Hong Kong-based users of the digital brokerage platform Futu will be able to trade U.S. equities during local business hours for the first time on Monday, Nikkei Asia has learned. Futu Holdings, which ...
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines eyeing MAX 9 order – report
Greater Bay Airlines (HB, Hong Kong International) is close to finalising an agreement with Boeing to acquire fifteen B737-9s in what is shaping up as a strategically significant order because it will ...
Hong Kong-based Global Engine Group sets terms for $16M US IPO
Hong-Kong based Global Engine Group (GLE), a provider of information communication technologies, has set terms for a proposed $16M initial public offering. Load Error Global Engine said that it was ...
Bye to the West? Hong Kong Monetary Authority eyes Middle East bonds and investment, banks on Gulf states’ need to diversify risk amid tensions
Deputy CEO of city's de facto central bank cites exchanges on recent trip to region, says there is keen interest in financial hub He touts Hong Kong's fertile, mature ground for bonds, and standing as ...
Hong Kong Is Giving Away 500,000 Free Airline Tickets in 2023 to Combat Decline in Tourism
In an effort to boost tourism, Hong Kong’s government will give away half a million free airline tickets this year to attract travelers back to the city. The Hong Kong Tourism Board launched the new ...
Hong Kong’s Brand Makeover Leaves Out Mention of Social Upheaval
The city’s campaign comes after several tumultuous years that included a mass protest movement, a continuing political crackdown and strict pandemic controls.
Hong Kong Marathon: organisers hail success of event, eye 74,000 runners for November race
Hong Kong welcomed the return of its flagship marathon on Sunday, with the city’s leader, celebrities such as international film star Chow Yun-fat and nearly 35,000 runners taking to the streets in a ...
Hong Kong’s economic recovery gains pace as Chinese mainlanders flow in
The economy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is getting a boost from increased retail spending from surging visitors from the Chinese mainland on the first weekend after the full ...
The ‘crackdown’ on civil liberties in Hong Kong continues to be ‘brutal’
Sky News host Amanda Stoker says the crackdown on local civil liberties in Hong Kong continues to be “brutal”. Ms Stoker examined the question that few have considered, which is whether Australians ...
Westpac’s fraught Hong Kong exit latest drama for Aussie banks in Asia
Singapore | Tokyo | Westpac has been fined by Hong Kong’s financial regulator for breaching anti-money laundering and counterterrorism rules in the latest headache for the bank that is leading ...
What a gem: tiny Hong Kong jade shop continues to sparkle as family business battles global turbulence to keep its sheen
In 2020, jade exports from Hong Kong surged to more than US$140 million making the city a globally renowned trading centre The city has been a hub for the importation, processing and finishing of the ...
Wanted: Top mainland Chinese workers in six fields can get talent visas for Hong Kong, Macau from February 20
Talented professionals in science, health and other fields in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) will be eligible for multiple-entry visas to Hong Kong and Macau from February 20, in a push for more ...
China’s disgruntled homeowners drive ‘wave of early repayment’ on mortgages, threatening Beijing’s consumption drive
Potential homebuyers are staying cautious. "The direction of house prices is still highly uncertain even though they are already aware of mortgage rates declining in 2022," said Hans Fan, deputy head ...
The Hong Kong government must break its habit of relying on property developers
Hong Kong has a long history of public-private partnerships to speed up development, with land premiums and stamp duty major sources of government revenue But the government must rethink the balance ...