Business chambers on Tuesday urged contenders for Hong Kong’s highest office to restore harmony in the city, while rural power broker the Heung Yee Kuk became one of the first groups to openly indicate its backing for former No 2 official Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)
Marijuana business expands beyond smoke and rolling papers: Don Pittis
After moving into journalism, he was principal business reporter for Radio Television Hong Kong before the handover to China. He has produced and reported for the CBC in Saskatchewan and Toronto and the BBC in London. He is currently senior producer at CBC ... ( read original story ...)
Like master, like cat: Fascinating pictures show the endearing bond between shop owners and their felines in Hong Kong
And they are Hong Kong's most popular shop assistants ... The cats accompany them day in day out, when there is business and when there is not. In Mr Heijnen's pictures, many of the cats seem to have formed an endearing rapport with their owners - they ... ( read original story ...)
No 1 place in mortgage loans goes to HSBC
HSBC (0005), which recaptured the leading position in mortgage loans business last year, is reportedly offering mortgages at Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate + 1.32 percent, down from HIBOR+1.33 percent. Standard Chartered Hong Kong has reportedly also ... ( read original story ...)
The best Hong Kong universities for getting a job at Citi, HSBC and Stan Chart
Where should you study if you want to get into Citi, HSBC or Standard Chartered in Hong Kong? http://news.efinancialcareers.com/hk-en/271629/headhunted-asian-banking/ Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered are among the largest recruiters of graduates in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's top politician faces ridicule after getting a taxi back to her former official residence to fetch TOILET PAPER when she ran out and didn't know where to get any
A senior Hong Kong politician has been criticised for taking a taxi to her former residence to collect toilet rolls. Carrie Lam was caught short a few hours after moving out of her government quarters to live as a civilian as part of her election campaign. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong the world’s priciest home market for the seventh year
Hong Kong kept its ranking as the world’s least affordable urban centre to buy a home for the seventh year running, in a survey that’s likely to throw a perennial problem back into focus during an election year for the city’s chief executive. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chortles over Carrie Lam toilet paper hunt
Run out of toilet paper? Most of us would solve the problem with a quick trip to the shops. But in Hong Kong, politician Carrie Lam took a taxi to her former official residence in the city's exclusive Peak district to fetch more rolls. She shared the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong star Andy Lau’s recovery to take up to nine months after being thrown from horse on shoot
Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau Tak-wah will need up to nine months to recover from a pelvic injury after he was thrown off a horse during a commercial shoot in Thailand last week. The 55-year-old entertainer and producer has been undergoing treatment ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leadership contenders take centre stage at Lunar New Year Fair
“We are trying to preserve the historical truth,” said Albert Ho Chun-yan, chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which ran the June 4 museum. He said the alliance was still raising funds to acquire ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Retains Title of World’s Costliest Home Market
Hong Kong retained its rank as the most expensive housing market among 406 major metropolitan regions in the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey for the seventh year in a row. The median price of a home in Hong Kong last year was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing : London Metal Exchange chief resigns – HKEX statement
London Metal Exchange (LME) Chief Executive Garry Jones is stepping down just over three years after being appointed to run the world's largest and oldest metals market, parent company Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) said on Monday. Jones is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing : London Metal Exchange Chief Executive Retires
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear (LMEC) (wholly-owned subsidiaries of HKEX) announced today (Monday) that Garry Jones, the LME's Chief Executive and an executive director of the LME and LMEC ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, China shares slightly firmer as resource sector supports
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index erased some early gains and added ... Mainland defence stocks added 1.5 percent, after the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday that President Xi Jinping would head a new commission overseeing joint military ... ( read original story ...)