3,000 entrants rise to the challenge for Hong Kong edition of Asia's signature photography competition HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 8 October 2017 - The last shots have been snapped at the Canon PhotoMarathon (CPM) Hong Kong 2017, the local edition ... ( read original story ...)
Cashed-up expats stake a claim in property space
After living in Hong Kong as an expat for 17 years, Diana Edwards, her husband and three sons were looking to come home to Brisbane. Having lived away for so long, she initially thought property prices would be “at a lower level”, although she found ... ( read original story ...)
Director, buy-back activity on Hong Kong exchange plunges due to short trading week
The director and buy-back activity plunged based on filings on the Hong Kong stock exchange during the holiday shortened ... in yarn and fabrics manufacturer Texhong Textile Group and property developer Agile Property Holdings. Boyaa Interactive ... ( read original story ...)
Talent Property Group Ltd (0760) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Oct 8
For investors HSI is the main indictor of the performance of Hong Kong stocks. Stocks of Talent Property Group Ltd company can also be found in HSI. As a free float adjusted index, HSI excludes restricted shares held by company insiders and other strategic ... ( read original story ...)
Witnesses to horror: the Allied civilians in wartime Hong Kong who watched, helpless, as Chinese starved at hands of Japanese
Their leader was Vandeleur Grayburn, chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the man regarded by some as the real ruler of pre-war Hong Kong: “the Governor’s governor”. All in all, about 100 adult enemy civilians were allowed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Cyclothon draws record 4,900 participants as major roads are closed for racers
A record 4,900 professional and amateur cyclists battled it out in Hong Kong on Sunday at the annual cyclothon, even as participants said the city had much work to do to transform itself into a truly bike-friendly place. A wide range of races was scheduled ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong team in epic 3,000km solar car race across Australian desert
A team from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) is joining the race for the third time, but with a new, much lighter car called SOPHIE VI. The event has become one of the world’s foremost innovation challenges with teams looking to ... ( read original story ...)
Antidote to Hong Kong independence
Advocates of Hong Kong independence are intolerable, Zhang Xiaoming said last week on his first day as director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in Beijing. "What is Hong Kong independence?" he asked rhetorically while meeting the ... ( read original story ...)
“My Watch Is Off”: HSBC Traders Used Code Words To Trigger Front-Running Trades
According to prosecutor Carol Sipperly, former HSBC currency trader Mark Johnson used just four ... in which Johnson allegedly tipped off a trader in Hong Kong. That signal eventually reached others on both sides of the Atlantic, she said. ( read original story ...)
Top 10 Startup Funding This Week [02 – 07 October]
Here is a list of top funding deals that happened in Startup Ecosystem this week ... The funding round was led by Epsilon Venture Partners, a Hong Kong-based VC funding innovation and entrepreneurship across Asia and Tara India Fund IV, which is managed ... ( read original story ...)
Bangalore Based Agri-tech Startup Farm Taaza Raises $8 Million
The funding round was led by Epsilon Venture Partners, a Hong Kong-based VC funding innovation and entrepreneurship ... The Phaneesh Murthy-backed startup, which provides expert advice to the farmers on improving the yield and improving the field ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal vs Hong Kong ICC World Cricket League matches to be live streamed on Hong Kong cricket’s official YouTube channel
Hong Kong will take on Nepal for 2 matches on October 13 and 15 at Mission Road in Mong Kok. The good news for all the Nepal fans is: these matches will be live streamed on Hong Kong cricket’s YouTube channel. The matches will begin at 09:00 IST and 01 ... ( read original story ...
Sotheby’s Autumn 2017 Hong Kong Sales Achieve USD 404 Million – 42pc Increase Year-Over-Year
HONG KONG: Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) Autumn 2017 Hong Kong auction series achieved a grand total of USD 404 million, against a low estimate of USD 309 million* and with a combined sell-through rate of 86pc . "Strong results this week in Hong Kong capped off ... ( read original story ...)
Using only two fingers, Hong Kong girl types 22-page proposal calling for life-saving muscle drug
Using just two fingers, a 23-year-old Hong Kong woman who is almost completely paralysed by a rare disease has written a proposal calling for patients to be treated with a new drug that could be life-saving. Josy Chow Pui-shan, who was born with spinal ... ( read original story ...)