A Hong Kong teacher has been struck off for allegedly promoting independence in class, a move hailed by the city's leader on Tuesday as a blow against "black sheep" working in the education system. ( read original story ...)
Chinese Pet Clinic Picks Banks for $500 Million IPO, Sources Say
New Ruipeng Pet Healthcare Group Co. has chosen banks to lead an initial public offering that could raise more than $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
Popular travel site ranks Singapore’s public transport system best in the world
Singapore's public transport system has been ranked top in the world by a US-based travel website, Far & Wide, beating other cities like London and Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong will stay key financial hub say experts
Hong Kong's status as a key Asian financial hub will remain intact according to business experts. Speaking to the BBC they said new security laws and protests are unlikely to scare off investors to ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong residents can’t easily be educated into loving China
Patriotism is inherent to all Chinese; they are fiercely proud of their history and culture. Whether from Hong Kong, Shanghai or any place in the world, China is their ancestral home. The latest push ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong people left out of the UK’s safe haven offer
South Indians who got UK citizenship in 1997, find spouse income rules an impossible hurdle in effort to find security. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market Tipped To See Continued Strength
The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, collecting almost 500 points or 2.2 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now rests just beneath the 23,770-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s public transport system ranked world’s best
THE city-state’s public transport system has been ranked top in the world by a travel website based in the United States, Far & Wide, beating other cities like London and Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
10 Startups Selected for Accenture’s 2020 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific
Accenture and 19 leading financial services firms to mentor financial technology entrepreneurs in seventh annual program Ten leading fintech companies have been selected for the seventh annual FinTech ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bar pleads with foreign judges to keep serving
There have also been fears that the security law would undermine Hong Kong’s claim to be Asia’s premier financial centre. Analysts have warned that anything that compromised the territory’s legal ... ( read original story ...)
Discrimination rampant for members of Hong Kong ethnic minority groups seeking housing, survey finds
More than half of respondents said landlords simply would not rent to them, while more than 60 per cent complained of ‘unwelcoming attitudes’. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong dealer Johnson Chang on selling his era-defining collection and rethinking art for a new era
The collector and gallerist explains why he moved his central Hong Kong gallery and is parting ways with some of his favourite works at Sotheby's this month ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong teacher stripped of registration for purportedly spreading ‘independence’ message in classroom materials, lesson plans
A Hong Kong primary schoolteacher has been stripped of his teaching registration for purportedly spreading "independence" messages via the materials and worksheets he used in the classroom, education ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong murder suspect Chan Tong-kai’s voluntary surrender in fresh doubt as Taiwan demands formal handover
Taiwan has thrown the voluntary surrender of Hong Kong murder suspect Chan Tong-kai into uncertainty by declaring that it would be impossible for him to "come and go freely" without negotiations ... ( read original story ...)