SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese and Hong Kong share markets led Asian stocks higher on Wednesday, with the Chinese central bank's weekend move to free up more liquidity boosting sentiment as the world's second-largest economy grows at a steady pace. ( read original story ...)
‘I was holding my wife under the table’: Hong Kong singer Leo Ku was in Las Vegas when deadly shooting took place
Hong Kong pop singer Leo Ku Kui-kei and his wife have described ... their phone batteries draining while they waited for news from authorities. The lockdown on all Las Vegas hotels continued late into the night. On Tuesday’s radio show, Ku thanked ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong food and drink festival will feature fine wines … in plastic glasses
Hong Kong will be wooing wine connoisseurs at the annual Wine and Dine Festival again later this month, but many will have to sample the goods in plastic glasses instead of actual wine glasses for safety and security reasons, according to the Tourism Board. ( read original story ...)
The making of Hong Kong’s famous ‘fire dragon’
Hong Kong (AFP) - Thousands of festival-goers packed a historic neighbourhood of Hong Kong to watch a "fire dragon" lit with incense sticks dance through the streets in a century-old ritual. The 67-metre (220-foot) long dragon snakes around the network of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy activist in court for throwing ‘smelly’ sandwich
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who threw a "smelly fish sandwich" at a police officer as voters went to the polls last year pleaded not guilty to assault Tuesday. The sandwich had been aimed at the city's then leader, Leung Chun-ying, who was on his ... ( read original story ...)
Macau Elections Suggest Lessons for Hong Kong
For Hong Kong democrats, the news from the other side of the Pearl River Estuary has provided a modest morale-booster. With six pro-democracy legislators already disqualified in the oath-taking saga, several others awaiting the same fate, 16 political ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Hong Kong lead Asia gains but dollar retreats
Tokyo and Hong Kong led gains on most markets in Asia Wednesday following ... global co-head of foreign-exchange strategy at National Australia Bank in Sydney, told Bloomberg News. But he added that talk of Powell taking the top post have "seen the dollar ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong delegation warm to Cambridge technology expertise
... Association – an organisation with a large membership in Hong Kong and China – said: “We truly appreciated the opportunity to take our senior executives and business leaders to Cambridge, especially [the] visit to Cambridge Design Partnership. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks post best one-day gain since March on central bank’s scheme to spur lending
Hong Kong stocks posted their biggest one-day gain in seven months after a move by China’s central bank designed to spur lending. The city’s benchmark index surged above the key 28,000-point level on Tuesday, the first trading session of the fourth ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC declares dividend
HSBC (0005) yesterday declared a third interim dividend of US$0.10 (78 HK cents) per ordinary share. A scrip dividend will also be offered. Hang Seng Bank (0011) also declared a third interim dividend - HK$1.20 per share.According to the latest global ... ( read original story ...)
Myntra’s Ananya Tripathi gets new responsibilities
Tripathi, a former McKinsey executive who joined the Bengaluru based e-tailer ... TOI reported last week that Myntra has now won the master franchise rights of Hong Kong-based brand Esprit. Earlier, it won a similar right for Mango. Tripathi said the ... ( read original story ...)
Capital Trust Group Limited and W Ventures (Hong Kong) Limited select AlphaPoint as the Blockchain Technology Provider
THAILAND – October 03, 2017 – Capital Trust Group and W Ventures (Hong Kong) have selected the AlphaPoint platform to create the blockchain financial technology infrastructure for Trust City. The AlphaPoint Distributed Ledger Platform will enable the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank mistakenly dumps customer cheque deposit box
The Bank of East Asia has urged anyone who put cheques into a collection box at its Cheung Sha Wan branch on a day last month to contact them after it realised that the box was “accidentally” dumped by renovation workers. In an announcement on its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong domestic helper launches bid to end rule saying she has to live with her employer
A domestic helper on Tuesday asked a Hong Kong court to grant her and 350,000 others the choice of living apart from their employers, in the first judicial review of the live-in rule imposed since 2003. Lawyers for Nancy Almorin Lubiano from the ... ( read original story ...)