MACAU (Reuters) - While Hong Kong has been roiled by protests and calls for independence from China, things have been quieter in the neighboring gambling center of Macau, which has seen little dissent to rule from Beijing. The calm in the former Portuguese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Legco finance panel chair wants rules changed to prevent lengthy debates
Changes to the procedural rules for the Legislative Council’s finance committee will be moved to prevent lengthy discussions in the future, according to the head of the panel. Finance committee chairman Chan Kin-por revealed the plan a day after HK$3.6 ... ( read original story ...)
HK$450,000 start-up fund to be launched at Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong fair
To groom young entrepreneurs, a HK$450,000 start-up fund will be launched at the annual Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong fair next week. The five-day event, which is in its 19th year, will start on July 28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bosses may be forced to set aside savings to make long service and severance payments
Hong Kong employers may be forced to set aside a sum of money in the form of “savings” to pay long service and severance payments under a proposal the government is considering for the time when bosses can no longer dip into staff pension funds to ... ( read original story ...)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp takes a break from hectic pre-season tour to cook with local children in Hong Kong
Klopp took time out of Liverpool's hectic pre-season schedule this week to spend time with local school children in Hong Kong, taking part in a light-hearted ... Klopp will not be pleased however with the recent news of the club having a £66million ... ( read original story ...)
Zunzi’s Hong Kong: Leading Political Cartoonist Looks Back
“I would consider my cartoon as photography or news reporting,” said Zunzi. “It’s an exaggerated way of documenting what is happening in Hong Kong society. It might not be 100 percent factual; rather, a creative way of expressing the collective ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft, Baidu to collaborate on autonomous driving
Up to 15 per cent of new cars sold in 2030 will be fully autonomous, according to global consultancy McKinsey. That will help fuel the need for an ecosystem of partners to collaborate in support of a common goal like what Apollo aims to do. Apollo is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks rally for ninth day; Guangzhou R&F and Sunac China advance on Wanda deal
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose for a ninth consecutive day ... “The asset purchases are good for Sunac and R&G as that will be helpful to expand their business scopes,” said Ken Chen, a strategist at KGI Securities in Shanghai. ( read original story ...)
China slashes prices of patented western drugs by up to 70%
Franck Le Deu, a healthcare partner at McKinsey in Hong Kong, said expanded state reimbursement could mean “broader access for Chinese patients, and potential revenue upside for the companies promoting those drugs”, with the impact differing ... ( read original story ...)
Golden Pin Design Award 2017
(Source: McKinsey Global Institute ... designer Harry Williamson (Australia); design consultant Tommy Li and industrial designer Vivian Cheng (Hong Kong); graphic designer Bi Xuefeng (China); and Shikuan Chen, head of design at Compal Electronics (Taiwan). ( read original story ...)
SANDS CHINA : Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Audit Committee
Before working at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Wang was a manager at HSBC Private Equity in Hong Kong and a strategic consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Chicago, USA. In 1991, he founded Amerinvest Group of companies, personal investment companies that focus ... ( read original story ...)
SOEs post 18.6% profits in first half of year, official says
Co made a conditional offer on Sunday to all shareholders of Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International), Ltd to acquire all issued shares in cash. Under the $6.3 billion deal, COSCO Shipping Holdings would operate more than 400 vessels over an ... ( read original story ...)
M&A Investment Bankers Getting Deals Done with Due Diligence & Awareness Help from Top Cyber Security Expert and Keynote Speaker
He has presented his workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul ... and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval Finance. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in ... ( read original story ...)
amaBhungane & Scorpio #GuptaLeaks: More multinationals ensnared in Transnet kickback web
China South Rail: Last month, amaBhungane and Scorpio exposed a R5.3-billion kickback contract between China South Rail (CSR) and a Gupta company in Hong Kong, after CSR won contracts ... Geoff Budlender exposed how McKinsey partnered with Trillian in ... ( read original story ...)