Confidence in Hong Kong firms is growing among stock traders despite the city’s severe economic slowdown, continuing tough social distancing restrictions and concern over the impact of the national ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange discusses MSCI’s derivatives shift to Hong Kong
Michael Syn, senior managing director of equities at Singapore Exchange, elaborates on index provider MSCI's move to shift the licensing of many derivatives from Singapore to Hong Kong. He says ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stocks Lead Asia Higher; Dollar Slips: Markets Wrap
Stocks rose, led by gains in Hong Kong, amid signs of a thawing in U.S.-China tensions from the Trump administration and as investors await a policy speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market Has Firm Lead
The Hong Kong stock market on Friday ended the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 570 points or 2.2 percent. The Hang ... ( read original story ...)
Walk from home: Hong Kong tour company moves online to survive pandemic
A Hong Kong tourism company has moved its walking tours online to reach a travel-starved audience unable to explore new places due to coronavirus restrictions. ( read original story ...)
Green group wants Hong Kong Gun Club to stop littering Shing Mun Reservoir catchment area
The Green Earth, an NGO in Hong Kong, wants the government to revoke the lease of one of the city's gun clubs if it does not start cleaning up after itself. They made this call after the government ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong third wave: government must be sensitive to the average person’s plight
The good news is that the third wave of Covid-19 infections seems to be ebbing. On the whole, Hong Kong has done a spectacular job. And it did so under some very tough conditions: its world-famous ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tower
A general view shows public housing in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong reveals fear of arrest
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong told Sunday how he constantly feared arrest following the imposition of a new security law in Hong Kong, in a virtual appearance at British book festival. ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong’s protest movement went global
Hong Kong activists have managed to harness the momentum of the protests into tangible political influence in the halls of power. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong civil service chief defends guidelines calling for firing of city employees charged with protesting during probation period
Hong Kong's civil service chief has defended new guidelines calling for the dismissal of government employees charged with taking part in unlawful protests during their probation period, brushing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Urges Tests; Death Toll Passes 800,000: Virus Update
Covid-19 deaths worldwide passed 800,000 as cases rose to more than 23 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. ( read original story ...)
S. Korea Mulls Restrictions; Hong Kong Urges Tests: Virus Update
Covid-19 deaths worldwide passed 804,000 as cases rose to more than 23 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. ( read original story ...)
China Vows Continued Support for Hong Kong as Financial Hub
China’s banking regulator pledged its backing for Hong Kong as a finance hub and reiterated a commitment to opening up the Chinese financial sector amid a deepening standoff with the U.S. China will ... ( read original story ...)