Financial Secretary Paul Chan says stronger-than-expected 3.1 per cent growth year on year in first quarter ‘exception’ rather than norm.
Hong Kong stocks sink by the most in 2 months as US-China trade tensions rise again
Investors pare bets after Trump says China violated tariffs deal; Beijing says it will take strong measures to safeguard its legitimate rights.
New World Development drops after company to defer coupon payments
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of New World Development dropped as much as 9.8% after the Hong Kong property developer said it would defer coupon payments scheduled for June on perpetual bonds, casting ...
HSBC HOLDINGS Repurchases Total ~4.6M Shrs Last Fri, Involving HKD424M
HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) announced that it repurchased a total of 4.5979 million shares in the UK and Hong Kong markets last Friday (May 30), involving a total of HKD424 million. Among them, HSBC ...
Stephen Roach Now Says It’s Too Early to Declare Hong Kong Over
Stephen Roach is revising his declaration that Hong Kong is finished. The former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman said the city is being reinvigorated by US-China tensions, something he didn’t anticipate ...
China robotaxis, Indian pharma among hedge fund top picks at Sohn Hong Kong
Hedge funds revealed their top investment ideas, ranging from Chinese self-driving taxis, an Indian drug retailer, to a Korean nuclear plant builder, at the annual Sohn investment conference in Hong ...
Books about June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown grow scarce in Hong Kong
Booksellers reluctant to stock titles that might cross national security law 'red lines', and observers fear break in how memories of event are inherited by new generations Books about the Tiananmen ...
How ‘Four Trails’ documentary became a surprise hit in Hong Kong
Filmmaker Robin Lee believes audiences can connect with the story of athletes running on four major trails and trying to finish the city’s toughest race.
Hong Kong police received over 440,000 leads on cyberattacks against city in 2024
Review also finds 5 per cent of publicly accessible technology assets owned by critical infrastructure operators vulnerable to online attacks Hong Kong police received more than 440,000 pieces of ...
Spark Deep Dive: Hong Kong’s student housing crisis
Non-local student enrolment is expected to continue increasing amid tensions with the US, Donald Trump’s tightened immigration procedures.
Deep Dive: Hong Kong’s student housing crisis means non-locals are desperate for flats
Non-local student enrolment is expected to continue increasing amid tensions with the US, Donald Trump’s tightened immigration procedures.
S’pore’s billion-dollar biotech firm: Life sciences scholar leads start-up to list in HK
Home-grown start-up Mirxes is going places, but co-founder is firmly rooted in Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hong Kong’s Link takes rental hits amid fight to retain retail tenants
Hong Kong-based Link Asset Management expects more tenants to negotiate lower rents in the near term as it prioritises keeping its properties occupied, according to top executives at the company that ...
Jardine Matheson Holdings names Lincoln Pan as CEO-designate ahead of group managing director John Witt’s retirement
SINGAPORE] Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings on Thursday (May 29) announced the appointment of Lincoln Pan as chief executive-designate, as group managing director John Witt will ...