Hong Kong police were investigating a suspected murder on Monday after a 93-year-old man died in hospital following a fight with another resident at his Tai Po care home. A 79-year-old man, surnamed Lau, was arrested and detained for questioning ... ( read original story ...)
Shock and sympathy after death of Hong Kong-raised British diplomat in Lebanon
The news brought a wave of sympathy from the city’s legal community ... “No words are adequate for this.” Law Yuk-kai, director of Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, which promotes the protection of legal rights in the city, said Ms Dykes had worked ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Indexes strengthens Stock Connect Hong Kong index range
Hang Seng Indexes, formerly HSI Services Limited, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Bank. The company compiles and manages the Hang Seng Family of Indexes. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developer HKRI to ‘embrace digital era’ in mainland expansion
Discovery Bay, HKRI’s flagship property in Hong Kong, is a resort-style residential project on northeastern Lantau Island, comprising villas as well as low, mid and high-rise residential developments. “Hong Kong developers can’t afford to be as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief ‘to boost land supply’ in next budget
Hong Kong’s finance chief has indicated that boosting land supply to ease the city’s housing problems will be a key part of his upcoming budget, through which he said he would strive to elevate “the people’s sense of being well-off”. Paul Chan Mo ... ( read original story ...)
Two Hong Kong students kicked out of graduation ceremony after not standing for national anthem
Two Hong Kong college students were kicked out of their own graduation ceremony on Saturday after refusing to stand for the national anthem. The social work students from Hong Kong College of Technology sat silently while March of the Volunteers played ... ( read original story ...)
Horizons Ventures backs AI startup Fano Labs in first Hong Kong investment
Horizons Ventures, the VC firm founded by Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-Shing, has made a rare early-stage investment after it backed AI startup Fano Labs. Horizons has invested in the likes of Facebook, Razer, Slack, Improbable, Spotify and more, and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s New York Blues
Despite a year of hot flotations that included firms backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Hong Kong is close to being overtaken by its U.S. competitor as the world's top IPO venue, a title it's held for two years. The package of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Listings Rule Changes Set to Transform Market, Li Says
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s proposal to change which companies are eligible to list in the city will boost the pipeline of initial public offerings, according to Chief Executive Officer Charles Li. Technology and so-called new-economy companies ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s IPO Quirks Undermine Its New York Fightback: Gadfly
Hong Kong’s move to allow dual-class shares should attract a wave of listings by Chinese technology companies. It won’t be enough for the city to challenge New York as the global hub for new-economy fundraising. Despite a year of hot flotations that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Listings Rule Changes Set to Transform Market, Says Li
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s proposal to change which companies are eligible to list in the city will boost the pipeline of initial public offerings, according to Chief Executive Officer Charles Li. Technology and so-called new-economy companies ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bourse targets next Alibaba in IPO rules revamp
Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Hong Kong’s stock exchange proposed to let “innovative” companies list in the Chinese enclave with dual-class share structures to avoid losing out on more initial public offerings by technology giants like ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong courts on dangerous ground in a battle over free speech
A Hong Kong court has issued its first ban on a short-seller from ... and loss done to it by the injunction because it was not allowed to engage in its business of making the larger investment community aware of false accounting by a listed company? ( read original story ...)
The only way is not up, says Hong Kong architect who thinks city should rethink its vertical growth
Hong Kong architect William Lim Ooi-lee is surrounded by skyscrapers in the city’s business district, Central – a few of them designed by him. But looking up, the 60-year-old says he believes that building vertically fast is not the best for the city ... ( read original story ...)