A senior Development Bureau official has asked police to investigate an incident during a Legislative Council panel meeting earlier this week in which his folder said to contain confidential information was snatched by protesting legislators. The incident ... ( read original story ...)
‘Abused’ maid challenges Hong Kong law that forces her to live with employer
the applicant said the live-in rule infringed her right to privacy and placed her in a vulnerable position with no means of self-defence. Until 2003, Hong Kong’s army of domestic helpers did not need to live with their employers under their contracts. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Shenzhen stock link to start in days as China opens up markets more
(Reuters) - A long-awaited stock trading link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen will go live in coming days, the CEO of Hong Kong's bourse said, further opening up China's capital markets to global investors and giving them access to some of its fastest ... ( read original story ...)
Fake News on Facebook? In Foreign Elections, That’s Not New
HONG KONG — Facebook rumors force a well-known politician to publish ... Well before last week’s American election threw Facebook’s status as a digital-era news source into the spotlight, leaders, advocacy groups and minorities worldwide have ... ( read original story ...)
Marco Rubio wades into Hong Kong's fight for autonomy
HONG KONG (CNN) - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has announced a bill aimed at buttressing Hong Kong's autonomy in the face of a Chinese administration increasingly bullish about interfering in the territory's affairs. The former Republican presidential ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's first ETF to offer investors access to global gold mining companies and provide exposure to gold deposits worth US$900bn
HONG KONG, Nov. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Enhanced Investment Products Limited's (EIP) exchange traded funds (ETF) business "XIE Shares" launches the XIE Shares FTSE Gold Miners ETF (3116.HK) ("The Gold Miners ETF") on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx). ( read original story ...)
A court in Hong Kong disbars two legislators
Xinhua, a central-government news agency, this week published an interview with him in which he expressed his wish to “rise to the challenges” his administration faces. It may mean he wants to stand again. Discontent in Hong Kong is likely only to grow. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong plunged into turmoil after Beijing bars lawmakers
He told a packed news briefing that the Youngspiration duo had not only advocated independence for Hong Kong, but "even insulted the country and the Chinese people in their words and deeds". ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong in the grip of a power struggle over oath-taking saga
Hong Kong localist radicals played into Beijing’s hands, democracy leader Martin Lee says Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung certainly did not agree with the argument, as he explained in his 56-page ruling that he was “of the clear view that the non ... ( read original story ...)
China's interference in Hong Kong reaching alarming levels – U.S. congressional panel
HONG KONG A U.S. congressional panel has warned of an "alarming" rise in China's interference in Hong Kong, noting fears over the city's continued role as a global financial hub. In its annual report to the Congress on Wednesday, the bipartisan U.S.-China ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong localist radicals played into Beijing’s hands, democracy leader Martin Lee says
No stay of execution for disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers Leung and Yau Speaking after a Commercial Radio programme, Lee said the Hong Kong government and Beijing could point to Leung and Yau and say “not only do they want independence, they were ... ( read original story ...)
Life at a Chinese bank in Hong Kong: “I don’t do deals; I write boring business plans”
The biggest difference working for a Chinese bank is that instead of working away at existing deals, most of our nights are spent on preparing business development plans and RFPs,” says a vice president at China Everbright Securities in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Business of Design Week 2016 The Transformational Spirit of Chicago Winds Its Way to Hong Kong
Business of Design Week 2016 is a flagship design conference, one of the biggest in all of Asia. This year's theme is 'ChicagoMade.' HONG KONG, HONG KONG, November 17, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Business of Design Week (BODW), Asia’s leading annual ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rich-lister gives $5m to Auckland university
A foundation set up by Hong Kong's richest man is to donate $5 million to the University ... for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and other programmes at the university's Business School. The foundation will also match on a dollar-for-dollar basis up ... ( read original story ...)