A high-level business delegation of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), comprising of nearly 30 delegates from different professional service sectors, officially visited Georgia on March ... ( read original story ...)
Plant protein startups vie to tap China’s hungry market
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Start-ups specializing in alternative protein, from eggless eggs to pea-stuffed burgers and cell-grown fish products, are piling into the Chinese territory of Hong Kong to tap ... ( read original story ...)
Pressure mounts on Hong Kong to remove economic crimes from new China extradition law
A member of the Standing Committee of China’s top legislature has said that Beijing has no opinion over whether the Hong Kong government should remove economic crimes from a list of offences in its ... ( read original story ...)
In gender equality and corporate governance, Hong Kong can be a champion of change
We live in a part of the world, however, where corporate social responsibility (CSR) and general corporate governance standards in business lag behind international best practices, and I believe this ... ( read original story ...)
Prada slips in China as Louis Vuitton and Gucci power ahead
The company's shares plunged almost 11% in Hong Kong on Monday after it reported disappointing ... home and abroad make up almost a third of purchases globally, according to McKinsey. As the value of ... ( read original story ...)
Self-driving trucks expose Chinese tech gap
HONG KONG, March 15 (Reuters Breakingviews ... Brain drain could keep the technology gap wide; a McKinsey report argues AV adoption in the People's Republic could trail the United States by as much as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Fung Group restores historic Hamada soy sauce factory in Japan, aims to grow condiments venture into business worth up to US$1 billion
Nearly three years after a severe earthquake wreaked havoc across Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, on Kyushu island, the 200-year-old Hamada soy sauce factory has finally been restored. Unveiling the ... ( read original story ...)
Paris ties Singapore, Hong Kong as world’s priciest cities
Paris has climbed to the top of the world's priciest city for expatriates, tied first with Singapore and Hong Kong according to a survey Tuesday ... expensive to live in", with an average two-piece ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares gold for world’s most expensive city, alongside Paris and Singapore, survey says
Hong Kong and Paris are now tied with Singapore as the world ... Tel Aviv, the sole Middle Eastern city in the top 10 and Israel’s business capital, ranked 28th just five years ago but now ties with ... ( read original story ...)
Activists slam Beijing’s claim that it has already implemented UN human rights suggestions in Hong Kong
Business as usual will not work,” Henderson said. “The declining human rights environment has clearly harmed Hong Kong’s international reputation. The government’s response to the UPR outcomes ... ( read original story ...)
This Hong Kong start-up gives flat owners a hassle-free way to tap the co-living trend
In crowded Hong Kong, co-living operators have made good business matching the needs of renters and landlords around shared living concepts involving big spaces. But a new entrant, which went live ... ( read original story ...)
US lawmakers concerned about Hong Kong’s proposed China extradition law, say democrats
Civic Party lawmaker Alvin Yeung said the congresspeople have met with the American business sector in Hong Kong to discuss the extradition law reforms which democrats have been opposing. “[The ... ( read original story ...)
Can Hong Kong follow Israeli footsteps in innovation?
Since the handover in 1997, two Hong Kong chief executives — Tung Chee-hwa and Leung ... nine million could achieve so many technological breakthroughs. Establishing startups has been a trend in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong eyes 15% growth in Indian tourist arrivals in 2019
With air connectivity getting better with Indian cities, Hong Kong hopes to register a growth of around 10-15 per cent in arrivals from India in 2019. “Earlier, air connectivity between Hong Kong and ... ( read original story ...)