Thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand the local government scrap a plan that would allow extraditions to mainland China, an issue that also worries foreign investors. Hong ... ( read original story ...)
On Hong Kong’s ‘other’ Canton Road, cafes, markets and jade sellers still flourish – but for how much longer?
When Sam Chan tells people his family owns Wing Fat Cafe, a cha chaan teng on Canton Road in Hong Kong’s Kowloon district, he needs to specify. “Most of the time they ask, ‘Is it in Tsim Sha Tsui?’” ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Mortgage loans up 43%
Residential mortgage loans approved in March increased 43% compared with the previous month to $37.3 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today. Mortgage loans financing primary market ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces itself for greater influx of mainland Chinese visitors during mini-Golden Week
Hong Kong welcomed more than 18 million tourists for the first three months this year and the momentum is expected to increase during the mainland’s Labour Day holiday starting on Wednesday – the ... ( read original story ...)
One country, two systems, too many meddlers: US, UK and the rule of law in Hong Kong
“US ‘disappointed’ by convictions of Occupy leaders” that the United States prefers Hong Kong to practise rule by law, as opposed to rule of law, to set the Occupy leaders apart as people immune from ... ( read original story ...)
Record 65 million visitors for Hong Kong in 2018, but what if mainland Chinese tourists stop coming?
Hong Kong attracted a record 65.1 million visitors in 2018, with nearly four in five coming from mainland China. The 51 million mainland visitors were a far cry from the 8.47 million in 2003, when ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands march through Hong Kong in extradition law protest
Thousands of protesters have marched through central Hong Kong in opposition to changes to an extradition law widely seen as eroding the territory’s independent legal system. Many of those taking part ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs seize another HK$80 million worth of cocaine, taking haul to 421kg in month, as local triads team up with Mexican drug syndicate
Hong Kong customs have seized another HK$80 million (US$10.2 million) worth of cocaine, taking their total haul of the drug in April alone to 421kg, valued at about HK$420 million, as officers battle ... ( read original story ...)
Extradition bill sparks paralysing row in Hong Kong’s legislature
An unprecedented procedural row over delaying tactics by opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong’s legislature is threatening to paralyse the government’s efforts to fast track a controversial law to allow ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s March home prices rise at fastest pace in 2-1/2 years
HONG KONG, April 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s private home prices, one of the world’s most expensive property markets, rose in March at their fastest pace since September 2016 on strong pent-up demand ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s spiralling property prices place urban renewal work in jeopardy, URA chief says
The upward spiral in Hong Kong property prices threatens the work of the city’s urban redevelopment authority and a rethinking of strategy is needed, its outgoing chairman said on Monday. Urban ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Built a Financial Fortress Around Hong Kong. Now It Faces Its Biggest Threat in Years
HSBC Holdings Plc spent 150 years building a financial fortress around Hong Kong that touches nearly every aspect of life in the former British colony. One of the bank’s biggest threats? A pack of ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands protest after China proposes new extradition law in Hong Kong
“There's no judicial in mainland China, the party is above the courts,” one protestor told the local news outlet TVB. The Hong Kong Bar Association has expressed concerns over the ... ( read original story ...)
Specter of extradition law spreads as Hong Kong bookseller flees to Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Hong Kong bookseller who was detained by China is seeking refuge in Taiwan, saying his home city will no longer be safe when new laws are enacted allowing extradition to China, ... ( read original story ...)