HONG KONG has scooped up more than 88 tons of palm oil and closed more than a dozen beaches after a ship spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster to blight the territory's waters. Dead fish ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong could lose out to regional rivals, shipping firms warn as antitrust watchdog bars them from sharing sensitive information
Hong Kong could lose out to regional rivals due to the city’s antitrust watchdog refusing to allow shipping liners to exchange sensitive market information, industry players have warned. The Competition Commission on Tuesday refused to grant block ... ( read original story ...)
What we still don’t know about the oil spill affecting Hong Kong beaches
A total of 13 beaches in Hong Kong have been shut down by a palm oil spill from a ship collision that happened in the Pearl River estuary in mainland Chinese waters last Thursday. Several government departments have worked together with volunteers to clean ... ( read original story ...)
Duterte promises Marawi troops all-expenses-paid Hong Kong trip ‘if they stay alive’
according to a statement from the government-run Philippine News Agency. The post Duterte promises Marawi troops all-expenses-paid Hong Kong trip ‘if they stay alive’ appeared first on Coconuts. ( read original story ...)
Why Hongkongers are easy prey for a new breed of con artist
with a growing understanding of how to exploit people’s vulnerabilities Ben Yates, international law firm RPC There’s more bad news: Yates expected such scams to keep growing in Hong Kong. “It is a global problem, and I think it is an inevitable ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian women ready to open Rugby World Cup against unheralded Hong Kong
Latoya Blackwood and Andrea Burk, who missed Canada's tour of New Zealand in June through injury, return to the lineup Wednesday as third-ranked Canada opens its Women's Rugby World Cup campaign against No. 23 Hong Kong in Dublin. Blackwood, a second-row ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong school with permanently absent pupils investigated
Hong Kong police are investigating a primary school in Tuen Mun accused of having exaggerated its number of pupils in order to avoid a funding cut. The school’s teachers and the Professional Teachers’ Union (PTU) complained to the Education Bureau that ... ( read original story ...)
Pinay spikers clash with Hong Kong in Asian Senior opener
The Philippine national women’s volleyball team opens its campaign in the 19th SMM Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship against Hong Kong. The Philippine national women’s volleyball team's journey in the 19th SMM Asian Senior Women’s ... ( read original story ...)
Office decentralisation trend in Hong Kong continues but rents remain high
Even as more companies relocate their offices away from Hong Kong’s central business district to escape high costs, rents in Central have climbed back up to their 2008 peak levels driven by sustained demand from mainland Chinese corporates and a tight ... ( read original story ...)
Wanda says its US$1.5b Australia projects ‘progressing well’, flatly denying reports they are up for sale
Morgan Stanley said in a recent report that suppressed China’s overseas property investment, accounting for 6.3 per cent of outbound direct investment in 2016, would weigh on the pricing of commercial properties in Australia, Hong Kong, UK and the US. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s price controls on new homes the toughest in China, says Jinmao chief
Shanghai’s price controls over new homes are the toughest among all mainland Chinese cities, according to state-owned property developer China Jinmao ... Post during an interim results briefing in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The developer, a subsidiary of ... ( read original story ...)
InterContinental Hong Kong to close for renovation
Previously, the company designed the ANA Crowne Plaza Osaka, another IHG property. Originally built as The Regent Hong Kong in 1980, the hotel was re-branded to InterContinental Hong Kong in June 2001, and became the Asia-Pacific flagship property for IHG. ( read original story ...)
Asian Investors Heavily Target US, UK and German Commercial Markets in 2017
According to a new report by JLL, commercial property investors are allocating more capital ... After China, Asia's biggest spenders were Hong Kong ($4.9 billion), Singapore ($4.1 billion), South Korea ($1.9 billion) and Japan ($1.6 billion). ( read original story ...)
Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
Mr Cheng is originally from Taiwan, and Ms Lam from Hong Kong. Mr Cheng told the Mercury News newspaper ... "The association was shocked. The property management firm was not aware of any sale or of any taxes owed," he said. "It is hard to understand ... ( read original story ...)