Hong Kong pension industry veteran Ka Shi Lau has handed over the management reins of BCT Group to two executives after 22 years as chief executive officer and managing director of the HK$210 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Live news updates: Hong Kong reinstates quarantine facilities in efforts to contain Covid
Canada’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point and said it is prepared to “act more forcefully” in its efforts to bring inflation under control. The Bank of Canada ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong revives centralised quarantine for people with certain Omicron subvariants
Those who test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong will be quarantined in a centralised facility if they are infected with certain subvariants of the Omicron strain of the virus, Bloomberg reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to list monkeypox as statutory notifiable disease next week, with three-tier response plan
Doctors are required to report any suspected or confirmed case of monkeypox to the Centre for Health Protection under new arrangement. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong brokerage Zhong Yang stock rockets over 200% following $25M US IPO
Hong Kong-based online brokerage Zhong Yang Financial Group (TOP) saw its shares rocket over 200% following its $25M US initial public offering on Wednesday. Shares opened at $25, dropping to a ... ( read original story ...)
More woe for Hong Kong’s struggling Jumbo Floating Restaurant as 30-metre kitchen barge capsizes
Barge suddenly capsized in the early hours of Wednesday but no one was injured, according to company spokeswoman. ( read original story ...)
China stocks dip, Hong Kong shares slide from six-week high as Shanghai reopens after two-month lockdown
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped by less than 0.1 per cent to 3,185.77 at the trading break after changing directions at least six times during the morning. The Hang Seng Index slid 0.7 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Retail Sales Rebound In April
Hong Kong's retail sales rose for the first time in three months in April, figures from the Census and Statistics Department showed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Backpedals on Home Quarantine as Variants Flare
Hong Kong is reviving one of its toughest Covid Zero measures, forcing patients with even mild infections caused by the new omicron sub-variants and their close contacts into centralized quarantine to ... ( read original story ...)
Wego Group Said to Pick Banks for Dialysis Unit Hong Kong IPO
China’s Wego Group has selected advisers for a Hong Kong initial public offering of its dialysis unit, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergReady to Buy a House? Just W ... ( read original story ...)
Ant Group-backed smart vending machine start-up Ubox seeks Hong Kong IPO after failing to list in A-shares market
Beijing Ubox Online Technology Corp, which posted over US$204 million in losses over the past two years, had been working for more than four years to list on the A-shares market, but withdrew its IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Border reopening and choice of new ministers at top of Beijing talks, incoming Hong Kong leader says
Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu returned home from Beijing on Tuesday with instructions to form a top team of like-minded officials to help him implement his policies as he embarks on a new ... ( read original story ...)
China stocks waver, Hong Kong shares slide from six-week high as Shanghai reopens after two-month lockdown
China’s main equity gauge fluctuated between gains and losses on Wednesday morning, as traders waited for more signs of a return to normalcy in the country’s biggest commercial city, after Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)
Should Hong Kong raise its minimum wage and review it annually to keep up with inflation?
Concern groups call on authorities to increase amount to match rising inflation and cost of living as wage was left unchanged at HK$37.50 in 2021. ( read original story ...)