HONG KONG (AP) — High above downtown Hong Kong's bustling, traffic-clogged streets, a group of office workers was toiling away not on a corporate acquisition or a public share offering but on harvesting a bumper crop of lettuce atop one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited’s Stock Is Trading Near A 52-Week Low: Does The Company Have A Quality Business?
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SGX: H78) is a real estate investor and developer. Its main business involves an investment portfolio of prime commercial properties that are located in the Central area of Hong Kong. At the current price of US$6.89 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shares May Add To Monday’s Gains
BOC Hong Kong shed 0.38 percent, China Mobile lost 0.35 percent, Lenovo Group picked up 0.24 percent, Hong Kong & China Gas eased 0.12 percent and Power Assets Holdings, CITIC and Hang Lung Properties were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is broadly ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Insurance targets a third of new premium income from online sales by end of next year
HSBC Insurance, Hong Kong’s third largest insurer by gross premiums, plans to sell more products via digital channels in coming years and is now targeting a third of its new business to be delivered online by the end of next year. “When we first sold ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong claws back losses as US-China trade war fears ease
Hong Kong stocks clawed back earlier lost ground in a technical ... Still, it said Tencent’s investments in its mobile payments business and online video content will support the company’s long term growth. Smartphone lens maker Sunny Optical ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, a property heiress becomes accidental LGBT champion
HONG KONG (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao offered $65 million to any man who could win over his lesbian daughter and make her straight, he inadvertently laid the ground for her to become one of Asia’s most ... ( read original story ...)
Fosun International and HSBC Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited ("HSBC") today signed a strategic cooperation agreement ("the Agreement"), providing strong support for the future growth strategy of Fosun International and its subsidiaries ("Fosun"). Wang Qunbin ... ( read original story ...)
This year’s Hong Kong Sevens looms as the worst in decades but no one cares about the rugby, right?
The fans, their costumes and the party atmosphere that comes with them will be in full force at next month’s Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, but the world’s best players will not. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out scheduling the ... ( read original story ...)
How prestigious California university Berkeley put Hong Kong Sevens hopeful on track for his ‘everything’
The United States are running rampant on the Sevens World Series and Russ Webb hopes his five years in American rugby heartland has laid the foundation for his Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens debut. The 24-year-old returned to Hong Kong in 2017 after ... ( read original story ...)
HK rate cuts poised to fuel homebuying frenzy
Hong Kong's two biggest lenders - HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong) - have further squeezed their margins on mortgage loans to compete for market share, setting off another round of industry-wide rate cuts that can further heighten the property market craze. ( read original story ...)
Rugby: Fiji’s Jerry Tuwai and All Black Tim Mikkelson invite all to watch the HSBC Singapore 7s
SINGAPORE - Following the Apr 6-8 Hong Kong leg, the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens returns to the National Stadium from April 28-29. Fiji Sevens back Jerry Tuwai and All Blacks sevens wing Tim Mikkelson each have a video message inviting rugby enthusiasts to ... ( read original story ...)
Nei Ho from Xero Hong Kong
Xero is officially expanding our presence to Hong Kong today, and we are thrilled to be calling this colourful and diverse concrete jungle our second home in Asia! Following the establishment of two monumental partnerships with HSBC and DBS in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Property price rises and stocks create a million millionaires in Hong Kong
Out of a total population of around 7.36 million, around one in seven people in Hong Kong is now a millionaire, and property is the main investment vehicle. Rising property prices as well as growing stock markets have both contributed to the increase in ... ( read original story ...)
Banking royal commission has an impact in Hong Kong
Global equity investors have questioned CEOs of the big four about the impact the banking royal commission will have on compliance and regulatory costs. David Rowe The Hayne royal commission muscled its way into Asia's biggest investment conference in Hong ... ( read original story ...)