David Wraight joins a growing list of wealthy investors and financial executives betting on a recovery in the city’s housing market.
HSBC accelerates efforts to find next chair amid shortlisting challenges: FT
A lack of suitable candidates has forced HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC) (OTCPK:HBCYF) to renew its search for the company’s next chair ahead of an October deadline, The Financial Times reported on Saturday ...
Explainer | Here’s how you can prepare for typhoon as Wipha heads towards Hong Kong
With Tropical Storm Wipha expected to continue to intensify as it approaches Hong Kong, it’s best to be prepared for bad weather.
Cathay Pacific Cancels Sunday Flights as Typhoon Nears Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. delayed and canceled flights in and out of Hong Kong on Sunday as tropical cyclone Wipha approaches the city.
Villa, luxury home sales rise in Hong Kong as the rich pounce on bargains
HK$500 million each were registered in the first half, a jump of 23.3 per cent from the same period last year, Centaline said ...
Hong Kong braces for Wipha: all you need to know about cyclone and potential T8
Hong Kong is on alert as Tropical Storm Wipha draws closer, with heavy rain and gusty winds expected to batter the city over the weekend. A steering committee headed by the city’s No 2 official, Eric ...
Why are Hong Kong eateries selling ‘poor man’s meals’ bucking closure trend?
Kuen Fat Kitchen is among ‘this-this rice’ chains not only surviving, but thriving as other places close their doors amid difficult economy.
Hong Kong trio to tackle 300km row from Ibiza to Barcelona in cancer charity fundraiser
Three Hong Kong residents will attempt to row more than 300 kilometres from Ibiza to Barcelona next week, a journey they expect will leave them battling the Mediterranean Sea for five days. Members of ...
Here’s how you can prepare for typhoon as Wipha heads towards Hong Kong
With Tropical Storm Wipha expected to continue to intensify as it approaches Hong Kong, it’s best to be prepared for bad weather.
Wipha: Hong Kong Observatory could issue T8 signal ‘in small hours of Sunday’
Forecaster says decision to depend ‘on the distance between Wipha and the Pearl River [Delta], the intensity of Wipha and the change in local winds’.
A small Chinese startup wants to jumpstart a global EV taxi revolution
On a recent morning in an industrial zone near Hong Kong’s bustling cargo port, a white MG electric taxi glided into a narrow kiosk resembling a car wash. A hydraulic lift elevated the vehicle, ...
Tropical Storm Wipha: Hong Kong to issue T3 signal at 2.20pm, consider T8 next day
Storm expected to pass ‘rather close’ to city on Sunday, as forecaster warns of strong winds and torrential rain over the weekend.
UK start-up Barocal wins US$1 million TERA-Award for green energy innovation
The award, which is in its fourth year, has been set up by Hong Kong tycoon Peter Lee Ka-kit to find green solutions to tackle climate change UK-based start-up Barocal, which specialises in energy ...
Hong Kong could ban mini konjac-jelly cups from April 2026 over choking risk
Proposed amendment would see mini-cup jellies containing konjac with a height or width of 45mm or less banned from April 1.