Tiananmen only heightened Hong Kong’s uncertainty about 1997. But looking back, what looked like a revelation of cruel and absolute truth has today been rendered impermanent and transient. China is now the second-largest economy in the world. Over the pa ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong homebuyers undeterred by mortgage rate rises in seeking Kai Tak flats
Homebuyers appear undeterred by the increase in mortgage rates by Hong Kong’s biggest banks this week, snapping up over 95 per cent of flats from the latest batch on offer at Victoria Skye at the old Kai Tak airport site. Demand for apartments remained ... ( read original story ...)
Offshore yuan term deposit rate tipped to soar in Hong Kong
Passersby walk in front of the main branch of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong. The bank is one of the lenders in the city that hiked the renminbi term deposit interest rates on Thursday. [Photo/Agencies] Financial analysts attribute prediction to high ... ( read original story ...)
Famine to feast for Hong Kong food truck organisers, as they cash in at Dragon Boat Festival
The struggling Hong Kong food truck industry may have finally found a winning recipe with operators saying they are doing brisk business at this weekend’s Dragon Boat Festival Carnival in Central. For the first time since the restaurants on wheels rolled ... ( read original story ...)
Tears of joy as Hong Kong’s primary school places announced, despite low success rate
The fight for places in Hong Kong’s most coveted primary schools was once again fiercely competitive this year, with parents taking their children to more interviews in a bid to secure the spot of their choice. While parents who did manage to land their ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the Hong Kong-Australian comedian making fun of Chinese mums, MTR train drivers and Wellcome supermarket workers
The former consultant, whose mother is former Hong Kong model Maria Quinlan (Shu Ling Ling) and father is acclaimed Australian composer Noel Quinlan, recently supported British stand-up comedian Russell Howard for a show at Baptist University. As a self ... ( read original story ...)
A hardcore Hong Kong hike: A new experience in a city known for eating and shopping
You didn’t know Hong Kong had this to offer, did you? Look at this gorgeous view. (Photo: Wei Du) Now for the climb down. First, the good news. Take the trail on your left, it’s gentler than the way up. Now for the bad news. It’s gentler but not by much. ( read original story ...
Second-hand bookshop to reopen as social enterprise after donors save business
The owner of a failing second-hand bookstore in Hong Kong which was rescued by HK$150,000 in donations ... The 53-year-old bookseller from Wong Tai Sin, who founded his business in December 1997 shortly after the handover, said he is now considering ... ( read original story ...)
Sleepless in Hong Kong … on fridges and in toilets: worst places city’s domestic helpers have called a bed
Under Hong Kong’s labour rules, domestic helpers must live with their employer, who must in turn provide them with free, suitable accommodation with “reasonable privacy”. Sleeping on make-do beds along corridors, or sharing a room with the opposite ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Report on Status of Fintech
Hong Kong has been sizing up the Fintech sector of finance for awhile now. But while Hong Kong is a regional financial powerhouse, when it comes to Fintech innovation they have ceded ground to Singapore. Yet authorities recognize that Fintech has the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong questions Moody’s over Debt Rating Downgrade
Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong wrote a strongly worded blog on May 28 where he criticized the decision taken by Moody's Investor Services to downgrade the debt rating of Hong Kong during the fourth week of May. Moody's slashed its ratings ... ( read original story ...)
Is Hong Kong’s property market heading for its biggest crash since 1997?
If history is any guide,the long queues of property buyers at Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan residential project last weekend could be the harbinger of a bubble in the world’s most expensive housing market. Hundreds of buyers packed into Cheung Kong Property ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong schools have to teach the Basic Law
On May 31, the Hong Kong Education Bureau issued a circular to local schools regarding new secondary education curriculum guidelines. Among the revisions was the inclusion of a new requirement for all schools to provide 39 hours of Basic Law education at ... ( read original story ...)
Jobless Hong Kong man first to plead guilty over rioting in Mong Kok clash
An unemployed Hong Kong man on Friday became the first person to plead guilty to a rioting charge over violent clashes between protesters and police in Mong Kok last year. Ng Ting-kai admitted to taking part in the riot, during which he threw bricks three ... ( read original story ...)