Tag: business

The Hong Kong stock market on Friday snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had skyrocketed almost 3,100 points or 16 ... ( read original story ...)

Paul Chan says economic growth depends on effectiveness of anti-epidemic efforts, and measures will soon be rolled out to help businesses. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Sunday she expects to announce a review of COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, just days after she acknowledged that many financial institutions were "losing patience" ... ( read original story ...)

The harsh numbers revealing people were leaving town in droves, particularly expatriates from the financial sector, finally convinced Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to rethink the city’s ... ( read original story ...)

About a third of properties used as collateral for loans worth US$370 billion were located in areas vulnerable to flooding and rising sea levels, a stress test found last year It's literally 'adapt or ... ( read original story ...)

Crematoria work around the clock and coffins run short as death toll soars, driven by large numbers of unvaccinated elderly people ... ( read original story ...)

'We need 300 coffins every day to cope with the daily fatalities,' says Hong Kong Funeral Business Association chairman Ng Yiu-tong 'Coffins are as essential as rice to people ... The government needs ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong could be easing up on flight bans ... and resuming more international flights to allow vaccinated business travellers and Hongkongers to come to the city. He also suggested that the ... ( read original story ...)

City leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor had warned that Hong Kong’s unemployment rate would continue to worsen after it bounced back to a five-month high of 4.5 per cent between ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the country will exclude the large supermarkets and pharmacy chains as well as other businesses from the ne ... ( read original story ...)

Crystal Lau’s parents fled mainland China for Hong Kong when she was a child. Thirty years later she and her husband, Davy, have made a longer journey. They are making a new home in the city of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong startup Greater Bay Airlines has scaled back its initial growth ambitions due to tight pandemic-related quarantine restrictions and has yet to set a date for its first commercial flights, ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Hong Kong’s Star Ferry has sailed into dire financial straits. The local uproar suggests that allowing the Victoria Harbour icon to sink is an unthinkable outcome ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's financial chief Paul Chan said the Hong Kong Sevens will take place in November 2022, as the government is planning to host business leaders in the city to rebuild Hong Kong's reputation ... ( read original story ...)