Tag: business

Govt revises up full-year GDP to 3-4 pct from 2-3 pct * HK private consumption expenditure expands 5.3 pct y/y By Anne Marie Roantree and Donny Kwok HONG KONG, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Hong Kong raised its growth outlook for 2017 after a surprisingly strong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Aug. 11, 2017 /CNW/ -- Geoswift, Western Union Business Solutions (a subsidiary of The Western Union Company) and UnionPay International have announced the latest joint tuition payment promotion available to Chinese students studying in the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares fell 2 percent on Friday, dragged down by a sell-off in internet-related shares and fears over the impact of rising tensions between the United States and North Korea. The Hang Seng index fell 2.0 percent, to 26,883.51 ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Stocks in Hong Kong headed for their biggest weekly slide of 2017 and volatility surged as U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up pressure on North Korea. The Hang Seng Index fell for a third straight day for the first time since June and was in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks fell as the market opened on Friday after an escalation in tensions between the US and North Korea caused a slump on Wall Street overnight. The Hang Seng Index shed 1.3 per cent, or 351 points, to 27,092.4 as trading got under way ... ( read original story ...)

Howard Lam at the Hong Kong press conference in a Barcelona shirt. News01/Facebook Howard Lam, a member of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, says he was abducted by two Chinese agents while on a shopping trip in Hong Kong. He had on him a signed photo of ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - Aug 11, 2017 - The Hong Kong Pulse Light Show, organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), is back on stage this summer, after attracting over 2.3 million spectators over the years! Running from 11 August to 2 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong may reopen some of its 13 beaches—closed since last Sunday—following a palm oil spill, after authorities collected more than 150 tonnes of acrid-smelling clumps in one of the Chinese territory's worst environmental disasters. The spill ... ( read original story ...)

Two Hong Kong-listed international insurers – Manulife and Prudential ... credited the growth to Asia where profit from new life insurance business rose 18 per cent to £1.092 billion in the first half. Its asset management arm, Eastspring, reported ... ( read original story ...)

One of the world’s most reliable currency bets is suddenly looking like less of a sure thing. The Hong Kong dollar carry trade, which has produced steady returns for seven straight months, suffered a rare setback on Wednesday as the currency abruptly ... ( read original story ...)

Even as more companies relocate their offices away from Hong Kong’s central business district to escape high costs, rents in Central have climbed back up to their 2008 peak levels driven by sustained demand from mainland Chinese corporates and a tight ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem is relatively young, it has grown quickly in recent years. Many entrepreneurs are attracted by the city’s high rate of internet – particularly mobile – penetration, which has allowed for greater adoption of tech ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Cleanup efforts are under way in Hong Kong after white blobs of congealed palm oil washed up on the city's shores following a collision between two ships. Authorities have closed more than a dozen beaches, including two on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

Can you really imagine such an airline operating an international air travel business out of Hong Kong’s airport? Or imagine an SME bank. They used to have them in the United States, one town single-branch banks that advanced local savings to local farmers. ( read original story ...)