FTAHK's implementation of Praxonomy's board portal solution, Boardfolio, will streamline its board meeting processes and communications. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong tightens restrictions on Taiwan arrivals, while Singapore and Japan could be next
Unvaccinated travellers will have to undergo quarantine at designated hotels for 21 days and show negative coronavirus test before boarding flights ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam’s Tokyo Olympics TV deal: a bid to reignite Hong Kong’s patriotic fervour like in Beijing 2008?
As Hong Kong snaps up the broadcast rights to the Tokyo Games, observers wonder if what it really seeks is a national pride pick-me-up from a bygone time when most Hongkongers identified as Chinese. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-based French patisserie Paul Lafayet eyes a bigger share of China’s growing market for Western-style desserts
Paul Lafayet plans to open around 100 outlets on the mainland, as it eyes China’s growing market for desserts that is set to reach US$37.6 billion a year by 2025. ( read original story ...)
Trading places: As democrats exit, how will Hong Kong’s ‘patriots’ do in their new starring role?
If only this new national security episode was not bringing so much grief to so many, the experience might be appreciated as a kind of misdirected comic interlude: ancient concepts of justice, ... ( read original story ...)
Catering arm of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific could be next vendor for food scandal-plagued Covid-19 quarantine centre
Cathay Pacific Catering Services (HK) was invited to submit a bid to supply the Penny’s Bay camp after the previous caterer was fired over allegedly tainted food. ( read original story ...)
Future of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily is on the line after founder Jimmy Lai’s assets are frozen under national security law
Analysts say authorities’ decision to freeze Jimmy Lai’s assets would not only put pressure on the tabloid-style paper, but also have a chilling effect on other outlets. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Warns Jimmy Lai Asset Freeze Signals New Hong Kong Risk
Taiwan on Saturday warned that risks for businesses have increased in Hong Kong after authorities in the international finance hub used asset freezing powers under Beijing's new national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong – The Commercial Marriage Of Starting A Business With Friends – Are You A Director, A Shareholder, Or Both?
Ada, Ben and Charles are close friends who have started a party room business. While each of them has contributed the same amount of initial capital, Ben has been taking up a leading role in business ... ( read original story ...)
The ‘rehab Iron Man’: Hong Kong tech start-up owner creates products from robotic gloves to smart fitness mirrors
Co-founded by Alvin Cheung, who is on the Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30 Asia’ list, HandyRehab launched in 2015 and aims to make rehabilitation robotics accessible and affordable locally. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freezes shares of media tycoon Lai under security law
Use of security law’s powers for the first time to target a listed company could have repercussions for investors. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freezes assets of pro-democracy media boss
Hong Kong will freeze the assets of media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai under its controversial national security law, the latest move to crackdown one of the city's prominent opposition ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-based Skadden partner joins IPO-bound Grab as GC
Former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom capital markets partner Christopher Betts has left the firm to become general counsel at Grab Holdings Inc, the largest ride-hailing and food delivery firm ... ( read original story ...)
National security law: retired Hong Kong judge says it’s ‘reasonable’ for Beijing to take jurisdiction in exceptional cases
Henry Litton swats down fears that law’s Article 55 will be abused, saying wording limits its usage to extremely rare instances. ( read original story ...)