Arnault Castel, who owns a small business in Hong Kong, already has plans for the money he will save from a tax cut that the city’s leader is expected to announce next week. Castel owns seven lifestyle stores in the city under the Kapok brand ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin boss shares start-up tales and hopes for Hong Kong
Eventually I thought bitcoin is going to change the world and I have to go do it so I got on a plane to Hong Kong.” Two years later, Harrap established his start-up, Bitspark. The remittance payment company accepts fiat currency such as Hong Kong dollars ... ( read original story ...)
A snapshot of old Hong Kong
Photos never published before offer a unique glimpse of life in Hong Kong in the 1950s. They show a city that was in much less of a hurry than it is today. ( read original story ...)
Genting Hong Kong to Delist from Singapore Exchange
Genting Hong Kong, a part of Genting Group, has received a green light from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) for its proposed voluntary delisting from the Main Board of the SGX-ST. Genting Hong Kong has a primary listing on the ... ( read original story ...)
Police investigate threatening letters sent to Hong Kong news website
Hong Kong police were on Thursday investigating a string of threatening letters sent to staff and contributors at an online news outlet, one of which was sent to the website’s co-founder’s family. The letter was posted to the family of Tom Grundy ... ( read original story ...)
What is the fallout from the Hong Kong Express ‘golden week’ cancellations debacle?
Jetstar Hong Kong, another budget carrier ... Explain This takes a closer look at topical issues or news of the moment and presents it in easy-to-understand summaries ( read original story ...)
Japan, Hong Kong shares follow Wall St higher in quiet trade
Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.7 percent to 28,392.77 but Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.7 percent to 5,660.40. Stock markets were closed in mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan for holidays. LOOKING FOR LEADS: With some key Asian markets closed ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese pottery sets world record after selling for £28m at Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong
It was expected to fetch about £10million but the price kept climbing at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The price paid by the anonymous winning bidder was a world record for a Chinese ceramic piece, beating the £27.1million paid in 2014 for a 15th century ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bus company pays one-off HK$30,000 each to 15 victims of deadly crash
A one-off compassionate payment of HK$30,000 has been granted by Hong Kong bus operator Citybus to 15 victims who ... Cheng, who has been helping about a dozen victims, said he received news on Wednesday that Citybus had agreed to allocate the sum of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong judges see lowest pay rise in eight years amid manpower crunch
Judges will get a pay rise of 2.95 per cent, the lowest in eight years, as Hong Kong’s judiciary seeks to bring salaries to competitive levels to tackle a manpower shortage that has left more than 20 per cent of posts on the bench vacant. The government ... ( read original story ...)
Former Hong Kong leader appears in court over sandwich ‘attack’
Unpopular former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying testified on Wednesday in a ... Footage of the incident captured by local news network i-Cable was played in court and showed the back of Leung, who was seen ducking smoothly when the sandwich was thrown. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities get high rankings in law and education despite political controversies
Universities in Hong Kong were recognised as top schools of law and education in Asia according to a global survey, despite ongoing controversies involving the city’s rule of law and freedom of expression. The rankings announced by the Times Higher ... ( read original story ...)
Communism slowly chokes Hong Kong
Hong Kong Commercial Daily, China Daily, Sing Pao Daily News, South China Morning Post, Phoenix Satellite Television and TVB. The change in tone and content has been particularly evident in the South China Morning Post, for example, after Jack Ma of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Japanese stocks boost Asia on optimism over global growth
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese and Hong Kong share markets led Asian stocks higher on Wednesday, with the Chinese central bank's weekend move to free up more liquidity boosting sentiment as the world's second-largest economy grows at a steady pace. ( read original story ...)