After registering a steep decline last year, Hong Kong is geared for a marked economic recovery in 2021, backed by the steady development of the mainland, which just became the only major economy to ... ( read original story ...)
‘Hong Kong-rush’ gives church a chance to atone
I wish my mother were alive today to see the way the country honours the incredible work of our dedicated nurses from all around the world.When she arrived in the UK from India in the 1960s there was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong should not take cryptocurrency finance for granted
Flex Yang is the founder and chief executive of Babel Finance, a cryptocurrency financial services company based in Hong Kong. While Hong Kong has seen some setbacks of late, it remains Asia's ... ( read original story ...)
U.K. angers China by offering Hong Kong residents route to citizenship
"I am immensely proud that we have brought in this new route for Hong Kong" Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. ( read original story ...)
U.K. Opens Its Doors to Five Million Hong Kong Residents, Starting Sunday
Britain’s move, starting on Sunday and prompted by China’s security crackdown, is being criticized by Beijing. ( read original story ...)
China Will No Longer Recognize British Hong Kong Travel Document
Britain had offered Hong Kong holders of overseas citizenship a path to residency and citizenship in the U.K. China rejects the move as an infringement on its sovereignty. ( read original story ...)
Chinese Video App Kuaishou Raises $5.4 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s most popular video service after ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin, raised HK$42 billion ($5.4 billion) after pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering at the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong economy suffers biggest annual contraction on record, shrinking 6.1 per cent as coronavirus hammers tourism, local spending
Coronavirus hammers tourism and local spending as city marks first back-to-back yearly decline of GDP since record-keeping began. But government issues positive forecast for 2021. ( read original story ...)
China Targets U.K.’s Hong Kong Passports Over Citizenship Plan
The country will no longer consider the British National Overseas passport a valid travel document, a move with limited impact. ( read original story ...)
China challenges U.K. plan to give Hong Kong residents a path to citizenship
Beijing says Britain's plan to give Hong Kong residents a legal, easy path to citizenship, "infringes on China's sovereignty." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s $600 Billion Stock Rally Hinges on China Support
Hong Kong’s stock rally is so dependent on mainland capital that the mere suggestion the record inflows will slow has the potential to stir panic in the city’s $7.1 trillion market. ( read original story ...)
Retail buyers flood China’s Kuaishou HK IPO with $162 bln offered
China's Kuaishou Technology 1024.HK raised $5.4 billion from its IPO, the top of the range, with offers from retail investors reaching a mammoth $162 billion, nearly half of it backed by margin loans, ... ( read original story ...)
Bogus banknote seizures up 68 per cent last year, as Hong Kong police raid fake bill workshop, detain mother-daughter pair
Officers arrest tenant of a flat in Fanling and her daughter, seizing 54 bogus HK$500 banknotes along with unfinished bills, production equipment. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Hong Kong police obtain financial records of arrested democracy activists
Hong Kong authorities are scrutinizing the financial records of pro-democracy activists as they crack down on political opposition, according to some activists and a senior bank executive. ( read original story ...)