More detail on China Telecom here. BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited, an investment holding company, provides banking and related financial services to corporate and individual customers in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and internationally. Founded in 1917 ... ( read original story ...)
Man pleads guilty to importing 160 litres of meth labelled as dishwashing liquid
Upon entry, the consignment was examined by Customs and chemical analysis determined it contained the material t-boc methamphetamine. T-boc is a masking agent, which is added to methamphetamine to change its chemical composition during transportation. ( read original story ...)
Asian markets mostly up but investors remain wary
Investors also shrugged off a stronger yen and weaker-than-expected Japanese core machine orders data. Among the actives, BOC Hong Kong soared 4.28 percent, while China Resources Land spiked 3.16 percent, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China collected 3 ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Chinese banks eye bid for Germany’s DVB Bank – sources
An official at BOC, the country’s fourth largest lender ... Additional reporting by Shu Zhang and Julie Zhu in Hong Kong and Tim Hepher and Anshuman Daga in Singapore; editing by Anna Willard Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ( read original story ...)
A question of identity
Jung Boc Su, who specializes in figure painting ... With the staging of international grand art events like Art Basel, Kim perceives Hong Kong as a center of the world art market. He attaches great implications to the name of the exhibition, Blooming ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Weighs Listing in Mainland and Hong Kong
according to people familiar with the situation, who say the company is considering doing so with a dual listing. It already plans a Hong Kong initial public offering for the second half of the year. Beijing-based... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong financial chief Paul Chan has made a difference with his budget but can he match ambition with action?
In setting out the fiscal blueprint for 2018-19, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po broke considerable new ground on both the financial and political fronts. With the wild card of a record HK$138 billion surplus amassed in the 2017-18 financial year, Chan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank heist suspect held six hostages at gunpoint in 1987 robbery
The man arrested for allegedly robbing the Bank of East Asia headquarters in Central on Wednesday was jailed three decades ago after holding six people hostage at gunpoint following an armed hold up at another bank, court records and past media reports show. ( read original story ...)
Reports of IPOs’ death have been greatly exaggerated
... around the globe are eagerly awaiting the listing decision of the initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco, the Saudi state-owned oil company. Hong Kong, London, New York and Tokyo are vying to list the IPO of the company expected to have a ... ( read original story ...)
Video: Hong Kong police arrest man who stole HK$70k from Bank of East Asia headquarters
A 57-year-old man was arrested in Tin Shui Wai on Wednesday for allegedly robbing the Bank of East Asia headquarters in Central. The man, surnamed To, gave a bank teller a note at around 3:30pm, before handing her a plastic bag at gunpoint, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing : HKEX executive says maintaining active dialogue with Saudi Aramco on IPO plan
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) is still maintaining an "active" and "good conversation" with Saudi Aramco about its planned massive share sale, the head of HKEX said on Wednesday. At a news conference after announcing its ... ( read original story ...)
HK police hunting armed bank robber who stole HK$70,000
Police are hunting for an armed robber who stole around HK$70,000 (nearly US$9,000) from a Bank of East Asia branch in Central on Hong Kong Island on Wednesday afternoon. At 3:30pm, a man aged around 50 was seen pointing what appeared to be a gun at a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief set to announce close to HK$50 billion in relief measures for city hospitals and taxpayers
Hong Kong’s much-awaited budget on Wednesday will offer relief measures worth as much as around HK$50 billion, along with a key longer-term initiative for a primary health care network in all 18 districts to ease the burden on hospitals, the Post has ... ( read original story ...)
Invest Hong Kong’s massive fiscal surplus in better payment system, ex-monetary authority head says
Hong Kong officials should invest the city’s massive fiscal surplus in accelerating productivity and future economic growth, including upgrading the payment system vital to the pillar industry of finance, a former head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ... ( read original story ...)