Hong Kong was the best performer among Asia Pacific bourses on Wednesday ... from a Sunday cut to their reserve requirement ratio. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China rose 1.8 per cent. Tokyo’s Topix index was flat, but Japan Display was far and ... ( read original story ...)
Fraudulent website related to Hang Seng Bank, Limited
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by Hang Seng Bank, Limited on a fraudulent website, which has been reported to the HKMA. Hyperlink to the press release is available on the HKMA website ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks surge as banks, insurers lead
HONG KONG, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rose on Wednesday, extending gains made in the previous trading session, with Chinese banks and insurers leading the surge after China’s central bank cut reserve ratios over the weekend. The blue chip Hang ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares rise, Japan falls in quiet Asian trading
HONG KONG — Asian shares were mixed in holiday-thinned trading on Wednesday as investors brushed off Wall Street's latest advance into record territory. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index gave up early gains, slipping 0.1 per cent to ... ( read original story ...)
ASIA MARKETS: Hong Kong Stocks Flirt With 10-year High
amid big gains in Chinese property developers and index heavyweight (0700.HK) The internet giant rose another 0.8% in early action, hitting fresh record highs. It has surged 85% in 2017. Hong Kong markets will be closed Thursday, while there is no trading ... ( read original story ...)
Why You Need To Be Careful About Buying Property Sight Unseen
According to the Real Estate Institute of Australia, selling real estate sight unseen is becoming more popular with international buyers keen to snap up property here A Hong Kong buyer recently purchased a home on Sydney's North Shore for $3.65million ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong | Apartment sets Asia price record amid gov’t curbs
A luxury home in Hong Kong set a price record for apartment sales in Asia, even as the government seeks to tame property prices in the world’s least affordable market. The penthouse duplex unit in Henderson Land Development Co.’s 39 Conduit Road ... ( read original story ...)
Imagine Hong Kong with affordable housing and universal pension for all
How much of Hong Kong’s political poison would drain away if the city supplied enough land—and, yes, there is plenty available; don’t believe the Great Land Crunch myth perpetuated by fat-cat property developers and their cronies in government —to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks flirt with 10-year high
amid big gains in Chinese property developers and index heavyweight 0700, +0.63% The internet giant rose another 0.8% in early action, hitting fresh record highs. It has surged 85% in 2017. Hong Kong markets will be closed Thursday, while there is no ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong Creative Industries Association cuts revenue of copyright infringing websites by 14%
The introduction of the IWL follows a scheme named 'Operation Creative' led by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). The scheme has listed about 1,500 pirate websites, and involves over 130 advertising associations and companies. Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Japanese stocks drive Asian shares up
Japanese and Hong Kong share markets led Asian stocks higher on Wednesday ... Growth in China, the world's no. 2 economy, has held up remarkably well this year despite curbs on the property market and risky forms of lending, thanks to a construction ... ( read original story ...)
Communism slowly chokes Hong Kong
Hong Kong Commercial Daily, China Daily, Sing Pao Daily News, South China Morning Post, Phoenix Satellite Television and TVB. The change in tone and content has been particularly evident in the South China Morning Post, for example, after Jack Ma of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Japanese stocks boost Asia on optimism over global growth
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese and Hong Kong share markets led Asian stocks higher on Wednesday, with the Chinese central bank's weekend move to free up more liquidity boosting sentiment as the world's second-largest economy grows at a steady pace. ( read original story ...)
‘I was holding my wife under the table’: Hong Kong singer Leo Ku was in Las Vegas when deadly shooting took place
Hong Kong pop singer Leo Ku Kui-kei and his wife have described ... their phone batteries draining while they waited for news from authorities. The lockdown on all Las Vegas hotels continued late into the night. On Tuesday’s radio show, Ku thanked ... ( read original story ...)