Chief Executive Carrie Lam cites state leaders’ visit and transition of power in explaining position on not easing travel curbs. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees no change in Covid curbs before July 1
Hong Kong won’t tighten virus curbs before July 1 despite rising Covid cases because hospitals aren’t overwhelmed, the city’s outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam said. ( read original story ...)
These are the world’s most expensive cities in 2022
Hong Kong has once again taken the crown as the world’s most expensive city for expats and foreign workers to live in according to the annual report by global mobility company E ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Covid cases rise but death rate stable, as business leader calls for opening of borders
A health official has said that Covid-19 is spreading across the city, as Hong Kong records a second consecutive day of some 800-odd new infections. However, no related deaths were reported. “We do ... ( read original story ...)
Chris Patten’s Hong Kong Diaries review: a momentous record of the end of the British Empire
The last Governor's humour shines through his diary of negotiating the 1997 Hong Kong handover – even when China nicknamed him ‘prostitute’ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo ‘financial hub plan’ fails to lure funds leaving Hong Kong
Japan's dream of turning Tokyo into a new hub of international finance is fading, even as Hong Kong hedge funds scramble to find a new home in Asia. Both the central government and Tokyo have been ... ( read original story ...)
Chamber chief: end quarantine to bolster business
A business leader says that, if Hong Kong really does have a high degree of autonomy, it needs to shift away from Beijing's Covid strategy and allow ... ( read original story ...)
Sir Robert Ho Tung, man and money: how a Hong Kong Eurasian built a myth and a fortune, and became the richest person in the territory
Most people in Hong Kong will have heard about Sir Robert Ho Tung, once the territory’s richest person – but how much do they know about the man? Biographer May Holdsworth has dug up some fascinating ... ( read original story ...)
An Introduction to Doing Business in Hong Kong 2022
An Introduction to Doing Business in Hong Kong 2022, from Dezan Shira & Associates, introduces the fundamentals of investing in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
‘They haven’t gone away’: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy ‘yellow economy’ has paled, but support for it remains
When Camille calls in sick from her nine-to-five office job, she heads for Hong Kong’s wet markets and grocery stores to follow her true vocation – telling the stories of small restaurant owners and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s status undermined by COVID-19 curbs, leader says
Hong Kong's status as an international hub has been "undermined" by strict coronavirus border controls, outgoing leader Carrie Lam admitted on Friday (Jun 10), just a day after saying she would not ... ( read original story ...)
The 10 best bars in Hong Kong: from Argo and The Aubrey to 001
COA showed that Hong Kong was indeed ready for tequila and mescal while Rosewood Hong Kong’s DarkSide’s allure regularly draws crowds away from Hong Kong Island ... ( read original story ...)
Joe O’Reilly sells Dublin 8 offices to Hong Kong firm for €13.5m
An investment team led by Joe O’Reilly of Chartered Land has sold Adelaide Chambers, a redeveloped office building which formerly accommodated the Adelaide hospital in Dublin, for €13.5m. ( read original story ...)
From China to India, Asia braces for EU plan to kill fast fashion
Under the EU rules, he hopes the high-volume business of fast fashion will give way to a production model that keeps resources circulating through reuse. "You can make something [of] beauty from ... ( read original story ...)