HKSTP announced the addition of a global FinTech unicorn, Nium, as a partner company to HKSTP’s thriving Fintech ecosystem. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: most Hong Kong diplomatic personnel, top business executives to lose quarantine exemptions from November 12
Hong Kong has officially scrapped Covid-19 quarantine-exemption privileges for most diplomatic personnel and top business executives, as local officials intensified their bid to convince Beijing to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Tighten Quarantine Rules for Most Consular Staff
Hong Kong is dropping a provision for most consular staff to serve quarantine at home, opting for hotel stays instead, as it doubles down on some of the world's toughest coronavirus curbs, hoping to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong GDP Growth Slows In Q3
The Hong Kong economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter due to the base effect and the stronger-than-expected economic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Ends Quarantine Exemptions for Senior Executives
Hong Kong will end quarantine exemptions for senior executives, bankers and most entitled groups starting Nov. 12, tightening what is already one of the world’s strictest Covid-19 policies as it works ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Govt promotes fintech advancement
With the theme Innovation of FinTech Proof-of-Concept for Hong Kong Financial Services Industry, I know today's conference will bring together speakers from banks, insurance companies, securities ... ( read original story ...)
InvestHK: Local Start-up Size Grows 12% YoY to Record 3,755
According to the 2021 Startup Survey conducted by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the overall number of start-ups in the city reached a record high of 3,755, up 12 per cent from the figure in 2020, ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech Unicorn Nium Joins HKSTP’s FinTech Community to Accelerate Hong Kong’s Booming Fintech Ecosystem
HKSTP connects SE Asian Fintech unicorn with key partners to tap the enormous GBA market HONG KONG, November 01, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today ... ( read original story ...)
Northwell and ‘startup studio’ Aegis partner on $100M venture
Mothers-to-be facing life-threatening cases of high blood pressure. People whose kidneys are at risk of shutting down. Seniors who get rushed to emergency rooms due to preventable problems like dehydr ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property agents who sell homes overseas should be legally responsible for ensuring clients know the risks, says watchdog
Consumer Council chairman Paul Lam says agents have responsibility to know the background of overseas developers, and to warn their clients of any potential risks. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong economy set to grow about 6.5 per cent in 2021 but not all workers benefiting, financial chief says
City should hit upper end of projected range of expansion but average wage has fallen when inflation taken into account, Paul Chan says. ( read original story ...)
Northwell and ‘startup studio’ Aegis launch new $100M venture
Northwell Health and Manhattan-based "startup studio" Aegis Ventures hope those are among ... Aegis’ chairman, Bill Schoenfeld, is also chairman and co-founder of Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific Land, ... ( read original story ...)
As rivals reopen, Hong Kong doubles down on COVID-19 isolation
Hong Kong's decision to descend deeper into international coronavirus isolation as rivals reopen is causing consternation among managers at multinationals who see no end to a zero-COVID strategy ... ( read original story ...)
Blind and visually impaired people train to work in Yau Cafe, Hong Kong’s first shop to offer coffee and massage therapy
It opened in Sai Ying Pun in September. The shop is an initiative launched by the Hong Kong Blind Union and is supported with government funding for start-up social enterprises. When the Blind Union ... ( read original story ...)