Hong Kong intends to take a leaf out of Singapore’s public sector playbook by setting up a civil service academy similar to the one here, its Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday (Aug 3). Love in the face of Tourette's Schoolmates taunted him. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon Li ‘cautious’ as profits rise
HONG KONG: Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's flagship CK Hutchison on Thursday (Aug 3) saw profits up seven per cent in the first half of 2017, boosted by its European telecoms operations. The billionaire, who turned 89 on Saturday, said he was "cautiously ... ( read original story ...)
Screen time on rise as Hong Kong toddlers given electronic devices as ‘e-pacifiers’ from before age of one
Toddlers in Hong Kong younger than the age of one are being given electronic devices as “e-pacifiers”, while the number of children spending long hours on devices is five times higher than three years ago, the Department of Health has found. ( read original story ...)
Millions of bubbles spew into Hong Kong for art exhibit
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 ...)