Which is more frightening: a haunted house or one that takes a lifetime to save up for? For most people Hong Kong's sky-high property prices are a more terrifying prospect than the thought of living ... ( read original story ...)
Local Chinese groups take out pro-Communist Party ads amidst Hong Kong protests
Large advertisements that ran in the Sing Tao and Ming Pao newspapers in the last two weeks denounce the protesters as “radicals” and appear to support the Communist Party’s position on a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hits export slump and worst is yet to come warns top Bank of East Asia economist, as trade war shows no signs of ending
The city’s exports dropped 2.4 per cent year on year for the seventh month, while imports were down 4.3 per cent for six months in a row, the Census and Statistics Department said on Tuesday. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong extradition protesters apologize for demonstration that blocked tax office
A small group of Hong Kong protesters demonstrating against an extradition bill apologized on Tuesday for blocking a government tax office on Monday, which caused some trying to file tax returns ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters gearing up for G20 demonstrations amid fears of dwindling freedoms
Further protests are also planned for the July 1 anniversary of the British handover of Hong Kong to China – it is unclear if the turnout for this demonstration will match those of earlier this month. ... ( read original story ...)
McKinsey & Company Hong Kong Office | OMA
The design by OMA for the new McKinsey & Company Hong Kong office caters to the consulting firm’s need for a more intimate space that offers a greater sense of collaboration and community. McKinsey ... ( read original story ...)
Some Hong Kong protesters apologize for demonstration that blocked tax office
HONG KONG (AP) — A small number of Hong Kong protesters handed out flyers and bowed to passers-by Tuesday to apologize for a demonstration that jammed the entrance of a government tax office for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests signal alarm special freedoms fading
HONG KONG -- China promised that for 50 years after Britain gave up control of its last colony, this shimmering financial enclave would get to keep freedoms absent in the communist-ruled mainland. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activists renew protest against extradition bill
HONG KONG — More than 100 people blocked a Hong ... at the skyscraper inland revenue building near the heart of the financial center. The former British colony of Hong Kong returned to Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart scraps banking fees
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong announced it ill scrap its premium banking and easy banking's below amount fees from August 1.Earlier, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Bank of China ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered becomes third big lender in Hong Kong to scrap minimum-balance fee as virtual banks get ready to challenge their dominance
the third major bank in a week to scrap the charge imposed on small depositors as Hong Kong’s traditional lenders prepare to fight off competition from virtual banks. HSBC and Bank of China Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng sinks, China Merchants Bank drops by 8.99pc
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange Composite Index sank by 2.12 percent to end at 9,016.91 points at mid day.Shares in China Merchants Bank (3968) plunged by 8.99 pe... Stocks in Hong Kong stocks lost 372.52 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares end lower on trade war blues; banks drag
Hang Seng down 1.2%, H-shares fall 1.9% * Trump "comfortable with any outcome" at G20 - U.S. official * Banks pressured; media report- SPDB may face U.S. punishment HONG KONG, June 25 (Reuters ... ... ( read original story ...)
Richard Li’s FWD is in talks to buy MetLife’s Hong Kong insurance unit to expand through acquisition
In 2017, Hong Kong-based investment fund Jeneration Holdings agreed to ... FWD has been buying insurance assets across Asia, agreeing in October to acquire control of Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s ... ( read original story ...)