominent gay rights activists. Although her billionaire father ... ( read original story ...)
Delta Hong Kong to Seattle Delta One Business Class Chinese Meal Review RenéPoints blog
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China quotes Mao: Taiwan and Hong Kong independence supporters will fail 'like flies'
REUTERS/Tyrone Siu BEIJING (Reuters) - Quoting a poem by the founder of Communist China Mao Zedong, China's government said on Wednesday that the efforts by Hong Kong and Taiwan independence supporters to link up were doomed to fail, as they would be ... ( read original story ...)
Min Xin : VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT – UPDATE ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange ... The Board has been actively exploring other business opportunities in order to diversify the existing business of the Group and to explore new markets with growth potentials. ( read original story ...)
London property: Buyers from China and Hong Kong continue to acquire assets despite Brexit
The Chinese investments are said to be prompted by the decline in the Renminbi and fears of greater capital controlsiStock It seems buyers from China and Hong Kong are unaffected by the uncertainty caused by the UK's decision to leave the European Union as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's K Wah wins residential site for $757 mln
A unit of K Wah, Century Basis Ltd, beat 15 mainland and Hong Kong developers, including China Overseas Land, Vanke Property, China Resources Land, Sun Hung Kai Properties, New World, and Cheung Kong, to clinch the deal, the government said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
Property, sex, nudity and the MTR – the top 10 stories you liked most in 2016, and our own top 10 favourites
There’s food, bare bums, murder and property speculation on both lists, as well as some of those simple stories that remind us of Hong Kong’s true colours. When Hong Kong’s mass transit railway lines were being built, it was decided the stations ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Financial Watchdog Bans an Ex-HSBC Broking Forex Trader for Life
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced today that it has banned Mr Lam Yuk Wai, from re-entering the financial industry for a lifetime over his dishonesty and the harm he has done to clients. He is a former staff member of HSBC ... ( read original story ...)
Blackouts – the answer's in the tank
Hong Kong startup Ampd Energy has launched an energy storage system called Ampd Silo uses that can store electricity when power is available and use it when there's an outage. The company's system aims to function by connecting with the power grid ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia Capital's Neil Shen knows how to pick a winner
Among the new tenants in one nondescript industrial building is Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform, which Shen created earlier in 2016 to kick-start innovation in the city, partnering with a group of Hong Kong-based professors and the heads of its top three ... ( read original story ...)
With fresh funding, Grain wants to be the next McDonald’s, but healthier
The startup will also explore new markets outside of Singapore in 2017, starting with Hong Kong. It originally intended to expand by the end of 2016, but setting up its new facilities and streamlining its processes put those plans temporarily on hold. ( read original story ...)
The Startup Bringing Insurance To Myanmar
“It’s easier to imagine the benefit insurance will bring to a place like Myanmar, or Cambodia, or the Philippines by thinking about what happens if you remove it from a place like Hong Kong or Singapore,” Mathews said. “The first thing is, families ... ( read original story ...)