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The government may struggle to implement its “smart city” initiatives, with Hong Kong’s chief information officers saying they are finding it increasingly hard to hire IT workers, according to a poll by an international recruiter. In the survey by US ... ( read original story ...)

China Mobile, one of the four major mobile operators in Hong Kong, cut its monthly package fee by 25 per cent on Tuesday – the last one to jump into the price war ahead of the latest iPhone launch. CSL fired the first shot last week by offering discounts ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said the posting of malicious or pro-independence messages on university noticeboards was not a question of freedom of speech, but a constitutional issue of respect for the “one country, two systems” governing formula ... ( read original story ...)

Steve Bannon was greeted by protesters accusing him of being a racist and a Nazi as he arrived in Hong Kong Tuesday for his first public speech since leaving the White House. The firebrand former aide was speaking at an event hosted by an arm of a ... ( read original story ...)

For Andrew Ling Hin-yau, who has been the leader of the viola section of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra since 2010, the pursuit of the arts can offer a quiet moment away from life’s worries. Ling, 34, one of the city’s top string musicians ... ( read original story ...)

Since being ousted from office Bannon has returned to the ultra-conservative news outlet Breitbart, which he headed before joining Trump's team. He has previously worked in Hong Kong and Shanghai. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Protesters outside a luxury hotel in Hong Kong shouted anti-racism slogans on Tuesday ahead of a speech by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at an investor conference organized by a unit of China's largest brokerage. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan warned potential buyers to be careful buying property in the world’s most expensive housing market, as moves by the Federal Reserve to unwind its balance sheet may shrink money supply. Chan warned in June that ... ( read original story ...)

Cold drinks and hot women don’t seem to have been enough to keep Hooters well supported, with the American restaurant chain facing eviction from its sole Hong Kong site after failing to pay more than HK$1 million in rent, according to legal documents. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan warned potential buyers to be careful buying property in the world’s most expensive housing market, as moves by the Federal Reserve to unwind its balance sheet may shrink money supply. Chan warned in June that ... ( read original story ...)

That place is Hong Kong. Hong Kong, where passive investments are little more than sidekicks, amassing the equivalent of 5 percent of active funds. Hong Kong, where customers are loyal to active managers even though they do no better here than anywhere ... ( read original story ...)

Airline passengers arriving at Hong Kong airport may never again have to worry about the availability of baggage trolleys thanks to the development of a real-time artificial intelligence-based monitoring system by engineers at Chinese University. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong dollar bears are down, not out. So say Credit Agricole CIB and DBS Hong Kong Ltd. after the biggest jump by the pegged currency in 19 months. The main factors weighing down the exchange rate haven’t gone away, with ample liquidity causing a ... ( read original story ...)

News of Li’s investment, via Ocean Dynasty Investments Ltd., helped send O Luxe shares surging as much as 6.1 percent to HK$1.74, the highest intraday price since June 2013. This isn’t the first time the Hong Kong tycoon, whose global business empire ... ( read original story ...)