People in Hong Kong will have the chance to experience Bubble Up for the next two and a half weeks before the exhibition comes to a close to Aug. 20. ( read original story ...)
Short Sellers Scaring Investors Away From Hong Kong’s Small Caps
Hong Kong stocks may be Asia’s star performers this year, but it hasn’t done much to revive the fortunes of the market’s perennial underdogs: small-cap shares. A peek under the hood of the Hang Seng Index’s 25 percent surge shows it’s being ... ( read original story ...)
Bubbles in Hong Kong harbor are Japanese artist’s thought-stirrer
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Millions of bubbles floated across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Wednesday, the latest public art exhibition by Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki. His project, titled "Memorial Rebirth", uses a three-meter (10-foot) tall, six-tiered ... ( read original story ...)
Visiting Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam opens photo exhibition documenting 1950s HK
SINGAPORE: Visiting Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday (Aug 2) launched a exhibition featuring 1950s Hong Kong through the lens of a Singaporean photographer. Mrs Lam is in Singapore for a two-day visit, at the invitation of Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong traders feel pinch as Apple’s China charm fades
HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an empty mall that once bustled with trade in high-end smartphones, a Hong Kong shopkeeper sits surrounded by boxes of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) headphones, grumbling that business is grim - a domino effect of lackluster demand from ... ( read original story ...)
Governing Hong Kong: one country, two systems
Hong Kong's new chief executive, Carrie Lam, talks about governing Hong Kong under the principle of one country, two systems. CBS News 6:16 52 mins ago ( read original story ...)
Will Hong Kong keep its unique identity?
CNN asks Carrie Lam about Hong Kong's future, and whether it will turn into just another Chinese city. CBS News 6:16 52 mins ago ( read original story ...)
Bloomberg Daily Brief: Economics for Hong Kong (Podcast)
Bloomberg Brief editor Nathaniel E. Baker hosts with Malcolm Scott, Bloomberg News managing editor for Asian economy. To listen to this podcast, click here. (Run time 7:33). The Bloomberg Economics Brief will be published daily at 4 p.m. from Aug. 14 with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airlines plans A350 service launch in Sep 2017
Launched in 2007, the site became part of the Routesonline content offering in 2010 and continues to provide breaking news on new routes and schedule changes to the network development community. ( read original story ...)
‘Offsetting’, ‘co-location’ and other Hong Kong buzz words in the news this week
What does it mean? “Co-location”, in this case, means putting customs, immigration and quarantine checks for both the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities inside the new terminal for the high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, which is set to start ... ( read original story ...)
As interest in Hong Kong affairs grows, time is ripe for local think tanks to shine
Hong Kong’s first post-1997 leader, Tung Chee-hwa, once lamented the differences between the development and role of think tanks in the city and the United States. Whereas American think tanks actively assert influence over policy makers with their ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airlines opens Los Angeles reservation from Dec 2017
Hong Kong Airlines during the weekend of 29JUL17 opened reservation for Hong Kong – Los Angeles service, reported on Airlineroute earlier this month. However, the airline has modified its initial operation, which sees launch date scheduled on 18DEC17 ... ( read original story ...)
Life Inside Hong Kong’s ‘Coffin Cubicles’, A Parallel Universe Of Misery And Hardship
“That day, I came home and cried,” said Benny Lam, the photographer who captured the grim living conditions of people living in Hong Kong’s ‘Coffin Cubicles’. Just recently, travellers began appreciating the cubicles hostel as an option to stay ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chief plans to follow in Singapore’s footsteps
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam wants to emulate Singapore by having her government play a more active role. Despite its laissez-faire tradition, the Hong Kong government needs to intervene more if it wants to compete with other economies, she said in an ... ( read original story ...)