TVB, which has broadcast the Oscars every year since 1969, says it would not carry the ceremony this year for commercial reasons. ( read original story ...)
TEC Named One of Asia’s Fastest Growing Companies by the Financial Times
The Executive Centre (TEC), the leading premium flexible workspace provider across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, announced that it was ranked in t ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong – Legislative Council Panel On Financial Affairs Discussed The Protection Of Personal Information On The Companies Register.
On 9 April 2021, the Legislative Council Panel on Financial Affairs discussed the proposed implementation of a new inspection regime. The proposal is set out in LC Paper No. CB (1)737/20-21 (07). The ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble ‘won’t burst’ despite mutated strain, mid-May launch target remains
A long-awaited Covid-19 travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will go ahead and could still launch in May, according to sources, despite a mutated coronavirus strain penetrating the former’s ... ( read original story ...)
Win Streak Tipped To End For Hong Kong Bourse
The Hong Kong stock market has finished higher in two straight sessions, advancing more than 310 points or 1.1 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just beneath the 29,100-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Oatly’s US IPO prospectus highlights risks to its Chinese backer
Oatly, the Blackstone-backed vegan milk company which on Monday filed to float on Nasdaq, said it would consider adding a listing in Hong Kong within the next two years, citing its relationship with a ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC CEO Calls For Ditching Posh Executive Offices For Hot Desks And A Hybrid Work Model
Rather than having posh digs on high-level floors in the skyscraper, HSBC executives will lose their private offices for first-come, first-served hot desks on lower floors. Their old offices will be ... ( read original story ...)
90-year-old woman living in mansion on The Peak conned out of US$32 million in Hong Kong’s biggest phone scam
Woman received call from fraudsters who said her identity had been used in crime in mainland China and they needed to verify origins of her money. ( read original story ...)
Meng Wanzhou seeks three-month delay to marathon extradition case, citing new evidence from HSBC
The Huawei executive’s lawyers say new evidence from the bank may help prove that US authorities have misled the Canadian court. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Octopus Introduces Contactless Cards For Chinese Transit
Octopus, a smart card operator in Hong Kong, is introducing transit cards for public transportation users in more than 300 Chinese cities. ( read original story ...)
Elderly woman living in mansion on The Peak conned out of US$32 million in Hong Kong’s biggest phone scam
Woman received call from fraudsters who said her identity had been used in crime in mainland China and they needed to verify origins of her money. ( read original story ...)
Citigroup to ramp up Chinese investment banking plan – source
Citigroup plans to expand its investment banking business in China and will soon apply to set up local underwriting, sales and trading and futures trading businesses by the end of June, a person with ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s CEO is swapping his office for a hot desk
HSBC is scrapping the executive floor at its Canary Wharf headquarters in London, as one of the world's biggest banks slashes office space and moves towards new ways of working following the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
HSBC Asia Technology M&A Head Choy to Join Midea as CFO
HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of technology mergers and acquisitions in Asia Jeremy Choy is joining Chinese home appliances giant Midea Group Co. as its chief financial officer, according to people ... ( read original story ...)