(Bloomberg) -- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. agreed to pay HK$2.25 billion ($287 million) in cash for Hong Kong’s only budget airline to enter the no-frills market, after more than a decade resisting ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-mainland China extradition plan to be watered down by exempting 9 economic crimes, under intense pressure from business community
Hong Kong’s leader, under intense pressure from the business community, has agreed to exempt nine economic crimes from a controversial proposal to allow the transfer of fugitives from the city to ... ( read original story ...)
Refugee who sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong excited to start life in Montreal
Vanessa Rodel, a refugee who helped shelter whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong years ago, is finally in Montreal, and she says she's excited to learn French and try maple syrup. "There was no ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Refugee Who Sheltered Snowden Granted Asylum In Canada
The first of three Hong Kong-based refugee families who helped shelter National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden when he was on the run, has been granted asylum in Canada. Vanessa Rodel and her ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong changes reverse mortgage rules, paving way for pensioners to settle in ‘Greater Bay Area’
The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation has introduced a rule allowing pensioners to lease property against which they have taken out reverse mortgage loans, a move that could potentially make it easier ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developer Chinachem’s Sol City project met with weak demand despite discounted prices
Hong Kong’s homebuyers return in droves as banks kept mortgage rates unchanged amid a dovish monetary policy Home prices in Hong Kong, the world’s most expensive housing market, plunged by 9.2 per ... ( read original story ...)
Armed with lessons from Theranos fraud, whistleblower Erika Cheung takes aim at Hong Kong’s start-up scene
Five years ago and fresh out of college, she was an engineer at a multibillion-dollar tech start-up in Silicon Valley that turned out to be a massive fraud Now, the medical ... ( read original story ...)
Human rights in Hong Kong ‘deteriorating severely’: Amnesty
Last year Hong Kong authorities refused to renew a work visa for the Financial Times' Asia news editor Victor Mallet after he hosted a talk at the city's press club by pro-independence activist Andy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Scales Back Extradition Law That Spooked Businesses
The government will remove nine categories including bankruptcy, securities and futures, and intellectual property from the proposed extradition law, Hong Kong Security Secretary John Lee told ... ( read original story ...)
Seven things to know about Hong Kong Sevens
The Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is one of the world’s premier festival weekends, with world-class rugby inside Hong Kong Stadium and outstanding entertainment at two fanzones across the city, ... ( read original story ...)
Theranos whistle-blower Erika Cheung takes aim at Hong Kong’s start-up scene, with an eye for ethical entrepreneurship
faced what she calls an “inflection point” soon after it began, when in 2014 – as a young engineer less than a year out of university – she discovered that the tests she was running for the health ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong virtual bank among Standard Chartered’s digital bets as bank aims to improve returns
Standard Chartered hopes to make its proposed virtual bank in Hong Kong a key pillar of its digital strategy as the lender looks to streamline and grow its retail business in parts of Asia and Africa, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-mainland China extradition plan to be watered down by excluding 9 economic crimes, after pressure from business community
Nine economic crimes will be excluded from a controversial government proposal allowing for the extradition of suspects from Hong Kong to mainland China, Taiwan and Macau, amid mounting pressure from ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong scraps 9 types of commercial crimes from China extradition plan amid pressure from business sector
The Hong Kong government has announced that nine types of commercial crime will be excluded from the upcoming update to the city’s extradition laws. The new plan will allow Hong Kong to handle ... ( read original story ...)