Kong will push ahead with a proposal that will allow more residents to travel to mainland China after completing a quarantine period locally, after the city’s leader secured a preliminary green light ... ( read original story ...)
HKFP Lens: Unkindest cut as Hong Kong’s last sawmill set to close after 75 years to make way for new Northern Metropolis
The owner of Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Wong Hung-kuen, describes the 75-year-old business as a “temple of carpentry” in Hong Kong. But the city is about to lose its last such temple. The 72 year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s elderly still hesitant over vaccine booster shots despite new surge in infections
Only 16 per cent of about 200,000 seniors identified as in need of jabs have registered since government home vaccination service began in April, official figures show Experts urge more action on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shows Signs of Retail Rebound
The city's premium shopping mall Harbour City saw more than 70 new store openings in the first three quarters of 2022, which includes a Dior flagship store, the biggest store in the city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Floats Quarantine-Free Plan for Summit, but Bankers Don’t Want Special Treatment
Top banking executives who are interested in attending a high-level summit in November don’t want exemptions from Hong Kong’s strict travel rules, mainly because of the negative optics of being given ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-China Audit Deal Won’t Slow Hong Kong Dual Listing Train, Analysts Say
The landmark information sharing agreement won’t dispel concerns over delistings of Chinese firms from New York until the deal is smoothly implemented. ( read original story ...)
Tencent Denies Financial Times Divestment Article, Week In Review
Asian equity markets were mixed on light volumes except for China and South Asian equity markets in advance of today’s US jobless number, which came in stronger than anticipated. ( read original story ...)
Fed ends decade-long enforcement action against HSBC
The U.S. Federal Reserve has terminated a decade-long enforcement action against HSBC Holdings PLC under which Europe's biggest bank by assets was ordered to improve practices after violating money ... ( read original story ...)
PMQ Hong Kong presents ‘FabriX’, a brand new pilot programme for digital fashion
The first-ever FabriX has selected 12 outstanding Hong Kong fashion designers and paired up with local digital elites to produce their first ever digital fashion collection. From now to 11 September, ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: special BioNTech vaccine for children may be too pricey for Hong Kong to buy, panel chairman says
Professor Lau Yu-lung also predicts more transmissible Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants may account for 90 per cent of the city’s caseload. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Floats Quarantine-Free Plan for Financial Summit, but Bankers Don’t Want Exceptions
Top banking executives who are interested in attending a high-level summit in November don’t want exemptions from Hong Kong’s strict travel rules, mainly because of the negative optics of being given ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong schools cut 67 Primary One classes, as emigration and tough Covid-19 curbs continue to dwindle student population
The reduction in classes means about 1,675 spots were shed this academic year Vu Im-fan, head of the Subsidised Primary Schools Council and a primary school principal, urged authorities to implement ... ( read original story ...)
China to enhance Hong Kong’s status as a global financial hub, adding overseas stocks to cross-border trading scheme
An expansion of the eight-year-old Stock Connect scheme will for the first time give mainland traders access to overseas companies listed in Hong Kong, an official said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Credit Suisse Hit by Key Private Bank Resignations in Hong Kong
Credit Suisse Group AG has been hit by two senior private banker resignations in Hong Kong as the Swiss lender targets a global overhaul following a wave of scandals that triggered billions of dollars ... ( read original story ...)