Singapore could follow Hong Kong in handing out virtual banking licenses, according to the head of the largest local lender, in a move that would create another source of competition for the city ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s political reality laid bare by fugitive bill and housing issues: the city has no eternal allies, only eternal interests
This must be the big question on the minds of officials on both sides of the border, and it requires some serious soul searching after studying the latest political developments in Hong Kong. First, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong graduates of mainland universities are flocking to the Greater Bay Area – with 60 per cent working there or planning to
A survey has found that 60 per cent of Hong Kong graduates of mainland universities were either already working in the Greater Bay Area – or intend to – even though salaries on the mainland are about ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property giant paid HK$3.15M and offered land to counter Yuen Long development opposition in 1990s
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) paid HK$3.15 million and offered land to representatives of Shan Pui Tsuen to counter opposition to its Yuen Long development in the 1990s. FactWire received an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Best Stock Market Rally Since 2015 Is Under Threat
Hong Kong stocks’ best start to a year since 2015 may be put to ... a strategist at CMB International Securities Ltd. "Unless we get surprisingly good news from trade talks, the index doesn’t have ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Gets its First St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Property
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts has recently opened its first luxury property in Hong Kong, a high-end hotel nestled in the town’s commercial and cultural hub of Wan Chai, nearby the Hong Kong Convention ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s benchmark stock index bursts through 30,000 points again as HSBC profit beats estimates
Hang Seng Bank, the fourth-largest bank listed in Hong Kong, climbed 4 per cent after announcing a dividend of HK$1.4 per share. HSBC first-quarter profit rises 34 per cent on growth in Asia, to add ... ( read original story ...)
Vancouver’s ‘spicy measures’ have worked to lower property prices. Why haven’t Hong Kong’s?
indicates that the second-hand property price has gone up for 11 consecutive weeks. The index shows a cumulative increase of 7.8 per cent, to 183.91, which is not far off last year’s high of 188.64. ... ( read original story ...)
As biotechnology firms become the darlings of Hong Kong’s IPO market, their executives get outsized pay packets. Here’s why
Biotechnology firms, one of the two targets in Hong Kong’s largest listing reforms in three decades, have become the latest darlings of Asia’s second-biggest capital market, making their chief ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: business must pay heed to the erosion of freedoms
The popular myth about boiling a frog — that the animal will jump out of the pot if placed in boiling water but die when plonked in cold water and gradually cooked — should be recalled by anyone ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters vow to step up opposition to extradition law
An amendment to Hong Kong’s extradition law to allow people to be sent to mainland China to stand trial has sparked uproar, highlighting concerns about the loss of freedoms in the international ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Canadians say changes allowing extradition to China a ‘knife hanging over their heads’
If a journalist produces something that the subject disagrees with, they could be accused of producing false news or other crimes in China. He said the law could also impact anyone who visits Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Economy Grew Slower Than Expected in First Quarter
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s economy expanded at the weakest pace since the aftermath of the global financial crisis a decade ago, as a fragile global outlook and the U.S.-China trade war dampened ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first-quarter GDP growth slows to near decade low
adding that positive signs in Sino-U.S. trade talks and a stabilizing Chinese economy were lending support to business confidence. Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on his blog on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)