3 Hong Kong, the mobile arm of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong announced that it has received a temporary permit from the Communications Authority (CA) on to conduct 5G network trials in the 26GHz and 28GHz bands millimetre wave spectrum. ( read original story ...)
5 top space-saving ideas found in Hong Kong – for the living and the dead
The idea is to save money and space by running your start-up or doing freelance work from an office space shared with others. Across Hong Kong, people are turning from private offices with high rental costs to more financially manageable “co-use ... ( read original story ...)
Startups Rival Former Discount Giant Groupon To Feed Asia
The startup aims to help restaurants increase their profitability ... Last year it expanded into four more markets–Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and the Philippines–and Hong Kong already is its best market in terms of revenue. It boasts 160 employees ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong billionaire Robert Kuok to advise Mahathir during his transition
Hong Kong-based billionaire Robert Kuok is to sit on a special ... of elders” – are the country’s former central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, former finance minister Daim Zainuddin, former head of the state oil firm Petronas, Hassan Marican ... ( read original story ...)
China collects trove of 3 trillion financial records in bid for tighter control of country’s banks
The data trove was revealed on Wednesday in a speech delivered on behalf of Guo Shuqing, chairman of the country’s powerful new China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), at a forum on financial stability in Hong Kong. Veteran technocrat ... ( read original story ...)
My HKU MBA Got Me A Top Finance Internship In Hong Kong—Now I’m Using It To Switch Careers
Internships are often a key part of any MBA student’s career journey—a chance to try out new industries, build new business networks, and land new jobs. Pranavi Kapur knows that better than most. A current MBA student at the University of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Most Popular ETF Is Shorting the Whole Equity Market
A fund that makes money when Hong Kong stocks tumble has suddenly garnered a whole lot of interest. The CSOP Hang Seng Index Daily Inverse Product has attracted some $136 million worth of cash in 2018, the biggest inflows for any fund trading on the city ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Upgrading GDP Growth For 2018
Hong Kong GDP grew 4.7% year-on-year in 1Q18 ... The producing legal entity ING Bank N.V. is authorised by the Dutch Central Bank and supervised by the European Central Bank (ECB), the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Dutch Authority for the Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered hires for key team in Hong Kong and Singapore
as it continues its efforts to bolster its private bank. Last month, Claudia Loh joined as an executive director in Singapore and Samuel Chang came on board as a director in Hong Kong. Both now work in work in wealth transformation, according to their ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of India files lawsuit against Nirav Modi in Hong Kong court for recovery of $6.25 million
State-owned Bank of India on Monday filed a lawsuit against fugitive fraudster Nirav Modi in a Hong Kong court for the recovery of the money he had drawn from the bank on the basis of illegally secured Letters of Undertaking. The public sector bank moved a ... ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong business success story: how Asia beauty chain Sasa grew from a tiny basement shop to a retail empire
Smartly dressed and sporting a pair of hip, round lens glasses, Simon Kwok Siu-ming looks younger than his 64 years, but that’s to be expected from the chairman and CEO of Hong Kong’s biggest retailer of cosmetics and skincare products. Many male users ... ( read original story ...)
How e-wallet entrepreneur in Hong Kong bounced back after losing everything when deal failed
There was pollution from the Indonesian wildfire haze, bird flu, Sars and bombings in Bali, Indonesia. We decided to start our business in Hong Kong. I brought a large sum of money and got 42 properties. I started to invest in real estate at age 28 ... ( read original story ...)
Startup&Angels Hong Kong #1 – 2018: A New Investor Landscape
Startup/Angels is now arriving in Hong Kong for its first edition ! Meet entrepreneurs, founders, business angels and investors around wine, beer and canapés at Startup&Angels, Wednesday 23 May 2018 from 6:30pm to 9.00pm @WeWork Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road ... ( read original story ...)
Financial services firms in Hong Kong are expanding. Here’s who they want to hire
Hong Kong’s importance as a regional financial hub is increasing, creating significant career opportunities for professionals in the sector. The large international banks are expanding their private wealth arms as they look to capture the Mainland ... ( read original story ...)