Hong Kong (AFP) - Thousands of festival-goers packed a historic neighbourhood of Hong Kong to watch a "fire dragon" lit with incense sticks dance through the streets in a century-old ritual. The 67-metre (220-foot) long dragon snakes around the network of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy activist in court for throwing ‘smelly’ sandwich
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who threw a "smelly fish sandwich" at a police officer as voters went to the polls last year pleaded not guilty to assault Tuesday. The sandwich had been aimed at the city's then leader, Leung Chun-ying, who was on his ... ( read original story ...)
Macau Elections Suggest Lessons for Hong Kong
For Hong Kong democrats, the news from the other side of the Pearl River Estuary has provided a modest morale-booster. With six pro-democracy legislators already disqualified in the oath-taking saga, several others awaiting the same fate, 16 political ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Hong Kong lead Asia gains but dollar retreats
Tokyo and Hong Kong led gains on most markets in Asia Wednesday following ... global co-head of foreign-exchange strategy at National Australia Bank in Sydney, told Bloomberg News. But he added that talk of Powell taking the top post have "seen the dollar ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong delegation warm to Cambridge technology expertise
... Association – an organisation with a large membership in Hong Kong and China – said: “We truly appreciated the opportunity to take our senior executives and business leaders to Cambridge, especially [the] visit to Cambridge Design Partnership. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks post best one-day gain since March on central bank’s scheme to spur lending
Hong Kong stocks posted their biggest one-day gain in seven months after a move by China’s central bank designed to spur lending. The city’s benchmark index surged above the key 28,000-point level on Tuesday, the first trading session of the fourth ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC declares dividend
HSBC (0005) yesterday declared a third interim dividend of US$0.10 (78 HK cents) per ordinary share. A scrip dividend will also be offered. Hang Seng Bank (0011) also declared a third interim dividend - HK$1.20 per share.According to the latest global ... ( read original story ...)
Myntra’s Ananya Tripathi gets new responsibilities
Tripathi, a former McKinsey executive who joined the Bengaluru based e-tailer ... TOI reported last week that Myntra has now won the master franchise rights of Hong Kong-based brand Esprit. Earlier, it won a similar right for Mango. Tripathi said the ... ( read original story ...)
Capital Trust Group Limited and W Ventures (Hong Kong) Limited select AlphaPoint as the Blockchain Technology Provider
THAILAND – October 03, 2017 – Capital Trust Group and W Ventures (Hong Kong) have selected the AlphaPoint platform to create the blockchain financial technology infrastructure for Trust City. The AlphaPoint Distributed Ledger Platform will enable the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank mistakenly dumps customer cheque deposit box
The Bank of East Asia has urged anyone who put cheques into a collection box at its Cheung Sha Wan branch on a day last month to contact them after it realised that the box was “accidentally” dumped by renovation workers. In an announcement on its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong domestic helper launches bid to end rule saying she has to live with her employer
A domestic helper on Tuesday asked a Hong Kong court to grant her and 350,000 others the choice of living apart from their employers, in the first judicial review of the live-in rule imposed since 2003. Lawyers for Nancy Almorin Lubiano from the ... ( read original story ...)
High-speed rail link border checkpoint in Hong Kong ‘has public support’ says city leader Carrie Lam
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is pressing ahead with controversial plans to set up a joint checkpoint in the city for the cross-border high-speed rail link, citing opinion polls showing that the “majority of Hong Kong people” support the ... ( read original story ...)
Sotheby’s Autumn 2017 Hong Kong Sales Achieve $404 Million – 42% Increase Year-Over-Year –
Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby's BidNow program allows visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from anywhere in the world. Sotheby's offers collectors the resources of Sotheby's Financial Services, the world's only full-service art ... ( read original story ...)
Song dynasty bowl shatters world record for Chinese ceramics, fetches $37.7 million in Hong Kong sale
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A nearly 900-year-old porcelain Song dynasty bowl smashed the world auction record for Chinese ceramics on Tuesday, selling for HK$294.3 million (£28.38 million) at a Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong. The small, blue-green item broke the ... ( read original story ...)