Tag: business

According to research by McKinsey, there is a short supply of graduates with these assets. Chinese universities have a great track record of teaching students “hard skills”, but the test-focused education system has placed little emphasis on the ... ( read original story ...)

Kritika Kumar worked at credit rating agency Moody’s in her native India prior to her MBA. After four years, she found herself stuck in her job, with little chance of a promotion. So, in 2015, she joined the University of Hong Kong’s 14-month MBA ... ( read original story ...)

A more flexible approach will be taken to food trucks in Hong Kong with some restrictions eased on the first batch of operators who have experienced mixed fortunes over the past two months. The latest measures will include two more locations for trucks ... ( read original story ...)

The Securities and Futures Commission will tighten cybersecurity requirements for Hong Kong stockbrokers after 20 hacking attacks over the past 18 months led to investor losses totalling HK$110 million (US$14.2 million), the regulator said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Location is one of the city’s greatest strengths, with access to half the world’s entire population with a mere five-hour flight As Hong Kong continues to defend its status as one of the world’s premier locations for business in Asia, its government ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort will open its third hotel on April 30, with the theme of exploration and adventure, the park said here Tuesday. Named Disney Explorer Lodge, the 750-room hotel will enable the guests to explore landscapes ... ( read original story ...)

organiser Chinese Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong (CMA) told Business Daily. The event, held between April 13 and April 17 at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf Convention and Exhibition Centre, saw the number of participants increase 50,000 compared to last ... ( read original story ...)

In the meanwhile, it is business as usual.” i-Cable Communications halted ... which reported losses due to a weak advertising market and fierce competition in Hong Kong. i-Cable sale up in the air as losses mount amid tough Hong Kong TV market The ... ( read original story ...)

a Hong Kong-based finance professor at Beijing’s Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, who was speaking generally. “And now mainlanders are also coming here and using similar tricks or gimmicks to maximize their wealth.” A representative for the ... ( read original story ...)

a principal at McKinsey in Hong Kong. Leading technologies in China, including mobile internet apps, cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence, have delivered unprecedented efficiencies to governments and businesses, said Wu Qi, deputy chairman ... ( read original story ...)

Take Hong Kong-BitSpark, a 2015 alumnus of the FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific. Its business concept is to offer a low-cost remittance service that uses blockchain technology. Since its participation in the Lab, it has extended its services from Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Ng attended the Hong Kong Art School and Polytechnic University design school, and he started out as a freelance graphic designer before his family, questioning the industry’s stability, lured him into the family embalming business. Only half convinced ... ( read original story ...)

Samson Tam, Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network, said that the start-up ecosystem in Hong Kong has been growing vigorously over the years. The Startup zone was "an excellent place to bring start-ups and investors together to explore growth ... ( read original story ...)

Here’s what investors are watching this week: Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and most major European markets won ... Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Netflix Inc., Heineken NV and Unilever. ( read original story ...)