Hong Kong’s top court has ordered the city’s government to set up a new framework to legally recognize the rights of same-sex couples in a partial victory for LGBTQ activists that stopped short of ...
Hong Kong stocks slide amid China property default risk while Sinopharm slides on index debut, L’Occitane crashes
Hong Kong stocks fell from a three-week high, led by a retreat in property developers as concerns about debt defaults overshadowed Beijing’s efforts to revive home sales and repair market confidence.
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Warns Lowering Tax May Not Revive City’s Stock Market
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po cautioned that merely lowering the tax on securities trading would not necessarily revive the stock market ...
This Social Enterprise Backed By Swire And Nan Fung’s Chen Family Is Teaching Emotional Education In Exam-Obsessed Hong Kong
During their time serving as teaching fellows at elementary schools in Hong Kong, Matthew Kwok and Raymond Yang found that many youths struggled to express and manage their emotions. The lack of ...
Hong Kong sweats through hottest summer since records began in 1884
Hong Kong has just recorded its warmest August ever, the city’s Observatory has said, adding that this summer was also the hottest since records began in 1884. The Hong Kong Observatory recorded an ...
Hong Kong marks smooth start to new school term after scramble to repair typhoon-damaged campuses
Education minister notes first day of class, postponed from last Friday, sandwiched between two storms with Haikui nearing.
ALERT: Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation US$ 5yr Reg S social bond order book over US$1.5bn (incl US$290m JLM interest)
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Hong Kong stocks slide as China property default risk stays in focus while Sinopharm slides on Hang Seng index debut
Stocks surrender some of the 2.5 per cent rally from Monday as concerns about the property debt crisis at Country Garden keep investors at bay. Sinopharm falls as the stock joins the Hang Seng Index ...
Hong Kong Government Given Second Chance to Ban Protest Song
A Hong Kong court granted the government permission on Wednesday to lodge another attempt to ban an anthem that emerged from 2019 pro-democracy protests, after rejecting the bid last month.
Mainland Chinese companies eye Hong Kong as launch pad for overseas expansion, but some look beyond Western markets, trade body says
According to the study, more than 90 per cent of companies said they planned to increase their business activities abroad over the next three years, with 62.1 per cent looking to use professional ...
Hong Kong needs new economic thinking to match San Tin Technopole’s promise
As a percentage of GDP, Hong Kong has the lowest research and development expenditure and the smallest manufacturing sector among the four “Asian dragon” economies. Therefore, it can no longer afford ...
Hong Kong authorities to use bank account blacklist, alerts system to tackle record number of online investment scams
Police say they received 810 reports of online investment fraud in August, a monthly record Insider says force worked with Monetary Authority and Hong Kong Association of Banks to produce payee ...
Hong Kong’s top court to rule on same-sex marriage
Hong Kong's top court will decide Tuesday whether to recognise same-sex marriages, rendering a verdict in one of the most consequential cases on the subject in the city's history.
Hong Kong needs to find way to keep on working during typhoons
Hong Kong officials can take a pat on the back after Super Typhoon ... Economists put the cost from the loss of business at upwards of HK$3.3 billion (US$421 million). Early warnings and preparations ...