Tag: news

A primary school girl arrested on suspicion of stealing HK$5 million (US$641,000) worth of jewellery from her father’s friend may have been a victim of child abuse, according to police sources. Police listed a case of suspected child abuse at 5am on ... ( read original story ...)

The appearance of an unusual audience member at detained former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping’s bail hearing has raised further questions about his links to a Chinese energy conglomerate. Liu Yadong, an executive from CEFC China Energy’s ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has filed to list on Hong Kong stock market, in a move that is expected to raise up to $10bn (£7.5bn). The stock market flotation will be the world's biggest debut in 2018, and the largest since fellow China tech giant ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as ... QUICK TAKE: “With much of the good news in the equity world currently factored in, investors are left mulling over the paradoxical landscape of stellar earnings but higher interest ... ( read original story ...)

The first of three anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons will arrive in Hong Kong this month after a two-year wait, but the controversial police purchase will not be deployed during the annual July 1 pro-democracy rally. A senior police source ... ( read original story ...)

Health authorities in Hong Kong are trying to determine whether an expatriate man confirmed with measles was infected on a Tigerair flight linked to outbreaks in Japan and Taiwan which have left more than 100 people ill so far. The 46-year-old expat had ... ( read original story ...)

Infrastructure and professional services have long been hailed by Hong Kong officials as the city’s advantage in Southeast Asia under Beijing’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, yet business leaders with projects in Indonesia tell a different story. ( read original story ...)

Chinese firms splashed out on purchases of Hong Kong brokerages in recent years to get a foothold in the former British colony. That wave is ebbing after regulators tightened scrutiny of the practice. Buying Hong Kong-licensed asset managers, brokers or ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Hong Kong unveiled plans last year to encourage biotech companies to list in the city by loosening listing rules, the financial industry and investors cheered. Hong Kong was an obvious financing center for a growing number of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s justice minister did not reveal if she had discussed with state officials the enactment of a controversial national security law as she wrapped up her first duty visit to Beijing on Sunday. Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah said the ... ( read original story ...)

But recently, a woman’s story of how Hong Kong’s housing crunch had forced her into a cubicle home in an industrial building tugged at his heartstrings, and underscored how public policy could transform lives. The woman, who looked middle-aged ... ( read original story ...)

Protesters were back out in force outside of Hong Kong’s most exclusive golf club on Sunday, demanding the government take back control of the 170-hectare property and build houses on it. Two days after a Labour Party member was assaulted by a golfer ... ( read original story ...)

Landscaping officials are studying the safety and structure of Hong Kong’s iconic stone wall trees in the hopes of finding a new way to manage them. Typically banyans and many centuries old, the trees are common across the city and often get seeded in ... ( read original story ...)

Every Tuesday and Saturday Hong Kong student Tommy Kwong Tze-man goes to the gym and pulls weights, lifts dumbbells and does leg presses – and gets a little closer to his dream. The visits to Optimum Performance Studio in Tsim Sha Tsui are part of his ... ( read original story ...)