Tag: business

The legendary Italian design house Pininfarina is famed for producing some of the most stunning and evocative car designs in the world, and now it's working with a Chinese startup business based in Hong Kong called Hybrid Kinetic Group (HKG). The idea is ... ( read original story ...)

The Consul General of Ireland in Hong Kong Peter Ryan said new routes by Cathay Pacific announced in August last year would open up significant regions in China to Ireland for tourism and business. Speaking at a briefing organised by a think tank on Asia ... ( read original story ...)

Women in Hong Kong still have a long way to go before they achieve gender equality in the workplace, despite improvements in the percentage of female workers in high positions over the past year. Just 29 per cent of management positions in Hong Kong are ... ( read original story ...)

The transformation of Hong Kong craft beer company Gweilo Beer, from humble beginnings operating in a spare bedroom to a purpose-built, 1,300-square-metre (14,000-square-foot), US$5 million brewery is almost in the can. Brewing trials began on February 8 ... ( read original story ...)

A recent McKinsey Global Institute study ... the Education Bureau is providing scholarships for local students admitted to Hong Kong-funded research postgraduate programmes. And I can tell you, there is a great deal more funding on the way for I&T ... ( read original story ...)

US start-up Hush Home announced today (February 12) it has opened its office in Hong Kong, using the city as a regional base to market its affordable high-grade mattresses, pillows and other bedding products. Hush Home designs and tests its products in San ... ( read original story ...)

Legislators across Hong Kong’s political spectrum were preparing for a showdown over a controversial joint checkpoint plan for a high-speed cross-border rail link, with almost all lawmakers vying for a seat on the bills committee that will start ... ( read original story ...)

Anything that causes people to worry about their health or security is bad news for Hong Kong, given its status as a tourism and business magnet. Confidence is critical in the former British colony, which prides itself on its reputation as one of the most ... ( read original story ...)

A growing number of Hong Kong investors are turning to the US market for trading bitcoin futures because they see it as safer than trading on Hong Kong’s unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges, according to brokers. In the US, bitcoin futures were launched ... ( read original story ...)

It used to be that starting a business was best left to those with money, otherwise options were limited. But those days are gone with many young people starting businesses with the help of Junior Achievement Hong Kong, an NGO that empowers youngsters to ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (CNN) - Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong school children will be getting an early start to their Lunar New Year holiday as the city's education authorities ordered the closure of all kindergartens and primary schools to fight an outbreak of flu. ( read original story ...)

one would find it almost impossible to escape the influence of this Hong Kong conglomerate whose sprawling business empire spans five sectors. Butterfield and Swire, a trading company then headquartered in Liverpool, founded its Hong Kong branch in 1870. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Airlines has collaborated with home grown chef, Gabriel Choy to offer a range of Western dishes with an Asian twist. The meals, which do not include breakfast, will be served to Business Class passengers on all flights departing from Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

An alternative source of protein is finding its way onto more dinner tables around the world, and it includes all the essential amino acids and is rich in protein, fibre, potassium and phosphorus: mealworms. Eighty per cent of countries around the globe ... ( read original story ...)