(Nikkei Asia) — Hong Kong blockchain startup Animoca Brands Corp. Ltd. is bringing its expertise in the booming nonfungible token market to Japan, looking to help companies turn content into digital ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tries to end Covid-19 without nightmare-scenario lockdown
Whatever the government's intentions, there's little doubt a citywide lockdown would cause immense damage to Hong Kong's economy, businesses and livelihoods, according to analysts, business leaders ... ( read original story ...)
Ling Huawei: What’s Behind State Firms’ Reckless Capital Games in Hong Kong
From Lai Xiaomin to Wang Bin, the downfall of several top financial executives in China sheds light on how managers of state-owned financial institutions can leverage their resources for dubious ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong start-up ProcureNet aims to relieve city’s rapid test kits shortage through Mannings
ProcureNet, a pharmaceutical materials supplier, has signed a deal with Mannings to make its RAT kits available in the city The start-up plans to donate the first batch of 50,000 test kits in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Recent China-Hong Kong Inbound and Outbound Investments into Asia
To reserve your early bird discounted copy for just US$100, please click here. Offer valid until closing of business, Wednesday, February 16. Hong Kong had significant volumes and across industries ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s SFC Calls Broker Meeting on Handling Disruptive Events
Hong Kong top market watchdog called a meeting with brokers this ... Other items for the Thursday meeting include managing risks of business email leakage, brokerage insurance, and handling complaints ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Many potential buyers for Genting Hong Kong’s unfinished mega cruise liner, Genting CEO among them
Lim resigned from Genting Hong Kong on January 21, days after the cruise operator filed to wind-up its business in what is seen as one of the biggest Asian corporate casualties from the Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader rules out China-style lockdown as virus spreads
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam ruled out that approach. "We have no plans whatsoever to impose a complete, wholesale lockdown," she told reporters. But she also rejected calls from some public ... ( read original story ...)
Didi to Cut Up to 20% of Jobs Before Hong Kong Listing
Some units like Didi Finance, which is expanding outside China, and its autonomous driving business will be less impacted ... New York Stock Exchange and instead seek a new listing in Hong Kong, a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rules out citywide lockdown despite COVID spiral
HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday ruled out a citywide lockdown to fight COVID-19, but a surge of infections meant she could not “preclude” the possibility of postponing next month’s ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: unemployed in line to get HK$10,000 handout; city confirms 2,071 new cases
An estimated 750,000 people and 67,000 businesses – including beauty parlours, party rooms, gyms, child care centres, travel agents, tech start-ups and flower farmers ... the one-off subsidy of ... ( read original story ...)
Ukraine tensions, Covid-19 lockdown fears hit Hong Kong stocks as global risk appetite wanes, crude oil rallies
Hong Kong stocks fell by the most in two weeks on global risk aversion ... maker filed a police report over the weekend to counter “vile rumours” about its business, including removal from the ChiNext ... ( read original story ...)
Ontario to Drop Curbs Next Month; Hong Kong Crisis: Virus Update
Hong Kong Cases Exceed 2,000 for First Time (6 p.m. HK ... PCR testing requirement will remain in place for those arriving travelers. Taiwan to Ease Curbs on Business Travelers (2:54 p.m. HK) Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Covid live: South Korea to give fourth jabs amid Omicron crisis; Hong Kong ‘overwhelmed’ by fifth wave
Hong Kong will extend the suspension of face-to-face classes by ... and the blockade on the Canadian side had disrupted business on both sides, with carmakers forced to shut down several factories. ( read original story ...)