Tag: finance

KPMG welcomes the Hong Kong SAR government's budget (the "Budget") which will provide assistance to industries and individuals affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the forecasted budget ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong has contracted a Chinese firm to build eight isolation and treatment facilities to help fight a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, as the government said on Friday daily cases ... ( read original story ...)

A blank-check company backed by China Merchants Bank Co.’s overseas asset management arm has become the first to win approval for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar ... ( read original story ...)

The financial secretary acknowledged the impact of the Omicron wave but expected a swift recovery in the rest of the year With a zero-Covid policy in place, can Hong Kong really reopen to the mainland ... ( read original story ...)

Rivals Singapore and Hong Kong have become pandemic polar opposites, the former opting to live with the coronavirus and reopen to the world while ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing Fourth Paradigm Technology Co, an artificial intelligence software developer, has resubmitted a draft IPO prospectus in Hong Kong after its initial application expired. The Sequoia ... ( read original story ...)

For one working couple, budget measures add up to more than HK$85,000 in reliefs, savings, handouts Young mum hopes government can consider offering 'practical help' such as school fee waivers too ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of America’s co-head of global capital markets in Asia-Pacific is leaving Hong Kong after less than two years as harsh pandemic restrictions prompt an exodus of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong government has made a habit of 'underestimating surpluses, overestimating deficits' Economist calls for more transparent profit tax regime and a crackdown on corporate tax evasion Financial ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong fell to second last among the 53 places scored in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking in February, marking a rapid decline over the past few months. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s finance chief has sought to play down concerns about the decision to distribute handouts to residents in the form of digital consumption vouchers after being taken to task in some quarters ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong private home prices dropped for the fourth consecutive month in January to the lowest since February 2021, official data showed on Thursday, as the financial city was ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s financial secretary is stuck between a pandemic rock and an economic hard place. Paul Chan on Wednesday laid out a budget for the financial year starting in April dedicating HK$170 billion ... ( read original story ...)

Omicron surge throws football season into doubt as Hong Kong extends lockdown There are eight teams in the BOC Premier League this season but so far only four rounds out of a total 14 have been ... ( read original story ...)