Leaders from the global biotechnology community gathered in the Hong Kong Financial Hall, including biotech-related Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Prize winner. Chen Maobo, Financial Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong artist wields a paintbrush at Hong Kong mass protests
Dino said that during protests, Hong Kong police have told him to paint somewhere else. Slideshow (19 Images) In the mainland, Chinese censors strive to erase or block news or depictions of the ... ( read original story ...)
MetLife to sell Hong Kong insurance business to FWD
HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. insurer MetLife Inc will sell its Hong Kong operations to FWD, the insurance firm owned by tycoon Richard Li, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday, without ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Protesters Are Resisting China With Anarchy and Principle
After that, how could things go back to normal? China is likely to seek revenge for our recent audacity. But punishing Hong Kongers would only unite us further. Lewis Lau Yiu-man is a contributor to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong anti-extradition protesters rally again near government offices
In China, censors have erased or blocked most news of the protests amid concerns that any large public rallies could inspire demonstrations on the mainland. Joey Siu, with the student union at City ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC cuts rebate on mortgage transfers
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation reduced its cash rebate rate from 2.07 percent to 1.5 percent for customers transforming their mortgage to HSBC, regardless of the amount of the mortgage, ... ( read original story ...)
Women rule the roost in Hong Kong banking
Hong Kong’s belated embrace of diversity has meant a dozen of its banks are now run by women, but there’s clearly more work to be done. When Margaret Leung, a veteran Hong Kong banker, was appointed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters go offline to dodge China’s digital surveillance
The images are astounding: Throngs of people marching, in crowds that seemingly go on forever, spilling through the streets of Hong Kong. But there is something else remarkable about the recent ... ( read original story ...)
Opportunities and challenges facing HK startups in Taiwan
Expanding to Taiwan has become a noticeable trend in the Hong Kong startup community. Among the entities that have made the move is co-working space operator Zerozone, which was founded in 2016. The ... ( read original story ...)
Startups move to the mainland
Two Chinese University of Hong Kong graduates founded a startup – R-Guardian – in 2015 when they were still students. They developed a smart monitoring system by embedding a chip in suitcases to solv. ... ( read original story ...)
Asiamoney best bank awards 2019: Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, HSBC is the bank others are measured by and, in many cases, aspire to be, notably the big Chinese state banks in their forever-quest to usurp it. Yet again, ‘The bank’, as it’s known, ... ( read original story ...)
Clare.AI pioneers banking services powered by AI
In Hong Kong's vibrant startup ecosystem, women are willing to step out of their comfort zones and perform well - including the fintech industry. Co-founded by entrepreneur Bianca Ho, who moved from ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home prices hit new peak in May, but momentum slows
“The property market has performed well in the first half...recording around 9% gains,” said Thomas Lam, executive director of Knight Frank. “But the recent social movement in Hong Kong and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong electric utility CLP joins the data arms race in an effort to prepare for the ‘future of energy’
The investments are underway even as its Hong Kong business is protected by an 8 per cent return on relevant assets under a 15-year agreement with the government that took effect late last year. ... ( read original story ...)