Property developer Sino Land has launched an innovation lab that will allow start-ups to showcase and test out how their solutions could be used in the real world. The 3,000 square feet Sino Inno Lab ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activists warn that Beijing crackdown will backfire
Visiting Hong Kong last year to celebrate 20 years since it was returned ... It subsequently rejected the visa renewal application of Victor Mallet, the Financial Times’ Asia news editor, after he hos... ( read original story ...)
For China’s Startups, New York Stock Markets Still Beat Hong Kong
Despite a number of high-profile Chinese startups listing in Hong Kong this year, the U.S. still provides a compelling market for initial public offerings because of its more sophisticated investors, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s business, showbiz and political elite attend private vigil for legendary Chinese writer Louis Cha ‘Jin Yong’
The guestbook at a private service for Louis Cha Leung-yung at Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point read like a who’s who of the city’s media, business, showbiz and political elite featuring lawmaker... ( read original story ...)
Lee Kum Kee Family Receives First Hong Kong “EY Family Business Award of Excellence”
HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- On 9 November, Lee Kum Kee Family was delighted to receive from EY the first Hong Kong "EY Family Business Award of Excellence". This award is the ... ( read original story ...)
Two arrested as Tung Chung protesters clash over influx of visitors from mainland China to Hong Kong
Police arrested two people as protesters clashed with each other in Tung Chung on Sunday as tensions erupted over the influx of tourists from mainland China into Hong Kong. Three weeks after the Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong domestic helpers jump in deep end
"Most of us in Hong Kong don't have many places to go," she told AFP. "I like how I can swim as far as I can. I feel free. (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-genera... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Macau played ‘unique and irreplaceable’ roles in China’s reform and opening up, Xi Jinping says
Speaking on Monday morning at a meeting with a delegation of top officials and business leaders from the two cities, he urged Hong Kong and Macau to integrate into the nation’s development plans, espe... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) Chinese regulator announced that it was setting lending targets for banks
with the CSI300 down -1.4% and the Hang Seng down -2.4%. The Chinese regulator announced that it was setting lending targets for banks to private sector companies, which weighed on Chinese bank stocks ... ( read original story ...)
Embattled Next Digital, owner of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, to sell Taiwan property to relieve financial burdens
chief executive of China Hong Kong Capital Asset Management. Attempts by Next Digital to expand its online platform have only added to its capital expenditure and generated little return, he added. “I... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong literary event with Beijing critic in doubt as worries over political freedom grow
Media organizations, business groups and Western governments were taken aback in October when Hong Kong expelled Mallet of the Financial Times, who had hosted a talk at the Foreign Correspondents Club ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Tung Chung packed again with mainland Chinese tourists as police keep a lookout for unlicensed tour operators
They wanted to check whether the guides had a local counterpart with them as under Hong Kong law anyone conducting business as a travel agent must be licensed. Some visitors were blocked from boarding ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong investor in Peach Aviation now aims to ‘disrupt’ banks
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority -- the territory's ... it refers to the practice of using connections to get business done. Today, however, such regulatory examinations tend to be stricter ... ( read original story ...)
Flying out of Hong Kong proving to be an expensive business for travellers as airlines impose fuel tax to cover rising cost of oil
Travellers flying out of Hong Kong International Airport are being charged as much as HK$1,624 (US$207) extra by airlines after a fuel surcharge fee was reintroduced on November 1. A review of ticket ... ( read original story ...)