Tag: business

But Beijing has made it clear that economic integration is key to reinforcing its sovereignty over Hong Kong - and it gets support from within the business community. “We will no longer be Hong Kong people, but Greater Bay Area people,” said Jonathan ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s top anti-graft official has urged local investors to shun corrupt overseas business deals when joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative, warning of rampant bribery in some countries involved in the ambitious global trade project. ( read original story ...)

Virgin's return to a daily Melbourne-Hong Kong service with a late morning departure will sharpen its appeal to business travellers and bring the airline back into the competitive frame against Qantas and Cathay Pacific, although the later still holds the ... ( read original story ...)

Sharing Economy International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEII) shares rose marginally after the company announced plans to establish a new film and media production business. The Hong Kong-based production company said that, in connection with this new business ... ( read original story ...)

Innovent Biologics, a Chinese biomedical developer backed by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong after the bourse opened the door for pre-profit biotech startups to list. Innovent didn’t disclose the ... ( read original story ...)

But as Yu looked around the tutoring landscape in Hong Kong, what he saw troubled him ... Thankfully, he met people who were “passionate about startups and wanted to build education products that could change the way people learn.” ( read original story ...)

LATTICE80 announced on Thursday it has teamed up with fintech accelerator SuperCharger to establish a bridge between the Fintech ecosystems in Singapore and Hong Kong. According to LATTICE80, The partnership will allow Fintech startups in both the ... ( read original story ...)

Roads were closed on Sunday around Hong Kong’s Victoria Park as demonstrators started to stream into Causeway Bay for the annual July 1 pro-democracy march, set to start from the park at 3pm in uncomfortable proximity to an outdoor celebration organised ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Hong Kong people braved sweltering heat on Sunday to protest against Beijing's tightening grip over the city as the former British colony marked the 21st anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. The protestors included ... ( read original story ...)

“If you build it, they will come.” That was the line quoted by Kevin Costner’s character in the 1989 movie, Field of Dreams. The sentence has now entered the popular vernacular to roughly mean, if you build something, it can create its own demand. ( read original story ...)

During college, Timothy Yu made extra money as a math tutor. He was a math major, so it was fun and engaging work for him. But as Yu looked around the tutoring landscape in Hong Kong, what he saw troubled him. Many tutoring schools have 30 or 40 students ... ( read original story ...)

1 Top Ace drops to Class 5 for the first time at his 31st Hong Kong start. The Italian Group 3 winner has run okay on this surface before and the booking of Joao Moreira is a positive move. He should be hard to beat. #7 Soccer Brave won for the third time ... ( read ...

Hong Kong’s leaders were out in force on Thursday to promote the city’s advantages to capitalise on two ambitious technology and trade initiatives, but businesspeople urged the government to offer them more incentives. The city was poised to become ... ( read original story ...)

They will be engaged in a shared network and mentorship programmes. Startups in Singapore and Hong Kong will be connected through the partnership of Lattice80 and SuperCharger. The deal will let fintech startups to engage in a shared network for expansion ... ( read original story ...)