New Delhi: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation today announced the appointment of Surendra Rosha as Chief Executive Officer for HSBC India, subject to regulatory approvals. Rosha, currently ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Reveals Life Annuity Scheme
HKMC Annuity Limited (HKMCA), wholly-owned by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC), launched the HKMC Annuity Plan in early July. According to the HKMA, HKMCA is prepared to double the fi... ( read original story ...)
Senior China diplomat says does not welcome interference on Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday affairs of Hong Kong are domestic affairs of China, adding Beijing does not welcome outside interference on the matter. Wang, speakin... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong could become biotech listing hub, says BeiGene boss as Chinese drug maker gears up for US$1 billion flotation
Hong Kong’s stock exchange could become a hub for mainland Chinese biotechnology firms thanks to a sweeping reform of listing rules, said the boss of BeiGene, the first such company to take advantage ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buskers take a bow in final show before shutdown
The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts as their ... Drummer Miss Cheng from the band told local news site HK01 she was sad about the busk... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freedoms at risk if ban on pro-independence party proceeds, former lawmaker Margaret Ng warns
Prominent former lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee has warned that Hongkongers’ cherished freedoms will suffer “a clear setback” if authorities proceed with the police’s proposed ban on the pro-independen... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
An ethnic minority youth in Hong Kong will for the first time bring the community’s ... “A lot of the time in Chinese media, they have news about how Nepalese men are gangsters, drug abusers and start ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) banks and property stocks are among the bright spots
Hong Kong stocks ended little changed on Friday and mainland Chinese ... although measures announced this week by Beijing to stimulate the economy offered support. The Hang Seng index rose 0.1 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Taiwan on the frontline as Xi chases ‘China dream’
Andy Chan, a young independence activist, and his Hong Kong National party’s tiny band of supporters do not look — or sound — like a serious threat to the territorial integrity of an emerging superpow... ( read original story ...)
Fighting for the right to stay: for children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s industrialists are moving out of mainland China to safer havens in Sino-US trade war
Another strategy could be for Hong Kong’s industrialists to turn their business strategies from exports toward China’s growing market of affluent consumers, with their voracious appetite for products, ... ( read original story ...)
Will the Hong Kong-born children of foreign domestic workers gain the rights they say they deserve?
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing Towers Over This $9 Billion IPO
China Tower Corp.’s Hong Kong IPO looks like a pretty straightforward affair. There’s a reason why fund managers and index compilers treat global peers like American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle Inter... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s retail recovery at threat as mainland Chinese currency weakens amid US trade war
The nascent recovery in Hong Kong’s retail sector is coming under pressure from a depreciating mainland Chinese currency, with shoppers from across the border expressing more caution about spending in ... ( read original story ...)