The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation announced that the HSBC Mandatory Provident Fund - ValueChoice will be merged into the MPF - SuperTrust Plus, putting 20 constituent funds under one MPF ... ( read original story ...)
Bitmain Seemingly Forced to Abandon Hong Kong IPO Plans
Chinese Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain Technologies is set to allow its IPO application on the Hong Kong Stock exchange to lapse tomorrow, six months after it filed a draft prospectus. Originally, the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businessman gets 3 years in prison for bribery
NEW YORK — A prominent Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to three years in prison ... at a downtown Manhattan lockup on subjects "ranging from geography to personal finance." During a weeklong trial ... ( read original story ...)
The Expanding Start-up Ecosystem at Science Park – Incubation graduates and growing mentor pool celebrate milestones
A cohort of 80 start-ups celebrated a major milestone on their entrepreneurial journey – completing the incubation programme at the 2019 Incubation Graduation Ceremony held by Hong Kong Science and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s former No 2 Anson Chan urges Americans who do business in city to protest proposed change in fugitive transfer law
The former No 2 official in Hong Kong on Monday urged all Americans who do business in the city to voice their concerns over the government’s proposal to allow the transfer of fugitives to mainland ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Gov’t backs green financing
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is determined to develop Hong Kong into a leading hub for green finance in the region, with focus on Mainland China and economies along the Belt ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi sisters free after six months stranded in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (AFP) - Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong have arrived in a safe third country after securing humanitarian visas, their law firm said on Monday, ending a months-long ordeal as they ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia sisters given humanitarian visa and leave Hong Kong
Rawan, 18, and Reem, 20, arrived at Hong Kong's airport in September in a two-hour stop as ... Rawan said she wanted to study biology and gain a PhD in genetics. Reacting to the news, Lynn Maalouf, ... ( read original story ...)
Canada grants refugee status to some asylum-seekers who hid Edward Snowden in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Vanessa Rodel was so afraid to believe the news, she asked her lawyer to repeat it, five times. But each time, the message she had longed to hear was exactly the same, and each time ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home prices rise for first time in 6 months
HONG KONG: Hong Kong private home prices posted their first monthly ... A continued correction could lead to more cases of negative equity on residential mortgage loans, which resurfaced for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Xinyi Energy revives Hong Kong IPO plan
Chinese solar power firm Xinyi Energy Holdings Ltd has decided to pursue an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after all, so on Friday it filed a renewed listing application. ( read original story ...)
‘No regrets’: Saudi sisters hope for bright future after Hong Kong
The sisters watched the news of Khashoggi’s death unfold while in hiding in Hong Kong. “I said to my sister, ‘I’m glad we left. This is the country we left’, there is no regret at all,” said the older ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s plan to allow extraditions to mainland China and Taiwan likely to be uneven, scholars say
A plan to allow the transfer of fugitives from Hong Kong to places such as mainland China and Taiwan has been criticised as unfair after scholars pointed out it would not be reciprocal due to legal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airlines Launches New Business Class Menu ex-LAX
Hong Kong Airlines has launched a new Business Class menu for customers travelling out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Designed exclusively by celebrity chef and television personality ... ( read original story ...)