[Sponsored] The Hive is launching Hong Kong’s first co-farm – the Hive CoFarm – a space for agritech, aquaponic, hydroponic and remote monitoring IoT start-ups to pilot their technologies in a real world setting. The site will also develop community ... ( read original story ...)
I rode Hong Kong’s amazing subway where it’s impossible to get lost — now I’ll never look at the London Underground in the same way
Hong Kong’s subway system, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), is ... No more pushing and shoving to get onto the train. Will Martin/Business Insider The MTR is also fiendishly efficient when it comes to boarding and alighting. Instead of the mad free ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong needs more than tax breaks for the aircraft leasing hub to get off the ground
Many who invest in this business hope to raise funds through an IPO “in Hong Kong or Shanghai,” Leung said. “In an IPO, the first thing the stock exchange reviews is your profit and loss.” It is also one of the world’s major financial centres and ... ( read original story ...)
China, Hong Kong shares keep climbing; developers lend support
Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong rose 0.19 per cent at 12,226.95, while the Hang Seng Index was up 0.18 per cent at 30,791.59. The smaller Shenzhen index was up 0.16 per cent and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 0.54 per cent. ( read original story ...)
Startup Demonstrates Ultra-High Resolution Micro-LED Micro-Displays
Hong Kong based startup JBD announced recently that it has successfully demonstrated monochromatic ultra-high resolution active matrix micro-LED displays as an enabling technology for next-generation display panel applications. JBD, a Hong Kong based ... ( read original story ...)
China and Hong Kong shares keep climbing, developers lend support
Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong rose 0.19 percent at 12,226.95, while the Hang Seng Index was up 0.18 percent at 30,791.59. ** The smaller Shenzhen index was up 0.16 percent and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 0.54 percent. ( read original story ...)
This Professional Poker Player Used His Winnings To Seed What Could Be Hong Kong’s Next Unicorn
But there’s one person who actually used the income from his hobby-turned-profession to found a startup that has the chance to become Hong Kong’s first unicorn: Shing Chow, founder of Lalamove, the “Uber for logistics.” Chow quit his job as a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong must take a lead in tech listings or forever play catch-up
The dilemma facing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) for years was about more than being arbitraged against other stock exchanges over dual-class shares and losing the listing business of world-class mainland tech companies. The deeper malevolence is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is being squeezed … into China
Joint checkpoint decision in Hong Kong an ‘act of state’, leading Beijing adviser says If business assumes that the tail will only squeeze tighter, it is important to plan ahead. A good analogy might be to look at Hong Kong converging with the Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)
China stocks climb on robust services sector activity; Hong Kong also up
Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong rose 0.87 per cent to 12,194.58, while the Hang Seng Index was up 0.45 per cent at 30,699.74. The smaller Shenzhen index was up 0.17 per cent and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was weaker by 0.23 per cent. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong will start atoning for missing Alibaba listing
Hong Kong: Losing Alibaba’s 2014 listing to New York was embarrassing for a city that has thrived connecting China to world markets. Hong Kong could go some way to making up for this in 2018. New York has been the go-to venue for initial public offerings ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Hong Kong will start atoning for missing Alibaba
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Losing Alibaba’s 2014 listing to New York was embarrassing for a city that has thrived connecting China to world markets. Hong Kong could go some way to making up for this in 2018. New York has been the go-to venue for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong renaissance
To access full Breakingviews.com content you must be a subscriber. Please use the following link to request a trial. The Hong Kong stock exchange is expected to allow companies with dual-class shares to be listed on its main board, according to a Nov. 29 r ... ( read original story ...)
Overzealous bureaucrats are a threat to Hong Kong’s can-do business reputation
Big wishes for the new year are a bit like big wishes for everything – they are rarely fulfilled. So I’m wondering whether it would be possible to start this year with what is really a rather modest wish for Hong Kong’s government to do far less and ... ( read original story ...)