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 ...)
Alibaba, Meituan slump in Hong Kong as inflation, rate hikes deliver another blow to stock market
Local stocks face another torrid session as investors dump riskier assets. Concerns about rate hikes in a slowing global economy led to an overnight sell-off in US equities. ( read original story ...)
What it’s like trying to sell a home in the world’s most expensive real-estate market right now, according to 4 agents who work in Hong Kong
After a lull due to the city's COVID-19 restrictions, the real-estate market is seeing a surge in demand for off-plan launches, experts told Insider. ( read original story ...)
Alibaba leads Hong Kong stock gains on bets China to boost support for Covid-hit economy while HSBC, lenders rise on rate outlook
Ann Cao is a Shanghai-based technology reporter for the Post, covering technology start-ups and policies in the city and eastern China. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retail sales drop for second month but downdraft seen easing
Hong Kong's retail sales fell in March for a second consecutive month after the city imposed stringent restrictions to curb an outbreak of COVID-19 but the government expected the sector to draw ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-backed KE Holdings gets nod for dual-primary listing in Hong Kong, shares to start trading next week
The Tencent-backed company said that it has received the go-ahead from Hong Kong stock exchange to list its class A ordinary shares on the main board by way of introduction. The shares will start ... ( read original story ...)
Insight – Don’t fret for Hong Kong’s dollar peg just yet
With a Covid-weakened business environment and inflation of less than 2%, Hong Kong needs higher borrowing costs like a hole in the head. But it has no choice. Arbitrage relationships limit the extent ... ( read original story ...)
Robotic marine trash collector starts making waves in Hong Kong
Back in November 2020, startup Open Ocean Engineering launched ... a sleeker Clearbot has now started patrolling Hong Kong waters. Meanwhile there are numerous efforts in play to try and remove ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese tech stocks tumble as insiders sell Meituan, JD Health while Hong Kong faces recession risks, higher rates
Hong Kong stocks retreated from a two-week high technology stocks ... suggests a lack of confidence in their business outlook, despite recent hopes for an end to Beijing’s trillion-dollar crackdown in ... ( read original story ...)
Meta Makes First Asia Investment With Mental Health Startup’s $3 Million Seed Round
Yet startups like Ami still face a challenge in the form of stigma ... A 2020 academic review of stigma against mental illness in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Korea and Thailand found that ... ( read original story ...)
Business boom predicted for Hong Kong restaurants with city set to relax dining restrictions ahead of Mother’s Day
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 ...)
Hong Kong Q1 GDP Shrinks More Than Expected on COVID Curbs
Hong Kong's economy contracted in the first quarter of this year as the city imposed its most stringent restrictions to curb an outbreak of COVID-19 that has battered business, led to an exodus of ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC faces call to spin off Asia business with Hong Kong listing
Global banking group HSBC is under mounting pressure as Ping An argued that an independent Asia business listed in Hong Kong would have higher profitability, lower capital requirements and more ... ( read original story ...)
How a digital revolution is redefining the way property owners design, operate and manage real estate in Hong Kong
According to a McKinsey report, existing buildings account for around 7 per cent of global CO2 emissions. In Hong Kong, a recent study found that because of its unique, high-density, built environment ... ( read original story ...)