Tag: business

Why are Hong Kong kids sitting in front of a screen watching little electronic characters complete a maze when they could be physically doing it themselves? A troupe of American ninjas are in town to find out. “So many kids are on their phones, iPads or ... ( read original story ...)

The start-up phase of any entrepreneur can be both exciting and frightening. It’s the phase where your product, your company and your passion is truly put to the test, it’s stressful and confusing and hectic and usually not very rewarding for long ... ( read original story ...)

Back in Hong Kong, she was given the opportunity to manage Caffe Habitu, a local coffee chain, where she learned how to manage a business – from marketing to operations, understanding end consumer experience. One venture to another Then on, she moved ... ( read original story ...)

Virgin Australia will launch its daily Sydney-Hong Kong nonstop service at the start of July. The airline first announced plans to operate the route in February, without specifying a start date. However, Virgin Australia said on Tuesday it will join Cathay ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong officials have mapped out plans to scrap controversial ... with it coming into effect by 2022. Officials have lobbied business and labour leaders as they try to win support for the move, although the business sector remains unconvinced, despite ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (NYTIMES) - On a recent afternoon ... After more than a decade of decline and editorial chaos, the newsroom now buzzes like a tech startup, with table tennis and an in-house pub serving free craft beer. The revival began with The Post's ... ( read original story ...)

There are also several big trade shows in town over at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre timed to coincide with the Sevens – meaning more business for the women. “They choose the [Sevens] because there’s more money – double ... ( read original story ...)

CENTRAL: All firms in Hong Kong face changing business costs, so they should be able to cope with officials’ advance warning to dig deeper into their own pockets to pay employees’ severance and long-service payments, the city’s labour minister said ... ( read original story ...)

Limburg will host another Hammer event in June as part of a series that will start in Stavanger, Norway the previous month and culminate around the streets of Hong Kong. More rounds could be added in 2019. The Hammer Series, contested by five-rider teams ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets) -- Hong Kong shares on Tuesday started the second quarter on a weak note, as a persistent sell-off in U.S. technology stocks and ongoing worries over a global trade war dampened sentiment. The Hang Seng Index had fallen 0.6% to ... ( read original story ...)

Six of the largest Mandatory Provident Fund providers in Hong Kong have set up an industry body to work with the government on the development of the sector, as the city’s compulsory retirement scheme is on course to reaching HK$1 trillion (US$127.84 ... ( read original story ...)

That’s missing, a lot, in Hong Kong.” He says he gets approached all the time for many things, and is currently working with Carrie Lam on an innovation and technology committee, which he may join. Property, start-ups and young people Though Zeman ... ( read original story ...)

Encounters, curated for the fourth consecutive year by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director of Artspace in Sydney, will present 12 institutional-scale installations and site-specific projects at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong. Among them is Subodh ... ( read original story ...)

The 26-km Express Rail Link is vitally important to Hong Kong. It will link Hong Kong with major Mainland cities with significantly reduced travelling times. Construction on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL ... ( read original story ...)