General and business aviation traffic (GA/BA) at Hong Kong International Airport soared 36.5 percent year-over-year last month, according to data from the Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA). ... ( read original story ...)
This Chinese AI Startup Has A Smart Solution For The Selfie Generation
Founded at the Hong Kong Science Park in 2014, the startup was an academic project by professor Tang Xiaoou from the department of information engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong. The project ... ( read original story ...)
Open banking’s next wave: Perspectives from three fintech CEOs
McKinsey reached out to the CEOs of three innovative fintechs ... sandbox” to enable experimentation across a wider array of financial products. Hong Kong’s central bank is exploring an open API frame... ( read original story ...)
Chinese startup makes facial recognition glasses for police
HONG KONG -- Technology company Xloong is changing the future of ... Founded in 2015, the Beijing startup had released multiple models of AR glasses, ranging from sports goggles that project digital m... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s Facebook Live event fails to impress LGBT groups after questions ‘snubbed’
Frankie Ngan Man-yu, chairman of the Young Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, agreed Lam could have done better by addressing comments directly. But he believed it was a ... ( read original story ...)
Asian Games 2018: Hong Kong soccer team at centre of sportsmanship row after bad-tempered draw with Palestine
#AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/O1MdQb4p9W — Paul Ryding (@pjrydo) August 17, 2018 Riding their luck at times after going behind to the talented Palestine side, who warmed to their task after a slow s... ( read original story ...)
Preview: Halloween 2018 Food at Hong Kong Disneyland
While Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Party has already started at Walt Disney World, Disney Halloween Time at Hong Kong Disneyland doesn’t start until September 13 through October 31, 2018. This year, there ar... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Startup Raises $618 Million to Expand Datacenters
Read more: Startup Bets $1.7 Billion on Becoming Asia’s Digital ... The remainder of the money raised will go toward expanding into Asia with Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong key priorities. Facilities ... ( read original story ...)
Is HR Underrated In Tech Startups?
Two Startups Will Find Out. Forbes.com - 12:27 ... Uncensored Games From China, Hong Kong Trade On The Blockchain, And More ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bus driver guilty of crash death after judge rejects cheese allergy excuse
A Hong Kong bus driver was on Monday found guilty of causing a pedestrian ... Leung Wai-kong, 42, had pleaded not guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing death at the start of his trial at th... ( read original story ...)
Singapore startup raises US$618 million to expand datacenters
Deutsche Bank AG underwrote a senior secured loan that will eventually be syndicated to a broader group of lenders, the Singapore-based startup said in a statement ... into Asia with Singapore, Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s GSR Capital signs mega deal with fake news peddler
The analyst was referring to a press release put out by Byrne that claimed Hong Kong-based GSR Capital has announced that it will invest $270 million in a blockchain-based startup of Overstock.com, ca... ( read original story ...)
Maternity leave in Hong Kong: government considering subsidies to help businesses offset cost of giving new mothers 14 weeks’ off
Small and medium-sized enterprises will be the hardest hit,” he said. Chung urged the government to also consider the effects of the US-China trade war on the Hong Kong business environment before pus... ( read original story ...)
Coils Lam Wai-chun, founding chairman of Hong Kong’s popular 759 Store, dies aged 60
announced in a stock exchange filing on Sunday that Lam had died at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital on Saturday. It did not disclose the cause of death. “The board will use its best endeavours to ... ( read original story ...)