Hong Kong jewelry company Chow Tai Fook has partnered with Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to create a blockchain-based app that will enable customers to ascertain the origin and ... ( read original story ...)
Bears Claim Hong Kong, IPOs, Reforms: A Week in China’s Markets
Hong Kong stocks are paying a price for being the darlings of global ... push to expand in sports as Beijing bids to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. On the bad news front, worsening Sino-U.S. trade ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay houseboat saga: bad investments, First World problems, or a callous destruction of homes?
Some have reached out to Hong Kong Resort International, the company which owns the club. Boat owners were told they could expect a response by September 11, but as of Friday they had not received any ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong National Party fails to justify its separatist agenda before official deadline, as government ponders ban
A Hong Kong separatist party facing an unprecedented ban has failed to justify its existence in writing before a deadline issued by the government of 5pm on Friday, the Post has learned. The Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong airport luggage rules ‘great danger’ to security, cabin crew say
Luggage rules at Hong Kong airport believed to have been secretly relaxed to beat a lawsuit concerning the daughter of the city’s former leader Leung Chun-ying should be reinstated, a local flight att... ( read original story ...)
Super Typhoon Mangkhut: engineer warns massive storm could put structural safety of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau mega bridge to test
The structural safety of the multibillion-dollar Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge could be put to the test by a super typhoon predicted to be the most powerful in Hong Kong’s history, an engineering expe... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s leader has to make decisions she doesn’t like, former finance chief John Tsang says in rare show of sympathy for Lam
Hong Kong’s former financial secretary, in a surprisingly rare show of sympathy for his ex-political rival Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, has said anyone in the top job would need to enfo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Observatory issues very hot weather warning from subsiding air as Super Typhoon Mangkhut approaches
The Hong Kong Observatory issued the very hot weather warning early on Friday morning, with temperatures expected to rise to 35 degrees Celsius on Saturday as the city warmed under subsiding air from ... ( read original story ...)
Strong winds from Tropical Storm Barijat hit Hong Kong but Observatory says unlikely to raise No 8 signal
Strong winds blew over Hong Kong on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Barijat moved closer to the city but all attention was focused on a larger threat – Super Typhoon Mangkhut – barrelling towards the Sout... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces itself for Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest tropical storm in decades
HONG KONG: Hong Kong was on Thursday (Sep 13) preparing for Super Typhoon Mangkhut, predicted to make landfall this weekend. It may be the strongest ever tropical storm to lash the city in decades, th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Vancouver researchers argue shark-fin soup must be abandoned to prevent shark extinction
According to Hong Kong government data, shark fin exports to mainland China ... study co-author and Sea Around Us principal investigator Daniel Pauly stated in a news release. “This overexploitation h... ( read original story ...)
China’s top official in Hong Kong says his office must act as ‘guardian’ of ‘one country, two systems’ policy
Beijing’s top official overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs has pledged to adopt an “innovative and creative” attitude in coping with difficulties that arise in the special administrative regions, w... ( read original story ...)
Super Typhoon Mangkhut: Hong Kong ramps up preparations, with clearer picture of storm’s direction possible by Friday
Hong Kong will have a clearer idea by Friday at the earliest whether it will face the full force of Super Typhoon Mangkhut this weekend. As of Thursday night, forecasters in the city and around the re... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police chief Stephen Lo to stay in job for extra year despite reaching retirement age as there is no one to replace him
Hong Kong’s police chief Stephen Lo Wai-chung has had his contract extended for another year, despite the fact he will reach the mandatory retirement age in November. The government announced the move ... ( read original story ...)