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 ...)
Hong Kong insurance market lures well-educated mainland Chinese
HONG KONG (Reuters) - May Zhang, a 28-year-old from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Oxford, but now makes her living selling insura... ( read original story ...)
China says still committed to Hong Kong semi-autonomy
"Hong Kong affairs are the domestic affairs of China. We do not welcome nor do we accept other countries to interfere in China's domestic affairs," Wang said at a joint news conference. "But of course ... ( read original story ...)
Senior China diplomat says does not welcome interference on Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday affairs of Hong Kong are domestic affairs of China, adding Beijing does not welcome outside interference on the matter. Wang, speakin... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong could become biotech listing hub, says BeiGene boss as Chinese drug maker gears up for US$1 billion flotation
Hong Kong’s stock exchange could become a hub for mainland Chinese biotechnology firms thanks to a sweeping reform of listing rules, said the boss of BeiGene, the first such company to take advantage ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buskers take a bow in final show before shutdown
The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts as their ... Drummer Miss Cheng from the band told local news site HK01 she was sad about the busk... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freedoms at risk if ban on pro-independence party proceeds, former lawmaker Margaret Ng warns
Prominent former lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee has warned that Hongkongers’ cherished freedoms will suffer “a clear setback” if authorities proceed with the police’s proposed ban on the pro-independen... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
An ethnic minority youth in Hong Kong will for the first time bring the community’s ... “A lot of the time in Chinese media, they have news about how Nepalese men are gangsters, drug abusers and start ... ( read original story ...)
Fighting for the right to stay: for children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Will the Hong Kong-born children of foreign domestic workers gain the rights they say they deserve?
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s retail recovery at threat as mainland Chinese currency weakens amid US trade war
The nascent recovery in Hong Kong’s retail sector is coming under pressure from a depreciating mainland Chinese currency, with shoppers from across the border expressing more caution about spending in ... ( read original story ...)
Has generation snowflake infiltrated Hong Kong’s mighty police force?
There’s no doubt Hong Kong’s police officers have become far more political ... given how they’ve been in the news for all the wrong reasons. There’s no glossing over the integrity problem the force i... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s public libraries ‘U-turn’ on anti-LGBT+ kids’ books ban after uproar
Signup to receive a daily roundup of the top LGBT+ news stories from around the world The Hong Kong government has reportedly reversed its decision to remove ten LGBT+ children’s books from its 82 pub... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Islamabad considering chartered flights to deport Pakistani asylum seekers, top envoy says
Hong Kong and Islamabad are considering deploying chartered flights to send back hundreds of Pakistani asylum seekers, the country’s top envoy in the city has revealed. In a sign that it could become ... ( read original story ...)