Zhou Nan, former director of the official Xinhua news agency’s Hong Kong branch – Beijing’s de facto embassy before 1997 – made the suggestions in an article to be published in the latest issue of the pro-establishment Bauhinia magazine on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Some young Hong Kong residents want to be part of Britain again
Residents in Hong Kong have started calling for the return of their former colonial rulers. Britain left the Far East 20 years ago on July 1, but citizens in the administrative region are now calling for their return. Serial sex offender locked up for 15 ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Bank : to lift mortgage rates
The increase will come into effect on 5 June. The bank said it will continue to closely monitor the market situation and employ ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong monetary chief says authorities looking into using facial recognition and fingerprint technology in ATMs
The Post reported on Monday that banks in Hong Kong would almost certainly have to replace all of the city’s 3,250 cash machines with new ones equipped with facial recognition technology as part of the battle against money laundering, financial crime and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set for heat and rain over Dragon Boat festival
The steamy weather could be bad news for paddlers competing in the centuries-old races ... will edge closer to the coast of Guangdong in the next couple of days,” the Hong Kong Observatory said in a statement. “A trough of low pressure is expected ... ( read original story ...)
China’s import regime dominates debate at BIR Hong Kong
There were even rumours that Chinese imports of film scrap could be halted as early as September this year, he told delegates to the BIR plastics committee meeting in Hong Kong. During any hiatus in shipments to China, no other county in the region would ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund makes huge HK$57.1b investment gain in first quarter
The Exchange Fund, reserves held to defend the Hong Kong dollar, made a huge HK$57.1 billion (US$7.33 billion) investment gain during the first quarter of the year – a 137 per cent increase on last year at this stage (HK$24.1 billion ) – thanks to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Throngs of Thousands Defy Bid to Cool Housing Market
Buyers queue to get a shot at newly-released developments Newspaper describes property market as ‘becoming crazier’ Snaking queues of thousands of prospective apartment buyers in Hong Kong signaled authorities have made no progress in cooling a red-hot ... ( read original story ...)
China Tower invites banks to pitch for role in up to $10 billion HK IPO: IFR
has invited investment banks to pitch for a role in a Hong Kong IPO worth up to $10 billion, IFR reported on Monday. The IPO would take place in late 2017 or early 2018, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication, citing people close to the deal. China Unicom ... ( read original story ...)
Lenovo’s struggling mobile business sets sight on high-end market
which need brands and innovative products, whereas emerging markets need efficiency," Chairman Yang Yuanqing said of Lenovo's mobile business at a press conference in Hong Kong on Thursday. "So we will have two teams catering to the two kinds of markets ... ( read original story ...)
Airline review: Qantas business class, Sydney to Hong Kong
For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Boeing 747-400; Qantas has retained nine of this aircraft in its fleet, with reconfigured cabins along the ... ( read original story ...)
HK financial secretary questions Moody’s over downgrade
HONG KONG: Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade Hong Kong’s debt rating last week was based on “shallow” evidence, Hong Kong financial secretary Paul Chan wrote in a blog. “The evidence on which the ratings company mechanically ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property cooling moves set to fail as shadow lenders fill the gap
HONG KONG Hong Kong's latest attempt at cooling home prices in one of the world's most expensive property markets is expected to send buyers scouring for loans in the unregulated shadow banking industry, spreading risk across the financial sector. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong should batten down the hatches for another round of political battles
Then, at the weekend, he took out a stick. Earlier, Zhang told a delegation of senior Hong Kong business representatives in Beijing that the “key mission” of the incoming administration of Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was to focus on improving people’s ... ( read original story ...)