HONG KONG - Opponents of legislation in Hong Kong that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China are planning more protests and labour strikes in an attempt to block the move, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developer walks away from HK$11.1 billion Kai Tak project, citing ‘social contradiction and economic instability’
The Hong Kong developer that beat out several of the city's biggest and wealthiest property groups for a commercial plot at the former runway of the Kai Tak airport in May has had a change of mind ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong firm drops $1.4 billion land purchase pact on economic worries
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd has dropped out of a process to buy a land parcel worth about $1.4 billion citing economic uncertainties, as the Asian financial hub ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces for mass protests against bill allowing extraditions to China
Beijing-based consultancy Gavecal said some bankers in Hong Kong were reporting that many mainland clients were shifting their accounts to Singapore, fearing they could come under scrutiny in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gears up for fresh protests, strikes as anger boils over
In a rare move, prominent business leaders warned that pushing through the extradition law could undermine investor confidence in Hong Kong and erode its competitive advantages. The extradition bill, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gears up for more protests, strikes
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's defiant pledge in the face of more mass protests underscored deep concerns across vast swaths of the Asian financial hub two days after hundreds of thousands took to the ... ( read original story ...)
SPD Bank Hong Kong’s Assets Surpass HK$100 billion A milestone on its 8th anniversary
HONG KONG, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch ("SPD Bank Hong Kong" or "the Company") is celebrating its eighth anniversary in 2019. ... ( read original story ...)
China central bank to issue bills in Hong Kong to stabilise weakening yuan
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank said on early Tuesday it will sell yuan-denominated bills in Hong Kong in late June, in a move that some market analysts believed was aimed at stemming a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vows to continue with extradition bill despite widespread protests
All later appeared in detention in China, and some appeared in apparent forced confessions broadcast in Hong Kong. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader defiant as city gears up for fresh protests over extradition bill
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam remained defiant on Tuesday, pledging to push ahead with a proposed extradition bill that would allow fugitives captured in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong presses ahead with extradition bill despite protests
“That’s just the number we have at the moment, and it’s still rising,” he said. China’s Xinhua news agency described the Hong Kong protest, the largest in the city in decades, as “a public procession. ... ( read original story ...)
Extradition bill that set off protests to go to Hong Kong legislature
Hong Kong's leader says a highly controversial extradition bill will proceed to the territory's legislature. Carrie Lam's comments on Tuesday came after hundreds of thousands of people took to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police clash with protesters opposing extradition bill
Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, has pushed forward with the legislation despite widespread criticism from human rights and business groups. The amendments have been criticized as eroding Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader vows to go ahead with contentious China extradition law despite mass protest
She called on the government to drop the proposal and "preserve Hong Kong as a leading international business center." Curtis Chin, a Milken Institute Asia Fellow and former U.S. ambassador to the ... ( read original story ...)