The city’s stock exchange is second only to Nasdaq in the first quarter in terms of total funds raised, up from sixth a year earlier. ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Hong Kong softens the G in ESG
Beijing’s growing shadow over Hong Kong only strengthens that argument today. Reuters Breakingviews is the world's leading source of agenda-setting financial insight. As the Reuters brand for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set to grab historic opportunities
With Hong Kong more relevant than ever in China's top development planning document, the city's top officials and leading experts have high hopes for historic opportunities as it makes a fresh start. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Shorten Quarantine for Low-Risk Countries
Hong Kong will cut mandatory hotel quarantine to 14 days from 21 for people coming from low-risk areas including Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, as the city works to reopen its pandemic-battered ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to offer tourism staff workers about 2,000 jobs at vaccination centres
Industry figure laments government offer as ‘pitiful’ but others in travel sector welcome the move. Full-time roles pay from HK$10,000 to HK$40,000, with minimum wage for part-time workers set at ... ( read original story ...)
Chinachem Group Teams Up with HKSTP to Accelerate Smart City, Startup Development and Pilot-first Technology Adoption in Hong Kong
and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today announced the launch of two dedicated programmes to support startups in the smart city space and drive Hong Kong's cutting-edge ... ( read original story ...)
Spotlight: Zachary Mason, Former Center ICE employee creating success in his own startup
North Star Tutors, Mason’s company, is a Fairbanks-based online tutoring service that offers educational tutoring, standardized test prep, and music lessons among a growing list of additional topic ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba-backed Bilibili closes down in Hong Kong trading debut
Bilibili Inc, which is backed by Alibaba Group, closed 1% below its listing price in its Hong Kong trading debut on Monday as analysts said a U.S. regulatory crackdown on listed foreign firms hit ... ( read original story ...)
Bilibili Drops in Hong Kong Debut After Tech Loses Shine
Bilibili Inc. fell on its debut in Hong Kong, becoming the latest U.S.-traded Chinese firm to disappoint on its homecoming during a global sell-off in the country’s technology shares. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Reopen Pools and Beaches, Easing Covid Rules
Hong Kong will allow swimming pools and public beaches to reopen from Thursday and relax some other Covid-19 related social distancing rules, after the city brought a recent outbreak involving the ... ( read original story ...)
The climate’s changing for air mile junkies
When the pandemic struck last year, Justin D’Agostino was doing what he had done for most of his working life: travelling. Last March, the 48-year-old was touring the offices of Herbert Smith ... ( read original story ...)
‘Alphard Wars’ to Lift Hong Kong’s Roadblock on Satire (EXCLUSIVE)
In Hong Kong, where unsmiling mainland Chinese authorities have asserted their “comprehensive jurisdiction,” satire has become a dangerous form of humor. But at least one new satirical segment is soon ... ( read original story ...)
Citigroup to hire up to 1,700 people as it expands operations in Hong Kong with an eye on Greater Bay Area opportunities
The American bank plans to make the hires across its business, filling most of the positions this year, according to Angel Ng Yin-yee, the CEO of Citi Hong Kong and Macau. Citi also plans to increase ... ( read original story ...)
Op-Ed: My Hong Kong is now a paradise lost
When I was a young man in the 1970s, I joined hundreds of thousands of desperate Chinese to swim miles across the sea to Hong Kong, our beacon of freedom. ( read original story ...)