HSBC has become the first bank in Hong Kong to deploy staff with specialist knowledge in dementia to help sufferers overcome difficulties managing their finances. The move comes after a survey found m... ( read original story ...)
HSBC deploys dementia specialist staff in Hong Kong amid rapidly greying population
HSBC has become the first bank in Hong Kong to deploy staff with specialist knowledge in dementia to help sufferers overcome difficulties managing their finances. The move comes after a survey found m... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong interbank rates nearing 2008 highs as HKD rises
Market expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserves will hike rates this month have also been a big reason for the spike in Hibor, said Linan Liu, a Hong Kong-based rates strategist at Deutsche Bank. H... ( read original story ...)
As property prices in Hong Kong fall, public support for the government will rise
The latest data from the Rating and Valuation Department shows the local property market is facing increasing downward pressure. Investment banks generally forecast a 15 to 20 per cent reduction in pr... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong micro flats will bear the brunt of price slump, says CK Asset executive
Micro-flats, once all the rage in Hong Kong because of their affordability, would bear the brunt of the city’s property price slump, said an executive of CK Asset Holdings, one of the city’s biggest d... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Blockchain Startup Hires China’s Bitcoin Evangelist After He “Quits”
Although China has continued to relentlessly clamp down certain subsets of the crypto industry, the nation’s blockchain scene continues to swell at an unbridled pace, backed by hotshot entrepreneurs, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong passport is now the world’s 13th most powerful, according to Arton Capital’s global index
Within Asia, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport was placed sixth, according to the report. It was behind those from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – which was also the world number o... ( read original story ...)
Asian Banker names BOC among top 500 Strongest and Largest Banks in Asia Pacific Region for 2018
Citi Bank (Hong Kong), Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ Bank of New Zealand and many others. “With this latest ranking BOC has set an unparalleled benchmark in the Sri Lankan banking industry as th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Fears Trump Will End Special Trading Status
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong business groups are starting to worry the Trump administration will open the door to ending the financial hub’s preferential trade status, rendering it “just another Chinese c... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is planning a $60 billion city in the sea nearly everyone opposes
The foundation commissioned consulting firm McKinsey and others to research their plan, and announced in August that in the “best-case” scenario the first inhabitants could move into housing in 11 yea... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businessman guilty of bribery in African oil deal
NEW YORK — A federal jury in New York convicted a Hong Kong businessman Wednesday of bribing the presidents of two African nations to secure oil rights for a Chinese energy conglomerate. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong produced three times as much tree waste this year as in 2017, mainly thanks to Typhoon Mangkhut
The amount of yard waste collected by government departments that ended up in landfill this year was triple the amount of last year, according to official data, a reflection of a noticeable increasing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs monitoring travel website Trivago accused by Australian watchdog of misleading ads
Hong Kong customs is looking into a case by the Australian consumer watchdog against travel website Trivago, accused of misleading users into thinking its search results generated hotel listings with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong passport is now the world’s 13th most powerful, according to global index
Hong Kong people hold the world’s 13th most powerful passport, up five places from its position last year on an index gauging the “power” of passports of various countries and territories, made availa... ( read original story ...)