Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 1.62 percent in late-afternoon trade. Investors are looking ahead at a highly anticipated meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump at the upco... ( read original story ...)
Young Hong Kong homebuyers bank on Bangkok property with eye on future purchases at home
Hong Kong millennials, who have been priced out in the world’s most expensive property market at home, are increasingly investing in destinations like Bangkok in Thailand, where real estate prices sta... ( read original story ...)
Grow your own meal(worms): Hong Kong firm reveals $140 kit to grow worms at home to turn into food
The unusual dinner idea could soon be a reality, if Hong Kong entrepreneur Katharina Unger has her way. The 28-year-old is the founder of Livin Farms, a start-up that has been making insect incubators ... ( read original story ...)
Make a meal of mealworms, Hong Kong startup says
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pasta prepared with mealworms raised in your own home? The unusual dinner idea could soon be a reality, if Hong Kong entrepreneur Katharina Unger has her way. The 28-year-old is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hottest IPOs Bring Worst Returns to Investors
Hong Kong’s hottest initial public offerings have produced the worst returns for investors this year, while the least popular deals have fared far better. The 10 most popular stocks by retail subscrip... ( read original story ...)
The photographer who captured Hong Kong’s disappearing past
Over the last five decades, photographer Keith Macgregor has borne witness to dramatic change in Hong Kong. His striking images document a way of life that has rapidly disappeared from sight: street s... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hottest IPOs Bring the Worst Returns to Investors
Hong Kong’s hottest initial public offerings have produced the worst returns for investors this year, while the least popular deals have fared far better. The 10 most popular stocks by retail subscrip... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) Stocks Fall
Earlier in Asia, South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.6 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.4 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 bucked the trend, gaining 0.4 percent. Shares fell in Taiwan and rose ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s lessons for Canada
Hong Kong is Canada’s 15th largest city. Nearly 400,000 Canadians live here — only slightly smaller than Halifax — more than any other city in the world. It is more importantly, Asia’s only world metr... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Playing the slots
Hong Kong might be ranked the fourth best city in the world in which to do business, yet business-jet operators are finding it increasingly difficult to gain access to its airport. Business aviation m... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democrats hope to regain veto powers in crucial by-election
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s democratic opposition ... a public aggrieved by China’s creeping control of the Asian financial hub, they’ve struggled against a far larger and better ... ( read original story ...)
The $200 trillion gold rush that has reshaped private banking
In Hong Kong, Bank of Singapore doubled the size of its waterfront office. Some companies are offering pay increases of 30 per cent or more in Hong Kong and Singapore to poach from rivals, according t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ambulance services are busier than ever, but abuse of the facility can prove costly to people in genuine need
This is not the only bizarre case rescue crews in Hong Kong have encountered. According to staff members, some Hongkongers think that incidents ranging from things as minor as breaking a fingernail to ... ( read original story ...)
Shareholders in bank juggle
The bank said this is an internal legal entity restructuring and will not impact the business and management of the company. The controlling interest in Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and t... ( read original story ...)