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Beijing’s Man in Hong Kong Inherits a Tamed City
John Lee, who won a rubber-stamp leadership election on Sunday, will implement the next stage of China’s agenda for the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
TikTok owner ByteDance renames some subsidiaries, reviving speculation of Hong Kong IPO
The decade-old start-up was previously said to be mulling an initial public offering (IPO) of Douyin in Hong Kong, Reuters reported in 2020 and 2021. However, the IPO was put on hold until at least ... ( read original story ...)
Business boom predicted for Hong Kong restaurants with city set to relax dining restrictions on Mother’s Day weekend
Hong Kong restaurants could regain 70 per cent of the business they had before the Covid-19 pandemic this weekend, an industry leader has said, as family dinner and birthday bookings surged in ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-security chief John Lee confirmed as Hong Kong’s next leader
A former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement was declared the business hub's new leader on Sunday (May 8) by a small committee of Beijing loyalists. John Lee won ... ( read original story ...)
John Lee confirmed Hong Kong’s next leader after facing no opposition
John Lee has been confirmed as Hong Kong’s next chief executive following a campaign that critics labelled as absurd after Beijing backed his candidacy and no one else ran for e ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Finance Chief Says Growth Forecast Cut ‘Inevitable’Hong Kong’s Finance Chief Says Growth Forecast Cut ‘Inevitable’
Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business. We take a look at China's international projects and what they mean for the rest of ... ( read original story ...)
John Lee: What do you call the prospective Hong Kong leader who has everything?
Well, a few words of advice if Lee wants to start his chief executive career in a warm glow ... Your mainland minders are convinced that Hong Kong will roll over on its back with its legs in the air ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s expected leader vows to repair business hub reputation
John Lee's expected appointment Sunday as Hong Kong's next leader sets up the former security chief to inherit an international business hub eager to emerge from pandemic isolation -- demands that ... ( read original story ...)
Lam steps down as fractured Hong Kong faces more uncertainty
When Carrie Lam became Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017, she promised to heal a society divided by the Umbrella Protests of three years before. But as her term comes to an end, and former policeman ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong could get first offshore wind farm in 2027, providing carbon-free electric power to up to 120,000 families
HK Electric reveals plan to build 600-hectare wind farm, consisting of between 13 and 19 wind turbines, about 4km southwest off Lamma Island. ( read original story ...)
One candidate, one system? China leaves nothing to chance by installing next Hong Kong leader
The sole candidate offered from Beijing to serve as Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, was instrumental in overseeing the often-brutal responses of security forces over the past eight year to ... ( read original story ...)
Jamie Richards doing his homework as he prepares ‘to start from zero’ on joining Hong Kong training ranks
The latest addition to the Hong Kong training ranks arrives in the city in the next couple of weeks rejuvenated by the challenge of starting ... ( read original story ...)
China’s EV darling Nio turns to Hong Kong and Singapore amid US delisting risk
Nio, an electric vehicle upstart from China, is planning to list its shares in Singapore, which will make the city-state the third base where it trades as geopolitical tensions between China and the ... ( read original story ...)