It is premature for any cryptocurrency trading platform – or business associated with the industry – to raise funds through an IPO in Hong Kong before the proper regulatory framework is in place, acco... ( read original story ...)
Outstanding Business Leaders and Organizations were Conferred the Prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2018 Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Dec. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Asia, the leading non-governmental organization for entrepreneurship in Asia, announced 8 winners of The Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards ... ( read original story ...)
HK$13 billion Hong Kong Children’s Hospital starts operating limited service with inpatient wards to start opening in 2019
Hong Kong’s first children’s hospital, which will focus on rare and complex cases, opened its doors on Tuesday, but inpatient services will not commence until next year. The first patients at the HK$1... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-based Vistra aims to be one of the global ‘big four’ in the corporate services industry
The traditional offshore company business accounts for about 15 per cent. In addition to digitalising its processes, Vistra is considering a partnership with one of Hong Kong’s new virtual banks, with ... ( read original story ...)
HMV Digital winds up its Hong Kong retail outlets as CDs and DVDs concede to the onslaught of online streaming media
“[T]he HMV Retail business in Hong Kong experienced drastic changes during the past few months,” Shiu said. “The HMV Retail business in Canada had closed all its 102 stores last year due to the impact ... ( read original story ...)
HMV winds up Hong Kong retail music business
HMV has announced it will wind up all its retail business in Hong Kong after a 25-year presence in the local music market. HMV Digital China Group Ltd said its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary HMV R... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong insurers should broaden horizons to tap opportunities in Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong needs to leverage its connection with the Greater Bay Area and develop more insurtech products to compete with regional cities such as Singapore or Shanghai as a life insurance hub, accordin... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong needs cultural change if it’s to catch up with regional tech peers, start-up survey finds
The technology ecosystem in Hong Kong is in dire need of cultural change to catch up with regional peers as the city’s early-stage start-ups still struggle with limited access to private capital and t... ( read original story ...)
Make Hong Kong’s anticorruption laws extraterritorial to win back the confidence of the international business community, says lawmaker Kenneth Leung
A Hong Kong opposition lawmaker has called on the government to adopt a similar approach as the United States to make the city’s anticorruption laws extraterritorial so as to "win back” the confidence ... ( read original story ...)
How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments
At the time, McKinsey’s client, Ping An, was preparing for an initial public offering in Hong Kong. The Wen family and its business associates became secret shareholders of Ping An, having acquired th... ( read original story ...)
Tanzania eyes Hong Kong money men as it touts itself as place Chinese businesses can use to dodge trade war tariffs
“There’s no way that we can hesitate to attract investment from China and Hong Kong, as a special administrative region,” he said. According to Wu, finding funding for those projects would be conducte... ( read original story ...)
Tips for building a global business from the founder of billion-dollar start-up Klook
Building a business is no easy feat, much less establishing one with ... across 100 countries each month and it ranks as one of the few start-ups born in Hong Kong to reach the much-coveted $1 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong aims to build ILS market
Hong Kong is aiming to create an insurance-linked securities market ... to enable them to manage their expense ratios on reduced margins on the underlying business. “At the same time, there will be mo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘tycoons’ canteen’, Chinese restaurant Fook Lam Moon, celebrates 70 years in business
Fook Lam Moon, the Hong Kong restaurant known as the tycoons’ canteen, this year marks the 70th anniversary of founder Chui Fook-chuen launching his catering service. To mark the platinum anniversary, ... ( read original story ...)