Tag: business

Wearing a robotic suit does not immediately turn you into a superhero. But with such a sci-fi-looking outfit, sick and elderly people may be able to move and lift heavy objects more easily. Denis Huen Yin-fan, founder and chief executive of MedEXO Robotics ... ( read original story ...)

The DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards, which have been honouring outstanding achievements in the city’s business and corporate sectors for almost three decades, have made significant amendments to their performance indicators and award categories, as ... ( read original story ...)

Following are the opening remarks by the Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Mr Nicholas W Yang, at the STARTIT.Asia Hong Kong 2nd Edition Startup & Ecosystem Mixer today (May 29): Consul General (Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao, Mr ... ( read original story ...)

Among the entities seeking to capitalize on this phenomenon is Hong Kong-based Pakpobox, a startup that was founded in 2014. Pakpobox Hongkong currently has about 3,500 so-called compartment doors installed in 60 locations in Hong Kong, including shopping ... ( read original story ...)

Beyond the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong’s core business districts are several areas quietly growing and becoming of greater importance – not only for the city but the region and China’s “Greater Bay Area” initiative. The districts of Tuen Mun ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong millionaires are more aggressive than those in the United States when it comes to investing for parents and children, according to a survey released on Tuesday by US brokerage Charles Schwab. The online survey, conducted in February, polled 2,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Charles Schwab Hong Kong Survey uncovers the city's rising affluent investors' attitude and sentiment towards diversification, international investment, financial planning and wealth management Considering the level of stability in international and ... ( read original story ...)

JHL Biotech, a Taiwan developer of cheaper alternatives to patent-protected biological drugs, has raised US$106 million from a convertible bond issue, ahead of its planned Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) aiming to raise some US$250 million. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG—NIO, the Chinese electric vehicle startup backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., has filed confidentially for a planned U.S. initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Shanghai-based carmaker has submitted an initial ... ( read original story ...)

Increasing support from corporate-sponsored incubation programmes and government investment has nurtured a growing number of start-ups in Hong Kong, but many say the real challenge for entrepreneurs is a dearth of early-stage risk capital from venture ... ( read original story ...)

For more than half a century, Hong Kong has been a city where the world’s wealthy come to play, do hundred-million-dollar business deals, and wine and dine. Perhaps no restaurant in Hong Kong is more synonymous with wealth than Cantonese eatery Fook Lam ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is a dazzling city. With a dazzling international airport. And some great hometown airlines. Though not the oldest or largest among them, Hong Kong Airlines has arguably been the most exciting over the past year, launching new long-haul routes to ... ( read original story ...)

In an age when trust in the media is in peril, FactWire crowdfunded $600,000 when it started out in 2016 with the promise of a simple vision — investigative journalism based on fact, not opinion, and not beholden to business or political interests of any ... ( read original story ...)

A growing number of well-off Chinese are choosing to invest their wealth offshore, according to a latest McKinsey report ... and strengthen their private-banking teams in cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Zurich, to fight for a larger ... ( read original story ...)