Hong Kong's revamped Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES) now accepts Bitcoin and Ether as legitimate proof of the required HK$30-million net worth for investment visas, according to the city's ...
Calling Global Startups! EPIC 2025 Opens Application with US$100M Investment Up for Grabs
EPIC 2025 will be offering winning teams two tech track additions welcoming solutions in Digital Health Tech and Green Tech, other than FinTech, and access to a targeted investment pool of USD 100 ...
Hong Kong’s AIA misses VONB estimates, unveils $1.6 billion buyback
Hong-Kong based insurer AIA on Friday posted an 18% rise in annual value of new business (VONB) but missed estimates, while announcing a $1.6 billion share buyback that analysts said fell short of ...
Hong Kong health chief confirms patients may pay separate fees for scans like MRI
Health minister Lo Chung-mau says separate fees will be part of ‘significant’ reforms to healthcare subsidy model.
Hong Kong arrivals rise 7% to 8.4 million in first 2 months of 2025
Hong Kong welcomed 8.4 million visitors in the first two months of the year, a 7 per cent increase over the same period in 2024, the Tourism Board said on Friday.
Four more former Citigroup traders sue bank for wrongful dismissal in Hong Kong in 2019
Four former Citigroup Inc. equity sales traders filed wrongful termination claims against the US bank in Hong Kong this month, after a court in the city ruled that one of their ex-colleagues shouldn’t ...
Which places in Hong Kong did The Amazing Race teams visit? How you can visit them too
Follow in the footsteps of The Amazing Race teams in Hong Kong, from the Big Buddha to a night market to a Cantonese opera venue Hong Kong took centre stage in the first episode of the new season of ...
ETFs set to be high on the menu for Hong Kong pension funds
The eMPF, a digital version of the territory’s Mandatory Provident Fund retirement scheme launched in June 2024 after years of development, with all of Hong Kong’s 24 retirement saving schemes ...
AIA posts record 2024 earnings as new business in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia surges
Hong Kong new sales rose 23 per cent to a record US$1.8 billion in 2024 as mainland Chinese bought more policies on their visits.
Hong Kong proposes axing 10-year storage limit for frozen eggs and embryos amid declining fertility in city
Hong Kong authorities have proposed scrapping a law that limits the storage duration for frozen eggs, sperm, and embryos to 10 years amid the city’s declining birth rate. The Council on Human ...
How Hong Kong’s property slump is affecting asset values owned by celebrities and tycoons
Macau tycoon Stanley Ho's family is selling a site in Tsim Sha Tsui, while actor Nicholas Tse's shop in Central rented out at a big discount Hong Kong's weakening retail sales and slumping property ...
Savings from Hong Kong transport scheme revamp ‘insignificant’: Legco research arm
Legislative Council Secretariat also says decision to freeze civil servant pay expected to save about HK$8.7 billion in coming financial year Savings brought about by Hong Kong's revamp of its HK$2 ...
Establishing a Business Entity in Hong Kong (Updated)
ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS ENTITY IN HONG KONG - 1. Introduction - Hong Kong as an international centre for finance, commerce and trade is often considered as one of the most attract ...
Hong Kong announces FY25-26 budget, with measures to tackle budget deficit
The region is set to reduce recurrent expenditure by 7% cumulatively from now through FY27-28 to combat the deficit.