Hong Kong’s most expensive office building may be becoming too expensive for one of its top tenants. Global investment bank Goldman Sachs is set to move out of The Center, a 73-storey tower in the city’s Central district that sold for a record HK$40.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Nirav Modi in Hong Kong? Govt sends request for provisional arrest
Modi and Choksi had fled the country after the alleged bank fraud came to light. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs has submitted a request to Hong Kong authorities for provisional arrest of Nirav Modi, wanted in connection with PNB loan fraud ... ( read original story ...)
Can a young lawmaker’s success spur renewal in Hong Kong’s pro-establishment ranks?
When 38-year-old Vincent Cheng Wing-shun won the Kowloon West seat last month in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council by-election, the pro-establishment camp rejoiced. It was the first time since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997 that they had swept ... ( read original story ...)
Why ‘relaxing’ Beijing meetings are a thing of the past for Hong Kong delegates
Hong Kong’s 200 or so advisers to Beijing now have to prove their worth through annual reports of work accomplished, in line with a recent reminder to them that China’s annual “two sessions” of the national legislature and top political advisory ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks erase early gains as tech shares slide
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index had erased early gains and fallen below the ... uncertainty is still weighing on sentiment. Bank of China slipped 0.2 per cent to HK$4.21. The lender was set to announce full-year results for 2017 later in the day. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong investors seek shelter in consumer stocks amid trade war fears
Hong Kong stocks reversed early losses to end higher on Tuesday ... defensive sectors amid fears about an escalating trade war between the US and China. The Hang Seng Index dropped as much as 1.1 per cent in morning trade, after the US stocks tanked ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong Feb retail sales growth strongest in 8 years
PwC expects 4-6 percent growth in the city’s retail sales this year. Hang Seng Bank estimates 4 percent. The Hong Kong Retail Management Association, which forecast 3-4 percent growth in retail sales this year, said luxury goods, cosmetic and home ... ( read original story ...)
18+ Central adult-only carnival organisers hoping sex sells Hong Kong to Sevens fans
It is no coincidence Hong Kong’s first adult-only carnival falls on the same weekend as the tourist-laden Hong Kong Sevens, its organisers said on Wednesday. 18+ Central, which features erotic BDSM workshops, pole dancing competitions and Japanese AV ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong eye Asian Games: Natasha Olson-Thorne inspires victory over Kazakhstan but World Series out of reach
The good news is that Hong Kong got better the longer Women’s Sevens World Series Qualifier played out on Thursday. The bad news is that it all came too late to see them play their way through to the second day of the tournament. Hong Kong were overrun ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong must legalise Uber and defuse escalating row with taxi trade
Hong Kong taxi drivers who applied for injunction orders against Occupy Central protesters in 2014 were in the news last month for staging a slow-drive protest in Central against the Uber “invasion”. It is ironic that they who once faulted the Occupy ... ( read original story ...)
WATCH | World Rugby Sevens Series in Hong Kong
Watch live coverage of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong beginning on Friday, April 6 at 6 a.m. ET. Watch live coverage of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series from Hong Kong beginning on Friday at 6 a.m. ET. as the tournament opens with Argentina vs. ( read original story ...)
Safety concerns over artificial island at mega Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge dismissed
The mainland Chinese authority managing the multibillion-dollar mega bridge linking Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai has dismissed mounting safety concerns following the apparent collapse of a structure meant to protect an artificial island along the project ... ( read original story ...)
Why are pro-establishment lawmakers feeling slighted by Hong Kong’s leader?
After raising eyebrows with a HK$30,000 (US$3,800) donation to the city’s largest opposition party at its annual fundraising dinner, there will be more tut-tutting when Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor welcomes five pro-democracy lawmakers to ... ( read original story ...)
Ninjas assemble: stars from hit US game show call for Hong Kong kids to stop gaming and start moving
Why are Hong Kong kids sitting in front of a screen watching little electronic characters complete a maze when they could be physically doing it themselves? A troupe of American ninjas are in town to find out. “So many kids are on their phones, iPads or ... ( read original story ...)