Heavy showers and thunderstorms hit Hong Kong on Sunday evening and have continued into Monday. The Observatory issued a thunderstorm alert at 6.40pm on Sunday, which stayed in force until 12.30am.
Leave it to Hong Kong police to handle Uber cases, taxi trade leader urges cabbies after ‘undercover operation’ backlash
Hong Kong’s taxi drivers should leave it to police to deal with illegal ride-hailing services, an industry representative has said after a public backlash over a recent “undercover operation” by ...
The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence will open under a new name in September
In September, the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence will change into the Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence.
Chan Ka-keung Thinks Conditions for Launching IPO Connect are Not Present Yet
This is because IPO Connect would involve the regulatory regimes of both Hong Kong and the Mainland, which are quite different at present. Related News G Sachs: Potential Div. Tax Cut Strongly Bullish ...
HSBC HOLDINGS Buys back ~7.73M Shrs in Total Last Fri
HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) repurchased 4.5356 million shares of the company in London last Friday (17th) at GBP6.895-6.992 per share, with an average price of GBP6.9559 per share, for a total of ...
Hong Kong stocks at 10-month highs after China’s property rescue measures
Sportswear maker Li Ning jumped 4.5 per cent to HK$23 while online travel agency Trip.com added 3.1 per cent to HK$452.20. The People Bank’s of China on Friday announced some of the most aggressive ...
Hong Kong’s family office measures succeed in attracting global interest: JPMorgan Private Bank
With tax and regulations on the top of the list for family offices, Hong Kong scores well in these areas, JPMorgan Private Bank's Paul Knox says Most of the interest is from the bank's clients in ...
{Block Trade}CM BANK (03968): 1m shares, or HK$38.52m
The deal amounted to HK$38.52m, or at HK$38.525 per share, 2.2% lower than previous close. CM BANK is now trading down 2.16% to HK$38.55, with 10.67 million shares of HK$414.7m ...
Australian investors snag Hong Kong bargains as share prices surge
Fund managers see opportunities, with Chinese authorities promising measures to stop a long-term outflow of money from one of Asia’s biggest stock markets.
Hong Kong police busts biggest cocaine case of year
HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Police Force said Sunday that they have seized about 225 kg of suspected cocaine, marking the biggest cocaine seizure of this year, and arrested two men. Officers raided a ...
Proposed Hong Kong medical school will train ‘new generation’ of tech-savvy doctors, says HKUST president Nancy Ip
HKUST president Nancy Ip says she hopes doctors trained by university will help to alleviate city’s long-standing shortage of medical professionals.
Hong Kong civil service pay rise will be a tough sell to weary public
The tentative findings of a pay trend survey suggest that salary increases of up to 5.47 per cent could be on the cards for Hong Kong’s civil servants. This is going to be a tough sell to the public.
Hong Kong and Singapore retail fortunes pick up, but Lion City could win in the long-term
Hong Kong fared slightly better, with rents for high street shops rising 1.7 per cent and prime shopping centres by 0.7 per cent in the same period, according to the property consultancy. It was, ...
Hong Kong film director Ray Yeung highlights importance of LGBTQ stories with ‘All Shall Be Well’
In 2020, acclaimed director Ray Yeung attended a talk on the inheritance rights of LGBTQ couples in Hong Kong, where he heard the stories of three lesbian couples who lost everything after the death ...