Hong Kong is unlikely to repeat its first quarter economic heroics any time soon as the deepening U.S.-China trade conflict and rising interest rates weigh on the outlook. As a key trading hub for the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Mortgage Rates Rise Most Since 2013
Hong Kong’s home loan rates are seeing their biggest jump in five years as higher global funding costs boost speculation local lenders will have to finally follow the U.S. Federal Reserve. HSBC Holdin... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong MTR’s HK$97.1 billion link scandal: consequences, loopholes and solutions
News that workers had cut corners on the work at the expanded ... People want heads to roll, but there are different levels of accountability Carrie Lam, Hong Kong chief executive The city’s leader Ca... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man jailed for life in Philippines running out of time in hunt for missing records for appeal
The family of a Hong Kong man serving a 40-year jail sentence in the Philippines for drugs possession are racing against time to find crucial immigration records they believe could prove he is innocen... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Investors Turn Against Hong Kong Stocks Amid Market Rout
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese investors have gone off Hong Kong stocks again. After turning net buyers in July, mainland traders have been selling the city’s stocks this month, returning to an April-June tre... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s autonomy in focus amid calls to cancel speech by pro-independence politician
Mainland China and local authorities are calling for the cancellation of a scheduled speech from a member of a pro-independence Hong Kong political party, raising concerns about the state of free spee... ( read original story ...)
China Tower barely changed in Hong Kong debut
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Tower Corp’s shares opened virtually flat on their debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with escalating Sino-US trade tensions weighing on investor sentiment toward the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Number of Hong Kong McDonald’s ‘McRefugees’ sleeping in restaurants has skyrocketed
Hong Kong has been ranked number one for least affordable housing ... Alexandra Deabler is a Lifestyle writer and editor for Fox News. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club stands firm against Chinese pressure
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club resisted pressure from Chinese officials to cancel an event with an independence activist, provoking rebuke from the pro-Beijing establis... ( read original story ...)
Journalists in Hong Kong defy gov’t request to cancel speech
HONG KONG – A journalists' association in Hong Kong says it will defy the Chinese government and follow through with a planned speech by a pro-independence activist that has become a mounting politica... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Universal says former chairman Okada arrested in Hong Kong
He was also ousted as a director of Hong Kong investment company Okada Holdings ... Universal shares closed 5.6 percent lower after the news, which was released minutes before the market closed. The b... ( read original story ...)
China Urges Hong Kong Journalist Club to Cancel Activist Speech
Hong Kong’s top foreign journalists’ club has found itself at the center of a battle over Beijing’s encroachment on the city’s freedoms, as Chinese officials pressed the group to cancel a speech by an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks can’t escape US-China trade war’s ‘very long shadow’
Hong Kong's stock market is set to welcome a pair of big new listings this week, but the overall investor mood is likely to remain cool until the United States and China stop fighting over trade. The ... ( read original story ...)
Los Angeles News: Mayor Garcetti Wraps Up Asia Trade Mission with Stops in Vietnam, Hong Kong
LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wrapped up a trade mission to Asia with stops in Vietnam and Hong Kong — for meetings with high-level government officials and business leaders focuse... ( read original story ...)