The Hong Kong dollar has been tied to its U.S. equivalent since 1983, helping underpin the city's emergence as one of the world's major financial centers. The monetary authority stands ready to sell U ... ( read original story ...)
Watch: Hong Kong’s iconic floating restaurant towed away
Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a tourism icon in Hong Kong's Aberdeen harbour, has been towed away. The restaurant, styled to look like a Chinese imperial palace, closed its doors to the public at the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property developer achieves capital markets first
New World Development becomes the first Asian corporate to issue a USD-denominated dual-tranche social and green offering in the public bond markets. ( read original story ...)
GoGoX defies IPO drought as it pushes through downsized Hong Kong offering targeting US$85.5 million, down from US$500 million
The app-based logistics services provider hopes to sell 31.2 million shares at HK$21.50 in a retail offering that ends on Friday and will use the funds to expand, particularly in Southeast Asia. ( read original story ...)
Victim of pandemic, Hong Kong floating restaurant towed away
A landmark floating restaurant that fed Cantonese cuisine and seafood to Queen Elizabeth II, Tom Cruise and millions of other diners was towed from the Hong Kong harborfront Tuesday after being closed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant Towed Away
A landmark floating restaurant that fed Queen Elizabeth II, Tom Cruise and millions of other diners has been towed out of Hong Kong after falling victim to the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
ILS helps Hong Kong’s financial market diversify: Paul Chan
The passage of insurance-linked securities (ILS) legislation and now the successful issuance of a second catastrophe bond in the country, helps Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fund managers plead with officials to reopen border
Hong Kong’s fund managers have called on the government to reopen the city’s borders and warned of a “permanent” loss of talent even as cases rose in the Chinese territory ... ( read original story ...)
Famed Hong Kong floating restaurant towed away after half a century
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a famed but ageing tourist attraction that featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, was towed out of the city Tuesday after years of ... ( read original story ...)
Rewritten schoolbooks dispute Hong Kong was a British Colony
Four sets of textbooks for a class on citizenship say the Chinese government never recognised the 19th-century treaties that handed Britain control of Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘will not give in a single inch’ to requests by business chambers, consulates to ease Covid rules, Lam says, citing state officials’ visit and transition of power
Hong Kong’s outgoing leader has said she will not “give in a single inch” to requests by international business chambers and consulates to ease the city’s tough pandemic measures, citing an expected ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘will not give in a single inch’ to requests to ease Covid rules
Chief Executive Carrie Lam cites state leaders’ visit and transition of power in explaining position on not easing travel curbs. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees no change in Covid curbs before July 1
Hong Kong won’t tighten virus curbs before July 1 despite rising Covid cases because hospitals aren’t overwhelmed, the city’s outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam said. ( read original story ...)
Chinese banks cut investment banking staff in Hong Kong during IPO drought
Several major Chinese investment banks in Hong Kong including Haitong International and China Merchants Bank International have reduced staffing in their investment and equity cap ... ( read original story ...)