A Hong Kong private tutor was on Tuesday found guilty of assaulting and spraying her 10-year-old student with detergent when he did not finish his homework and scored poorly in a school test. The West ... ( read original story ...)
Be understanding about high-speed rail ticketing issues, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam urges public after rough start on opening day
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has called on the public to be more understanding about issues faced by the city’s new high-speed railway, a day after ticket sales got off to a bumpy start ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hot-Pot IPO: A Chinese Chain Serving Pig Brains and Giving Manicures
A Chinese chain of hot-pot restaurants—where diners prepare their own dishes by dunking meat and vegetables in bubbling spicy soup—is cooking up a $12 billion valuation that would match Domino’s Pizza ... ( read original story ...)
Son of Agile chairman eyes high-speed-railway launch to boost business for his new Hong Kong co-working space
Growth within Hong Kong’s co-working space sector shows no signs of slowing, but a newcomer on the block plans to ride the launch of the city’s new high-speed-railway link to mainland China, to expand ... ( read original story ...)
WNHK: the ‘why not Hong Kong?’ dilemma
In my previous life in a well-established international school, I witnessed an increase in the number of students applying to Hong Kong universities each year – from around 30 to 70 – in the past 15 o... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s tourism board spends HK$12 million to promote ‘traditional and trendy’ Sham Shui Po to visitors
The Hong Kong Tourism Board has splashed out more than HK$12 million (US$1.5 million) on a series of improvements and marketing activities to promote one of the city’s poorest districts as a destinati... ( read original story ...)
Haidilao prepares for HK IPO
Haidilao International Holding, Chinese mainland's biggest hotpot restaurant chain, will kick-start its IPO on Wednesday, planning to raise as much as $1 billion from share sales. The Beijing-based co... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) Trade war battering smaller Chinese manufacturers, new data shows
Hong Kong-listed stocks are now 17 per cent cheaper than the mainland’s yuan-traded equities, according to an index compiled by Hang Seng Bank to track the price gap between the two markets. Slowing c... ( read original story ...)
Ticket sales for Hong Kong’s high-speed railway off to bumpy start on first day of sale amid glitches in payment systems
The first buyers booked more than 6,450 tickets in advance for Hong Kong’s new high-speed rail service to mainland China on Monday, amid glitches which the operator played down as “teething problems”. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong professor accused of killing wife, stuffing body in suitcase
Hong Kong University mechanical engineering associate professor Cheung Kie-chung was taken away by police on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post and other news media. Cheung, 53, had re... ( read original story ...)
Bubble tea craze is a super sweet market for inventive Hong Kong entrepreneurs. But could this bubble burst?
They both opened their first stores last month. A guide to the best bubble tea in Hong Kong Heytea, a hugely popular bubble tea business in mainland China whose customers boast on social media of wait... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bus driver jailed 20 months for driving while ill and killing woman in crash
A Hong Kong bus driver who passed out at the wheel and killed a pedestrian in a crash was on Monday jailed for 20 months and disqualified from driving for five years. The District Court heard KMB driv... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University gets HK$100 million donation from engineer Otto Poon for smart city and sustainable energy research
Top engineer Otto Poon Lok-to has donated HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) to Hong Kong Polytechnic University for smart city and sustainable energy research, the institution announced on Monday eveni... ( read original story ...)
More Hong Kong students taking their own lives, study by Jockey Club suicide research centre finds
The number of Hong Kong youngsters taking their own lives has grown in recent years, a research centre has found, with a marked increase in suicides among full-time students. Some 75 Hongkongers aged ... ( read original story ...)