HSBC has been criticised for freezing assets of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under order of local police. (Getty Images) A group of British parliamentarians have called for major British ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong university expresses regret after lecturer refuses to bend online exam rules for student in Myanmar
Student at Education University of Hong Kong wrote to teacher asking for flexible arrangements for test, citing internet blackouts. ( read original story ...)
Here are six Hong Kong buildings and sites missing out on preservation
Hong Kong has a long industrial history but factory buildings are ... A spokesperson for the factory said the company had been focusing on the flour business and had no comment on any possible future ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong executives choose China Covid vaccine to get mainland visas
Hong Kong executives, including expats, are opting to take China’s Sinovac vaccine over the more effective BioNTech/Pfizer shot in the hope it will speed up visa and re-entry procedures for mainland ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-owned Birmingham City sell St Andrews, fans want answers
Fans of Hong Kong-owned English Championship side Birmingham City are looking for answers concerning their decision to sell the club’s St Andrews stadium to a third party. Last week Blues owners ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: workers from Hong Kong’s pubs, karaoke bars and mahjong parlours start hunger strike demanding authorities allow them to reopen business
Workers from Hong Kong's pubs, karaoke bars and mahjong parlours have started ... He said they were hoping to hand in a petition to legislators on the final day, when Legco business resumed. Pubs, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Revives Move to Reduce Corporate Transparency Now That Opposition Is Gone
HONG KONG—For a global business center, Hong Kong has long trumpeted one of the more transparent registers of company records, a window that helped shine a light on the wealth of powerful Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Former Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief says ‘tiny changes’ in Biden-era report reason for hope, sees no threat of local dollar losing peg to US currency
A former chief of Hong Kong's de facto central bank has noted an improvement in the United States' attitude towards Hong Kong under the new Biden administration and expressed confidence the country ... ( read original story ...)
Wrong coronavirus vaccine given to Hong Kong cancer patient in ‘jaw dropping’ bungle
Hong Kong BioNTech vaccine bookings resume after 12-day suspension ... adding the physician advised him not to proceed for the second Sinovac shot and just start over with the BioNTech vaccine. But ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man slashes wife to death, injures sons and kills himself
Police were called to the Whampoa Garden flat at 8.39am by the man’s younger son; he and his brother both sustained multiple injuries but survivedThe suspect, who also killed the family dog, was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize record 700kg of cocaine
Authorities say collapse of travel during Covid has forced smugglers to make bulk shipments instead of using drug mules ... ( read original story ...)
After best-ever start to a year, $49 billion Asia IPO boom likely to taper off
Asian companies, like their global peers, notched their best first quarter for listings ever, thanks to a flood of liquidity during the pandemic, super-low interest rates, and rallying stock markets. ( read original story ...)
Record-Setting $49 Billion Asia IPO Boom Is Likely to Taper Off
Chinese fintech company Bairong Inc., which raised $507 million, delivered the worst debut in three years among $500-million-plus Hong Kong IPOs when it fell 16% on Wednesday. U.S.-listed Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Inside the HQ of the Chinese cyber ransom gang: It looks like a trendy start-up but they take over computers – then charge a fortune to unlock them
The FBI issued a wanted poster last September featuring the faces of five APT41 members wanted for questioning over a string of raids in the US, UK, Australia and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)