HK daily quota used 0.2% * FTSE China A50 +0.5% SHANGHAI, Dec 21 (Reuters) - China stocks started the week on a firm note, as investors cheered Beijing’s continued policy support to shore up its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks suffer from worsening US-China ties as blacklist grows, concerns over global Covid-19 fallout
Hong Kong stocks post early losses as China promises countermeasures against the US decision to add more Chinese companies to its trade blacklist, including chip maker SMIC and drone maker SZ DJI ... ( read original story ...)
Top Hong Kong Court Upholds Emergency Protest Mask Ban
The Hong Kong government's decision to use a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at protests last year was both proportionate and legal, the city's top court ruled Monday. The ruling is a ... ( read original story ...)
Top Hong Kong court upholds emergency law to ban face masks at protests
The Hong Kong government's decision to use a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at protests last year was both proportionate and legal, the city's top court ruled Monday. The ruling is a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong national security law: Britain’s Northern Ireland troubles offer lessons for China
Should central government leaders be able to exercise autocratic powers in some circumstances to curtail the operation of local democratic institutions? Although this question applies to Beijing's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court rules mask ban constitutional for all public meetings
Hong Kong’s highest court on Monday ruled the city's government had the right to invoke colonial-era emergency powers last year to ban the wearing of masks at all public processions and meetings ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market May Spin Its Wheels On Monday
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market on Friday snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had climbed more than 470 points or 1.8 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong now like East Berlin now, says Mike Pompeo
The US secretary of state has said that Hong Kong, whose government is backed by Beijing, is turning into the “East Berlin of yesteryear” in a tweet in support of 12 pro-democracy activists held in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave is no time to be pointing fingers over pandemic missteps
Why is Hong Kong more concerned with punishment and shame than kindness and forgiveness? With each flare-up or local cluster of Covid-19 cases, there are fingers pointed and judgment passed on those ... ( read original story ...)
Retiring after Hong Kong protest turmoil, Baptist University president Roland Chin says: ‘I voice what I believe’
Baptist University's outgoing president, Roland Chin Tai-hong, believes it is not too late for Hong Kong to set up a conciliation commission to foster conversation between different camps and heal a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police catch fugitive COVID-19 patient
Hong Kong police late on Sunday caught a COVID-19 positive patient who escaped on Friday from one of the city's largest hospitals while undergoing treatment. ( read original story ...)
Global banks boost Singapore hiring to mitigate Hong Kong risk
Global financial groups are ramping up hiring in Singapore and shunning Hong Kong as concerns over Beijing’s sweeping national security law in the Chinese territory spur the relocation of key roles. ( read original story ...)
Greater Bay Area offers a much larger playing field for Hong Kong’s young talent
Recently, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor unveiled ... 80 per cent of urban employment and makes up 90 per cent of enterprises. – a list of private start-ups worth at least US$1 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: experts warn of business shutdowns, mall curfew ‘if residents not cooperative’, as city records 74 new Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong's leading health experts have called for a shutdown of non-essential businesses and reduced opening hours at shopping centres, given the large numbers of people still out and about despite ... ( read original story ...)