Edith Yeung, partner and head of China at 500 Startups, recently sat down with the Hong Kong Economic Journal to discuss the trend of blockchain applications, and how Hong Kong can profit from blockch... ( read original story ...)
Trucking company LOGIVAN crowned ‘Best Startup’ at Asia’s largest tech event RISE
HONG KONG, July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnamese startup LOGIVAN has been named the winner of PITCH 2018 at RISE, Web Summit's tech conference in Asia. PITCH, in partnership with HSBC, brings toget... ( read original story ...)
Bike-sharing business model won’t work in Hong Kong
Gobee.bike, Hong Kong’s first bike-sharing service provider, has shut down the business after its launch in April last year. The bike-sharing business model can’t sustain itself. It has succeeded in m... ( read original story ...)
Why bike-sharing business model won’t work in Hong Kong
Gobee.bike, Hong Kong’s first bike-sharing service provider, has shut down the business after its launch in April last year. The bike-sharing business model can’t sustain itself. It has succeeded in m... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developers raise prices, confident that buyers will snap up flats unlocked by vacancy tax
Hong Kong’s home prices are showing no signs of letting up, as developers continue to raise their offer price with each successive sales launch, confident that there are enough eager property buyers t... ( read original story ...)
A second look at Hong Kong
IF you’re flying via Cathay Pacific, you need to check out their first class/business class lounges at the Hong Kong International Airport. The flagship lounge is The Wing on Level 7, which is 1,697 s... ( read original story ...)
Senior Bahrain team attends China startup summit
A high-level Bahrain business delegation, led by the Startup Bahrain initiative - Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), Tamkeen (Labour Fund), Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism, are curren... ( read original story ...)
SmartTones named top startup at Infiniti Lab Toronto’s Demo Day
As winner of the Demo Day, SmartTones will move on to participate in Infiniti Lab Hong Kong, a three-month global program that provides startups access to business mentorship and the opportunity to co... ( read original story ...)
Tricor Supports Xiaomi IPO in Hong Kong
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tricor Group (“Tricor”), Asia’s leading provider of business, corporate and investor services, today announces our appointment to provide joint company secretary services t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bike-sharing start-up Gobee.bike goes bust from losses and high maintenance costs
Hong Kong’s first bike-sharing service, Gobee.bike, has gone bust due to losses and high maintenance costs, according to its boss. The start-up promised to refund HK$399 (US$51) in deposits to each us... ( read original story ...)
Xiaomi sputters in Hong Kong debut as trade war snares test case of city’s listing reform
Xiaomi, the first company to raise capital under Hong Kong’s overhauled listing rules for pre-revenue start-ups or companies with multiple classes of stock, sputtered during its trading debut on the c... ( read original story ...)
IPOs, startup funding and more China news and trends
Our latest update from China, sharing some fascinating insights from the documents filed by Meituan and Tongcheng Elong as part of their IPOs on the Hong Kong exchange. Plus some Chinese travel startu... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sevens: full women’s World Series event must wait until 2020 at the earliest, says union
A full women’s event at the Hong Kong Sevens will have to wait until the start of the next four-year cycle of the HSBC World Series, as organisers look forward to a resumption of normal service in 201... ( read original story ...)
Good for business: British lesbian on her Hong Kong court win
When a British lesbian took on the Hong Kong government for the right to live and work in the city with her partner it was an intensely personal struggle -- but to her surprise it also struck a chord ... ( read original story ...)