Hong Kong government plans for curbing access to its corporate registry are moving forward. The measures will bar all but select groups such as due diligence experts from access to details on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is poised for its ‘land king’ as Central harbourfront site goes for tender with up to US$7.1 billion in valuation
The prime Central harbourfront site, the last mega plot to go on sale in Hong Kong's core business district, is likely to set a record as the most expensive in the city's history, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei CFO seeks publication ban on HSBC documents in U.S. extradition case
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on Monday will seek to bar publication of documents her legal team received from HSBC, a request opposed by Canadian prosecutors in her U.S. extradition ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC, TD to advise feds on green bond issuance
The federal Department of Finance has chosen Toronto-Dominion Bank and HSBC Bank Canada as the structuring advisors for its first green bond issuance. The Liberal government said in the 2021 federal ... ( read original story ...)
GS1 Hong Kong Summit 2021 Scaling Digital Transformation • Cultivating Digital Assets
The GS1 HK Summit 2021 (“the Summit”) was held successfully today at the HK Convention & Exhibition Centre attracting more than 1,300 delegates from cross-sector trades joining in-person and online. ( read original story ...)
Chinese Australians mark Hong Kong protest anniversary
Hong Kong’s streets are silent as people around the world commemorate the two-year anniversary of the 2019 protests. ( read original story ...)
Why Tracy Can’t Ship a Teddy Bear from Hong Kong to the U.S. Right Now
By this point, you're aware that shipping anything internationally is pretty tough right now. It turns out, it's getting worse. Earlier in the year, Tracy tried shipping a teddy bear from Hong Kong to ... ( read original story ...)
Women on boards: Hong Kong exchange wants to end all-male boardrooms, quicken progress on gender diversity in ESG shakeup
From next year, all listing candidates must have at least one woman board director at the time of going public, while existing ones will get three years to comply. That is assuming the changes in ... ( read original story ...)
HKSAR chief executive emphasizes CPC’s support for Hong Kong’s development
HKSAR chief executive emphasizes CPC's support for Hong Kong's development. People's Daily Online (Xinhua) 09:09, June 13, 2021. HONG KONG, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: IMF affirms HK’s financial stability
The Government welcomed the release of a report today by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reaffirming Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre with a resilient financial system, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong jobless rate to fall further, but full economic recovery hinges on Covid-19 vaccination, reopening borders: finance chief Paul Chan
Hong Kong's unemployment rate could fall further, but a full economic recovery in the coming months hinged on vaccination against Covid-19 and the easing of pandemic control measures such as the ... ( read original story ...)
BOC in Cebu facilitates clearance of 210,600 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines
A total of 210,600 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Thursday, June 10, the shipment clearance having been facilitated ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s long-time Asia boss moves upstairs amid Hong Kong controversy
Peter Wong, HSBC’s top man in Asia, is stepping away from day-to-day management to take up a position as the bank’s chair in Hong Kong. Wong has been credited with the bank’s rise to become the ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing official says ‘real enemies’ want Hong Kong to be ‘pawn in geopolitics’
Luo Huining, director of China's Hong Kong Liaison Office, told a forum that the financial hub, a former British colony handed over to China in 1997, remained one of the world's most competitive ... ( read original story ...)