More people in Hong Kong are getting vaccinated against influenza this year ahead of the winter flu season because of greater public awareness, according to private doctors and health authorities. In ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Finance Co. Ltd in Hong Kong marks 40th anniversary
The Vietnam Finance Company Limited (VFC) in China’s Hong Kong, the first overseas financial institution of Vietnam, marked its 40th founding anniversary on October 26. Hong Kong accommodates many lea... ( read original story ...)
STX Calls Off Hong Kong IPO
The studio had hoped to raise up to $500 million of new capital. STX Entertainment has abandoned plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The studio's IPO filing lapsed on Thursday and is now li... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Tycoon Aborts Hong Kong IPO Plan on Market Turmoil
Singapore entrepreneur and tycoon Ron Sim has “aborted” plans to list V3 Group Ltd. in Hong Kong amid intense volatility and weakness in the global stock market. Sim, who created Asia’s largest maker ... ( read original story ...)
Australian becomes first foreigner honoured by Hong Kong government for act outside the city, as pan-democrats are snubbed for fourth year running
Being awarded a bravery medal in Hong Kong was not only “a great honour” but “surreal” for Zachary Rolfe, an Australian police office who is the first foreign national commended by the Hong Kong gover... ( read original story ...)
Would you give them money to travel? The rise and fall of Hong Kong’s ‘begpackers’
About a year ago, they seemed to be everywhere in Hong Kong – tourists holding signs on the streets asking for donations to fund their round-the-world trips. Dubbed “begpackers”, they were on footbrid... ( read original story ...)
RCCI’s delegation to visit Hong Kong
Under this initiative, RCCI former president Zahid Latif Khan led a delegation to Hong Kong where it held Business Opportunity Conference (BOC) and meetings with Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and sign... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong science and tech hub set to deploy US$1.3B focussed on startups
In the Pearl of the Orient, 2018 will be remembered as a defining for the year Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). In March, HKSTP stepped into the policy spotlight when it rec... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Weather Season-by-Season
Despite having a sub-tropical climate, the city does have four distinct seasons. Fall in Hong Kong We start with Hong Kong weather in fall (September - Mid-December), as this is firmly the best time t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government weighs in on Cathay Pacific data breach, urging airline to cooperate with privacy watchdog in investigation
Authorities in Hong Kong have for the first time weighed in on the massive data breach suffered by Cathay Pacific Airways as they pressed the airline to fully cooperate in an investigation with the ci... ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to Benefit Regions Retail, Hotel Sectors
With the new Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and other strategic infrastructure projects in the Pearl River Delta, both the city's economic development and the local retail, hotel and industrial propert... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Science and Technology Park gives tech tenants a bonanza with US$893 million worth of measures
Nearly HK$7 billion (US$893 million) worth of fresh measures ranging from rent exemptions to expanded subsidies will be up for grabs for hundreds of current and future tenants at Hong Kong’s IT hub, t... ( read original story ...)
Things to know about opening a business in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the top business-friendly countries in the world, especially since the handover of 1997 where the government started to push for a more flexible and liberal market. It is now the p... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developers face fresh pressure to sell as completed new units jump 30 per cent in third quarter
New flats have been quickly rolling off the Hong Kong assembly line, recording a 30 per cent jump in the completion rate in the July-to-September period, adding pressure on developers to speed up sale... ( read original story ...)