Hong Kong's outgoing top judge made a plea on Tuesday to maintain judicial independence as China state media and a growing host of pro-Beijing figures call for an overhaul of how the financial hub's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: public hospitals could begin testing day patients for Covid-19 as city faces more than 30 new cases
The potential tightening of screening measures, subject of a Tuesday meeting, follows the emergence of a cluster at Princess Margaret Hospital. ( read original story ...)
About 100 people evacuated from Hong Kong industrial building as warehouse bursts into flames
About 100 people were evacuated from an industrial building in Hong Kong on Tuesday when a warehouse burst into flames. At least three people, including a boy aged about 10, complained of feeling ... ( read original story ...)
China says US sanctions have no ‘legal effect’ in Hong Kong or China, but analysts urge caution
After China's banking and insurance regulator claimed US financial sanctions have no "legal effect" in Hong Kong or China, analysts have warned that financial institutions might still face penalties ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Block Trade Bonanza Raises $1.8 Billion In One Day
Issuers took advantage of Asian stocks hitting fresh records on Monday to sell $1.8 billion worth of stock in five block trades which were all increased in size, a new year frenzy highlighting bullish ... ( read original story ...)
Nasdaq-listed Chinese video platform Bilibili to raise over $2 billion in Hong Kong listing
Chinese video service Bilibili is gearing up for a secondary listing in Hong Kong which could raise over $2 billion, higher than it was previously anticipating. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says ‘weaponising’ of information made car database search alerts necessary, won’t ‘undermine work of media’
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday insisted a new service that will notify car owners when their personal details have been accessed from a Transport Department database would not affect the work of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Faces an Uneven Recovery in 2021
Recession-hit Hong Kong is facing a long and bumpy road to recovery after closing out yet another tumultuous year in 2020. ( read original story ...)
Political pressure weighs on HSBC over Hong Kong activists
Having “piles of cash” around the house is not usually an admission a political leader is willing to make. But Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam revealed late last year that her salary was now ... ( read original story ...)
Medical staycations offered in Hong Kong, as clinic and hotels look to make up for lack of tourists
A private clinic has partnered with hotels in Central and Tsim Sha Tsui to offer discounts on rooms and medical procedures such as gastroscopy, liposuction, and double eyelid surgery. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Covid fourth wave: why focusing prevention measures on airport arrivals is misguided
The sudden and unwarranted changes to Hong Kong's quarantine requirements have disrupted the travel plans of many and caused huge mental and financial distress. A petition has been signed by around 1, ... ( read original story ...)
We Must Not Forget Hong Kong.
It’s up to us—citizens of a free and open society—to defend the democratic future of Hong Kong. As midnight approached Hong Kong on July 1st, 1997, a wrinkled and waterlogged Prince Charles unfolded a ... ( read original story ...)
Moderna Lifts Output Forecast; Cuomo’s Warning: Virus Update
Global coronavirus infections climbed above 85 million, after daily cases in the U.S. soared to a record of nearly 300,000 following the New Year holiday. An easier-to-spread variant detected in the U ... ( read original story ...)
Lidar startup Aeva raises another $200M ahead of its debut as a public company
Aeva, the lidar company started by two former Apple engineers, has raised an additional $200 million in private investment from Hong Kong hedge fund Sylebra Capital ahead of its debut as a publicly ... ( read original story ...)