City rebounds overall, but scores badly when it comes to personal and environmental security, according to list compiled by The Economist Intelligence Unit. ( read original story ...)
Woman, 70, dies after being hit by Hong Kong minibus
Elderly victim was trying to cross Hong Ning Road in Kwun Tong when she was hit by the bus bound for Sau Mau Ping. ( read original story ...)
Chinese A.I. firm SenseTime files for Hong Kong IPO despite tech crackdown and U.S. blacklist
SenseTime did not disclose the size of the IPO but is pushing ahead with a listing even as China tightens regulation for the country's technology industry. ( read original story ...)
China’s AI unicorn SenseTime files for Hong Kong IPO
China’s biggest AI firm SenseTime filed Friday to go public on the Hong Kong exchange as China tightens scrutiny on overseas listings. The firm is planning to raise at least $2 billion in its IPO, ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: vaccine pass not necessarily a good idea for Hong Kong, says health expert, who worries plan might backfire
Dr Leung Chi-chiu says lack of trust in jabs could make any policy seeming to make shots mandatory cause more people to reject them. ( read original story ...)
Online pet insurer OneDegree raises US$28 million amid strong investor appetite for Hong Kong digital start-ups
OneDegree, Hong Kong’s only online pet insurer, has raised US$28 million in its latest funding round, it said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong creative industry ‘shrouded in worries and fears’ amid chilling effect of ‘red lines’ under national security law
Creative community comes to grips with new censorship landscape and complaints from government supportersObservers see shades of mainland’s Cultural Revolution as films are blocked, books are targeted ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bans Philippine Airlines flights from Manila for 2 weeks
The plans of many domestic workers - not to mention employers and agencies - were given an unexpected shake-up after the government on Sunday banned Philippine Airlines from operating flights between ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong insurtech startup bags $28m from Sun Hung Kai’s investment arm
OneDegree says it has 90,000 paying customers in Hong Kong, the highest among the four virtual insurers in the market. ( read original story ...)
Pets left homeless as owners abandon Hong Kong
Animal lovers say the recent departure of thousands of Hong Kong people seeking new lives elsewhere has led to a surge in the number of abandoned ... ( read original story ...)
Quarantine Rules Threaten Hong Kong’s Role as Finance Hub, Businesses Say
In an effort to maintain zero locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, Hong Kong has imposed one of the world's toughest quarantine regimes, confining most arrivals from overseas to a hotel room for as ... ( read original story ...)
‘I’ve got evidence’: Hong Kong police chief warns political groups disbanding will not help if they have broken the law
Investigations will continue because disbanding ‘does not change the crimes that have been committed’, says Raymond Siu. ( read original story ...)
The go-getters who left Macau for Hong Kong and Shanghai when the Portuguese enclave was a sleepy backwater, and what became of them
Macau had long been a backwater, so when opportunity arose in the 19th century many ‘local Portuguese’ – in fact largely Eurasians – left for Hong Kong and Shanghai. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s OneDegree Raises $28 Million in New Round of Funding
OneDegree, a Hong Kong-based insurance technology company, raised $28 million in a new round of funding as the startup looks to expand in Asia. ( read original story ...)