Nearly a dozen crypto platforms are under review in Hong Kong, as the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) seeks to authorize more platforms by end of this year. The regulator is reportedly planning to grant licenses in batches to Virtual Asset Trading Platforms (VATPs) to enhance compliance.
Hong Kong Stock Market Suffers Biggest Single-Day Drop Since 2008
A key stock market index in Hong Kong saw the biggest single-day drop since the financial crisis on Tuesday. The Hang Seng index fell by -2172.99 (-9.41 percent) on Tuesday.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index plunges 9.4%, highest fall since 2008; here’s why
Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong has dropped by 9.4 per cent, which is its biggest decline since 2008. This drop has wiped out its highest gains made during a Chinese holiday.
Efforts underway to erase any trace of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
Under a wide-ranging national security law, news stories of pro-democracy protests are being wiped off the internet. Books about the protests are being removed from the shelves of libraries and ...
Hong Kong Corrects & Mainland Catches Up, NDRC Lacks Specifics With More Announcements To Come
Last night was a roller coaster in China's markets after the Mainland reopened following the weeklong National Holiday or “Golden Week”.
Hong Kong: Key Link Between Mainland China And The Middle East
Hong Kong stands to benefit from strengthening Sino-Arab ties, drawing family offices and investors from the Middle East.
Tickets for Coldplay’s Hong Kong shows offered by resellers at up to 3 times official price
Tickets at inflated prices appear on platforms such as Facebook and Carousell within minutes of official artist presale.
The king of haunted houses in Hong Kong: 20 years buying flats that have been murder crime scenes
The deeply rooted local cultural aversion to living in those places scares off most buyers. This is the story of Wu Guanliu, a peculiar real estate speculator who has been taking advantage of the fear ...
US tech firm issued notice by Hong Kong police to take down diaspora media site Flow HK on national security grounds
A US web-hosting company has been issued a notice by Hong Kong police asking it to take down the website of Flow HK, a media outlet co-founded by pro-democracy activists who have left the city, on ...
Health product chain store CR Care to close all 19 branches in Hong Kong in November
Health product chain CR Care will close all 19 of its Hong Kong branches next month, citing “external uncertainties” and various “operational challenges.” In a Facebook post shared on Tuesday, the chain store – owned by mainland conglomerate China Resources Pharmaceutical Group Limited – said all of their shops in Hong Kong will close from ...
Bibigo Bapsang opens first global location in Hong Kong
Hong Kong hospitality group Lai Sun Dining has collaborated with Korea’s leading food company CJ CheilJedang to launch Bibigo Bapsang, a casual Korean venue in the heart of Central. Aside from providing diners with affordable and authentic Korean dishes, this all-new eatery is the brand’s global flagship location.
Turandot ‘a Chinese story we need to grab hold of’, Hong Kong production’s director says
Director Jia Ding explains why his Opera Hong Kong production of rare Western work ‘that talks about China’ has to be historically accurate.
Hong Kong, Macao aim to be global talent hubs
Building Hong Kong into an international talent hub will help address the city's challenges related to its aging population and labor shortage. The welcome influx of talent will also spur the growth ...
Citigroup boosts Hong Kong team to support mainland Chinese companies’ global expansion
Wall Street bank strengthens advisory services team as it targets mid-sized companies with specialised banking services Citigroup's commercial banking arm will make strategic hires in Hong Kong under ...