The governor of Hong Kong's central bank has spelled out a series of up-and-coming reforms - from the introduction of faster payments to open API standards - intended to prepare the territory for a revolution in retail banking services. In a speech to a ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands rally for democracy in Hong Kong
HONG KONG -- Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to the streets of Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against what they say is the Beijing-backed government's use of the courts to pursue its opponents. Demonstrators marched through ... ( read original story ...)
US supercarrier to dock in Hong Kong before joint drills in shadow of North Korea crisis
A US supercarrier is set to make a port call in Hong Kong this week before heading to waters near the ... part in exercises with the South Korean navy around October 15,Yonhap News Agency cited a Seoul defence official as saying. Concerns have grown ... ( read original story ...)
Mass protest in Hong Kong as 8-day China holiday starts
HONG KONG: - Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to the streets of Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against what they say is the Beijing-backed government's use of the courts to pursue its opponents. Demonstrators marched through ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters use China National Day to call for democracy
In Hong Kong, protest organisers say 40,000 people marched on Sunday through heavy rain to rally against Chinese National Day celebrations. Demonstrators defied the celebrations to call for more democracy and an end to political persecution. In Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Tens of thousands march to defend Hong Kong’s rule of law against China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday in an "anti authoritarian rule" march that called for the resignation of the city's top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists. The march ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong migrant mothers sing for their distant children
Hong Kong (AFP) - Each Sunday, a choir of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong gathers to sing songs that remind them of the children they left back home. Known as the "Unsung Heroes", these initially shy performers now regularly take the stage around ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands of pro-democracy supporters protest in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to the streets of Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against what they say is the Beijing-backed government's use of the courts to pursue its opponents. Demonstrators marched through ... ( read original story ...)
Unite and seize opportunities, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says in National Day speech
In an interview with state-owned agency China News Service, former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, who was also at Sunday’s event, said Hong Kong would continue to contribute to China and benefit from its development, claiming it was the country’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s start-ups don’t need showbiz and celebrities, they need a dose of reality
Not since Bette Midler made her first entrance in Hello Dolly has an audience erupted as it did when A-list Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse Ting-fung, channelling his best imitation of Steve Jobs, strutted the stage last week at an Our Hong Kong Foundation ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkongers face ‘most serious’ traffic delays in mainland China in years at start of ‘super golden week’ holiday
Throngs of Hong Kong tourists and coach operators were held back in the city due to serious traffic jams clogging up a key motorway linking neighbouring Guangdong province at the start of the country’s “super golden week” holiday over the weekend. ( read original story ...)
Swedish fintech start-up completed Bangkok Bank’s InnoHub accelerator
... InnoHub at both Startup Thailand and Techsauce start-up conferences/exhibitions in Bangkok, meeting with VCs and business angels both from Thailand as well as from the region; primarily Hong Kong and Singapore. Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited ... ( read original story ...)
2017 Hong Kong World Cup: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
The second and final morning of the Hong Kong World Cup will feature another mountain of events ... FINA World Cup stop series and the first in the Asia cluster. Prelims will start at 9:30 AM local time and finals at 6:30 PM local time. ( read original story ...)
Renaissance Capital’s Q2 2017 Global IPO Market Review
Global IPO proceeds totaled $33.4 billion in the 3Q17 ... dollar deals like NetLink Trust in Singapore ($1.7 billion), ZhongAn Online Insurance in Hong Kong ($1.5 billion) and SBI Life in India ($1.3 billion). Europe took second place with 31% of proceeds ... ( read original story ...)