The Financial Times said Friday that Hong Kong's government has refused to renew the work visa of its Asia news editor, in what human rights activists say is the latest sign of a deteriorating ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong refuses to renew visa of Asia editor of Financial Times
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has declined to renew a work visa for the Asia news editor of the Financial Times, who is also an official of the city's Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC), a decision ... ( read original story ...)
Short Sellers Feast on Hong Kong Stocks as China Investors Brace
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s stock market has barely ever been this bearish. Short-selling turnover soared to almost 18 percent of the total value of shares traded in the city Thursday, exchange data co... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong woman, 97, escapes unscathed after driving into HK$1.78 million Maserati then hitting Marriott Hotel wall
A 97-year-old motorist was lucky to escape unscathed after her car hit a stationary Maserati before slamming into a wall at the Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong. The incident took place at the hotel’s main ... ( read original story ...)
Should Hong Kong workers get the day off after a typhoon? Calls grow to give leader power to declare state of disaster
Hong Kong’s two rival political camps put aside their differences on Thursday to lobby the government for a law empowering the city’s leader to give workers the day off after extreme weather such as r... ( read original story ...)
Judge grants temporary ban on busking at Times Square shopping centre in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court on Friday granted a temporary ban on street performers busking at a shopping centre in Causeway Bay. High Court judge Mr Justice Godfrey Lam Wan-ho approved the request by Times Squa... ( read original story ...)
Top Lithium Producer Ganfeng Prices Hong Kong IPO at Bottom of Range
It’s been a tough year for Hong Kong IPOs, as the Asian market has been hurt by trade tensions with the US, with many listings trading below their offering prices. According to the terms of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) market downtrend has further room to run
Hong Kong stocks declined to a three-week low on Thursday after ... The last signal was a sell 4 period(s) ago. HANG SENG INDEX closed down -467.391 at 26,623.869. Volume was 2% above average (neutral ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) closed at two-week low
Hong Kong’s main Hang Seng index closed at a two-week low on Tuesday, dragged by financial and property stocks, while China’s H-shares index fell most in more than three months amid signs of weakness ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s banking heavyweights scrap it out for business as cashless payment system goes live
Hong Kong’s leading lenders are locking horns in a battle royal for new digital payment customers, after the authorities launched their ambitious “Faster Payment System” last weekend, which now allows ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Dollar Could Get All Shook Up as Cash Pool Shrinks
“We may see sudden spikes in Hibor and the Hong Kong dollar more often in the future, as the sizable drop in aggregate balance has made banks more concerned with liquidity shortage,” OCBC Wing Hang Ba... ( read original story ...)
Judge: No bail for Hong Kong man in UN-linked bribery case
NEW YORK — A United Nations-linked bribery case against a Hong Kong businessman seems stronger after a prosecutor revealed that a former co-defendant will testify at trial that Chad's president reject... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: The invisibility of the poor in Crazy Rich Hong Kong
SINGAPORE: Singapore may be the setting of the movie Crazy Rich Asians, but the Asian city that has overtaken New York as the city with the largest population of the “ultra-rich” is Hong Kong. A resea... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, an early warning sign for the world’s priciest homes is flashing sell
Losses in the Hang Seng Properties Index on Thursday left the gauge of Hong Kong real estate stocks trading as much as 20 percent below its peak in January. Declines of that magnitude from major highs ... ( read original story ...)