She is based in Hong Kong and focuses on General Atlantic's investment in the retail and consumer and healthcare sectors in Greater China. Prior to joining General Atlantic, Ms. Chang served as a business analyst in the corporate finance group of McKinsey ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong X Technology Fund makes 1st investment in 6 startups
Hong Kong X Technology Fund has announced its first investment into six rising Hong Kong-based technology companies as part of an accelerator program Hong Kong X Technology Fund has announced its first investment into six rising Hong Kong-based technology ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong realtors never had it so good, hiring record number of agents in city’s real estate boom
Hong Kong agents’ commissions typically range between 2 to 4 per cent of the sales price of new apartments. For second-hand units, the fee is 1 per cent of the sale price, paid by both the buyer and the seller. Business has been good for both Centaline ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong experts to train mainland Chinese health care workers under new scheme
Former Hong Kong finance minister Antony Leung Kam-chung has launched an ambitious project to recruit the city’s talent to train health care professionals on the mainland, which is experiencing a serious shortage of high-quality carers. Leung is trying ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Hong Kong : BOCHK wins three transaction banking awards from The Asian Banker and Asian Banking & Finance
Bank of China (Hong Kong) ("BOCHK") has been granted the Achievement Award for Best Trade Finance Bank in Hong Kong and Best Corporate Trade Finance Deal in Thailand from The Asian Banker. BOCHK is also named the Hong Kong Domestic Cash Management Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
Shandong International refiles for Hong Kong IPO
Shandong International Trust Co has returned for a second attempt at a Hong Kong listing, refiling a draft prospectus six months after cancelling its $300m IPO. The China-based trust submitted its first A1 with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2016 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist arrested after claiming he was tortured
HONG KONG - The strange case of a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who claimed mainland Chinese agents stapled his legs as a warning has taken another twist after police arrested him Tuesday on suspicion of providing false information. Howard Lam made ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist arrested over allegation of stapled legs
HONG KONG (AP) — The strange case of a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who claimed mainland Chinese agents stapled his legs as a warning has taken another twist after police arrested him on suspicion of providing false information. The Chinese-ruled ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Activist Says Chinese Agents Stapled His Legs Over Messi Photo
The bizarre episode has heightened concerns about the erosion of the rule of law in Hong Kong as the mainland authorities try to exert greater control over the semiautonomous Chinese city’s freewheeling politics. At a news conference in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy activist says he was ‘stapled’ by Chinese agents
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A prominent member of Hong Kong's Democratic Party said on Friday he was beaten and "stapled" by mainland agents in the Chinese-controlled city before being dumped on a beach in what activists said was the latest warning to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set to forgo HK$5 billion in tax revenues after reform to ease burden on SMEs: finance chief
Hong Kong is preparing to roll out its first major profits tax reform in decades that will cost the government about HK$5 billion in annual revenue to ease the burden on smaller businesses. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po revealed on Monday that his ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest democracy activist over ‘false claim’ he was kidnapped by mainland Chinese agents
A Hong Kong democracy activist has been arrested for misleading police ... Serious doubts about Lam’s story were raised by the FactWire news agency which published a report on Monday night directly contradicting his version of events. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong X Technology Fund backs 7 startups
The Hong Kong X Technology Fund today announced its first round of investments into seven Hong Kong-based tech companies as part of its accelerator program. Several of the chosen startups will move into the fund’s X-LAB co-working space in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s developers see ever-shrinking flats as elixir to city’s housing crisis
Hong Kong’s middle class has been economically transformed from the “sandwich class” into the “coffin class.” Those looking for property salvation through a big crash, due to a rise in interest rates, can kiss their impossible dream goodbye. ( read original story ...)