Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's defiant pledge in the face of more mass protests underscored deep concerns across vast swaths of the Asian financial hub two days after hundreds of thousands took to the ... ( read original story ...)
SPD Bank Hong Kong’s Assets Surpass HK$100 billion A milestone on its 8th anniversary
HONG KONG, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch ("SPD Bank Hong Kong" or "the Company") is celebrating its eighth anniversary in 2019. ... ( read original story ...)
China central bank to issue bills in Hong Kong to stabilise weakening yuan
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank said on early Tuesday it will sell yuan-denominated bills in Hong Kong in late June, in a move that some market analysts believed was aimed at stemming a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vows to continue with extradition bill despite widespread protests
All later appeared in detention in China, and some appeared in apparent forced confessions broadcast in Hong Kong. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader defiant as city gears up for fresh protests over extradition bill
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam remained defiant on Tuesday, pledging to push ahead with a proposed extradition bill that would allow fugitives captured in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong presses ahead with extradition bill despite protests
“That’s just the number we have at the moment, and it’s still rising,” he said. China’s Xinhua news agency described the Hong Kong protest, the largest in the city in decades, as “a public procession. ... ( read original story ...)
Extradition bill that set off protests to go to Hong Kong legislature
Hong Kong's leader says a highly controversial extradition bill will proceed to the territory's legislature. Carrie Lam's comments on Tuesday came after hundreds of thousands of people took to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police clash with protesters opposing extradition bill
Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, has pushed forward with the legislation despite widespread criticism from human rights and business groups. The amendments have been criticized as eroding Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader vows to go ahead with contentious China extradition law despite mass protest
She called on the government to drop the proposal and "preserve Hong Kong as a leading international business center." Curtis Chin, a Milken Institute Asia Fellow and former U.S. ambassador to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters make historic stand over extradition bill
Ultimately, it may be Hong Kong’s economy that pays the cost. The city accounts for just 3 per cent of China’s gross domestic product compared with nearly 20 per cent in 1997, but the territory ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s financial hub status rattled by game-changing bill
HONG KONG -- The extradition bill that sparked one of the largest protests here in two decades looks set to keep stoking political and international tensions as it touches on the city's ... ( read original story ...)
‘We Fear Confidence Will Suffer:’ Hong Kong’s Extradition Law Is Denounced as Bad for Business
A stream of protestors ebbed down Hong Kong’s central thoroughfare Sunday afternoon, crowding vehicles off of the streets and clogging up exits of the city’s subway system. The estimated 1.03 ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng soars by 2.2pc at close
Hong Kong blue chis soared today. The benchmark Hang Seng Index jumped by 2.27 percent, or 613.36 points at 27,578.64 at the close.Tencent Holdings (700) shot up by 3.87 percent at HK$ 343.20, while ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba Said to Pick CICC, Credit Suisse to Lead Hong Kong Offer
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has picked China International Capital Corp. and Credit Suisse Group AG to lead a planned Hong Kong share sale, people familiar with ... ( read original story ...)