Though positive, it's important we delve into the performance of the actual business. You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Hong Kong Finance Investment Holding Group has changed over time. ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai tech board unlikely to challenge Hong Kong’s status as preferred IPO hub for Chinese biotech firms
Investment bankers say US-China trade war may dampen valuations of biotech firm IPOs in Hong Kong, but overall numbers likely to remain intact While Chinese biotech companies are likely to opt for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to cull 4,700 pigs after second swine fever case found
Hong Kong will cull 4,700 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the second such case in a month in the crowded financial hub. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong scores hit with Tiananmen song
Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong's latest release, "Is It a Crime," recorded with longtime musical partner Tats Lau, is finding an audience by doing just that. The two make up the group Tat Ming Pair ... ( read original story ...)
Given China’s politicised, draconian justice system, will Hong Kong lawmakers pass the extradition bill?
Can the majority hold? Perhaps not. It’s still an open question. The majority, in this case, refers to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) pro-business establishment and pro-Beijing loyalist ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC plans retail wealth headcount boost; eyes Singapore expansion
HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings PLC plans to boost its Asia retail wealth management staff by about 300 by end of this year, with Europe’s biggest lender by assets sharpening its focus on ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Index thuds to a four-month low, as May sees index rattled for 9.4 per cent loss
a director of KGI Asia in Hong Kong. Kwong, sees further downside for the Hang Seng Index at 26,700. If that level is breached, a decline to 26,000 could be expected, he said. A calculation by Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Mortgage loans up 7.9%
Residential mortgage loans approved in April increased 7.9% compared with the previous month to $40.2 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today. Mortgage loans financing primary market ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Property Just Hit an All-Time High
In the world’s most-expensive real estate market, the sky’s the limit. Property prices in Hong Kong reached an all-time high Friday after relentless gains over the past three months. Home values in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s independence advocates fear reach of proposed extradition law
But freedom of expression and assembly - not protected in mainland China - were enshrined in Hong Kong’s mini-constitution when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Britain and ... ( read original story ...)
HK startup Aptorum casts wide net at biotech business
A rising tide lifts all boats. Better development of the biotech industry in Hong Kong would be good for everybody in the business, and for the city, he said. Biotech is not exactly the hottest sector ... ( read original story ...)
How this Hong Kong CEO from a billionaire family is reinventing hotels for millennials
When Sonia Cheng became chief executive of Hong Kong-based Rosewood Hotel Group, she had a particular type of traveler in mind: herself. Cheng was 30 at the time when one of her family's businesses, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong extradition bill: security chief announces safeguards to win support of major business groups and political allies
Hong Kong’s security minister on Thursday announced a series of changes and safeguards in a last-minute bid to sell the government’s controversial extradition bill to a nervous business community and ... ( read original story ...)
Terry Glavin: ‘Hong Kong is dying’
To no avail, the extradition bill has been the subject of protests by human rights organizations, international business groups, diplomats and the Hong Kong barristers association. Last month ... ( read original story ...)