Karl Kwok has led an illustrious business career that has taken him to the top of some of Hong Kong’s largest companies, but many of the skills he uses were honed on a boat. He is now aboard 70-foot c... ( read original story ...)
Tricor Hong Kong Expands Its Commercial Team and Appoints Pamela Chung to Lead Listed Companies Services
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tricor Group (Tricor), is Asia’s leading partner for business solutions. Since our inception over 18 years ago, Tricor has built its operations across 20 jurisdictions in A... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba-backed Hong Kong AI lab names first batch of start-ups for funding
A Hong Kong artificial intelligence lab backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding and SenseTime, the world’s most valuable AI start-up, has named seven companies that will receive funding under ... ( read original story ...)
Briefing: Alibaba and SenseTime-backed Hong Kong AI lab announces first batch of startups to receive funding
What happened: A Hong Kong artificial intelligence lab backed by Alibaba and SenseTime has picked seven startups that will receive funding under its accelerator program. The AI lab will provide each o... ( read original story ...)
Brisk Synergies invited to join Infiniti lab in Hong Kong
Now, the startup, which is based in the Accelerator Centre in the David Johnston Research and Technology Park in Waterloo, is participating in a Hong Kong-based program for automotive related startups ... ( read original story ...)
US-China trade war saps confidence among Hong Kong businesses
Sentiment for the final three months of the year dropped 6.7 points to 43.0 on a quarter-on-quarter basis, in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong SME Leading Business Index, with the largest drop in conf... ( read original story ...)
HK small business feeling gloomier over prospects
There has been a "sweeping decline'' in business confidence among small and medium-sized enterprises in Hong Kong, compared with the third quarter, survey by Hong Kong Productivity Council shows. The ... ( read original story ...)
This Is What the Fastest Growing Emerging Economies Have in Common
Anu Madgavkar, a partner at McKinsey Global Institute ... Her team found that seven nations—China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand—all had at least ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba wants to diversify Hong Kong and believes startups are the key
Alibaba chief Jack Ma used HK$1 billion of his company's money to stand up a not-for-profit foundation in early 2015, aimed at boosting entrepreneurship among Hong Kong's younger population. Enterpris... ( read original story ...)
Foreign companies in Hong Kong warn on free speech crackdown
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's international business community is warning that authorities recent moves to crack down on free speech could hamper the city's competitiveness. But many executives ... ( read original story ...)
Emerging markets can still drive global growth
New McKinsey Global Institute research explores how nearly one ... product per capita growth in 71 emerging economies and found that seven— China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Kore... ( read original story ...)
This Hong Kong Food Startup Hires the Elderly to Package Its Organic Frozen Dinners
Like many large cities around the world, Hong Kong has an age problem: According to a 2016 report by the city’s Census and Statistics Department, 15.9 percent of the city’s population of 7.4 million a... ( read original story ...)
FrieslandCampina Hong Kong wins two bronze awards in the 15th Stevie International Business Awards®
HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - October 15, 2018 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK) is honoured to announce that it has won two bronze awards in the 'Human Resources Department of the Y... ( read original story ...)
Foot Locker launches a comeback in Hong Kong, kicking off with free haircuts and X-box gaming zone
So it might seem like Hong Kong would be a shoo-in for Foot Locker, whose business model is as a one-stop shop where sneakerheads can find the top brands. But Hong Kong has a lot of sneaker stores. Th... ( read original story ...)