Food Expo to launch on Thursday, with some vendors expecting sales to double and others only hoping to match last year’s performance.
HKMA, Cyberport collaborate on GenAI sandbox to foster adoption in city’s banking industry
The sandbox serves as a framework, with computing resources and supervisory guidance, to help banks test and build their GenAI applications.
AI boom drives demand for tech talent
VCG. The war for artificial intelligence (AI) talent is getting fiercer as the demand for people who can fill crucial roles skyrockets. The AI boom in China is creating ...
Hong Kong tycoon known as ‘Superman’ blows into UK wind power with $450m deal
Li Ka-shing is richest person in Hong Kong, where he arrived as a refugee in 1940 before building business empire ...
Hong Kong top talent scheme ‘should have age limits, target sectors lacking skilled labour’
Lawmakers suggest focusing on younger applicants and adopting approach that identifies and matches talent with sectors lacking skilled labour.
Can Hong Kong try to copy Silicon Valley’s ways to create more technopreneurs?
The group of Hong Kong visitors to Novoloop, a start-up in Silicon Valley’s Menlo Park, cannot miss the sneaker placed on a laboratory bench alongside test tubes and machinery. Describing the ...
Survey: High interest rates not spooking Hong Kong SMEs
Investment sentiment among small and medium-sized enterprises in Hong Kong has generally not been affected by high interest rates, with 92 percent of surveyed firms planning to maintain or increase ...
Singaporean investment app Syfe pulls in $27M to hasten growth in Asia Pacific
But there's still a huge market to capture: About 40% to 45% of personal financial assets in the region are held in cash and deposits as of 2023, according to a report by McKinsey ... its growth in ...
Hong Kong stocks left out of regional recovery as Meituan, Li Auto pace losses
Once the Hong Kong stock market sees some substantial gains, the volatility rises, which could lead to more profit-taking at this point,’ say analysts at Ping An Securities.
Philippine CBDC: How digital money might work in the country
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will complete its Philippine Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot by the end of the year, according to financial news outlet Central Banking. On March 6, BSP ...
Going global? Love, Bonito & StashAway share 5 tips for startups eyeing int’l expansion.
Love, Bonito & StashAway shared 5 realistic business tips on global expansion and what companies need to consider before going all in.
Hong Kong loves to hate its cabbies- can polite ambassadors help?
Most disgruntled passengers do not file complaints because it's time-consuming. Still, there there were about 11,500 complaints last year - a 11% increase from 2019, according to the Transport ...
Hong Kong Bakery & Bistro on Wolf Road closing after 21 years
Hong Kong Bakery & Bistro on Wolf Road in Colonie, open in four locations over 21 years, is closing now that founders Berry Lai and Shu Lam Chan are retiring ...
Hong Kong architects call for more public projects to avoid shrinkage after 6 failed bids
Institute of Architects chief Benny Chan says repeated failed tenders prompted some firms to lay off employees and force staff to go on unpaid leave.