Tag: business

Hong Kong logistics company GoGoVan has agreed to a merger with 58 Suyun, the freight business of mainland Chinese online classifieds giant 58 Home, creating the city’s first start-up worth more than US$1 billion. The merger would also create Asia’s ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and mainland stocks both registered major landmarks on Monday. The Hang Seng Index now looks set to close above 28,000 for the first time since May 2015, with a gain of as much as 0.8 per cent in the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite ... ( read original story ...)

Severe Tropical Storm Pakhar barrelled down on Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, disrupting flights and transport in two cities that had barely recovered from the hammering inflicted by Typhoon Hato last week. One man was killed in a traffic accident and 62 ... ( read original story ...)

McKinsey reported a couple of months ago that up to two thirds ... Rather, it is about ensuring that Hong Kong families have a place to live that they can properly call a home. It is a crime that Hong Kong’s regulators have not forced on developers ... ( read original story ...)

After a decade with the community’s main focus seemingly elsewhere, it is refreshing to have a chief executive who is inclined to be proactive in support of economic development generally and the business community in particular. The proposal by Carrie ... ( read original story ...)

expand business as a venue for meetings, conferences and exhibitions, and invite companies to hold activities at the park’s hotels. And only in 2018 when the first train pulls into Hong Kong will Disney know if the magic has returned. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Macau braced for severe tropical storm Pakhar on Sunday, just four days after one of the strongest typhoons on record, Hato, caused serious flooding and damage in the territories. Both cities issued their third ... ( read original story ...)

On the other side of an unassuming doorway in Hong Kong’s busy downtown district of Sheung Wan, a team of people work tirelessly to bring together young people from different corners of the world. Founded by two Yale University alumni who met during ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog and the city’s police force have signed a memorandum of understanding for deeper cooperation in cracking down on financial crimes, according to a statement issued by the Securities and Futures Commission on Friday evening. ( read original story ...)

The startup has attracted an initial round of financing of about HK$70 million. Lee said she used to ride a bicycle when commuting overseas but due to space limitation, she has not owned a bike since her return to Hong Kong. She does not have to worry ... ( read original story ...)

Government planning advisers are set to reject a controversial proposal to remove trams from a key section of Hong Kong’s central business district during a meeting of the city’s Town Planning Board on Friday. Former local town planner Sit Kwok-keung ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, Motive Force Technology, a Hong Kong startup that is involved in the VirCube AR platform, is looking to incorporate coding software into AR glasses to produce a wide range of teaching resources driven by AR technology. Equipped with sensors and ... ( read original story ...)

The proposed platform will have to be able promote the growth of the new economy as well as to facilitate startups/SMEs to be truly ‘new’. (Photo credit: Esri China (HK)) The new economy in Hong Kong is sluggish as evident from the low uptake of ... ( read original story ...)

Dickson said Hong Kong is a “super-connector” that is a very much available for doing business with India and it is completely up to India to use Hong Kong as a platform to connect with it and other countries. According to latest HKTDC data ... ( read original story ...)