He rejoined HKU in 2010. From 2016 to 2020, Lau served as president of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the city's specialist training institution. The other candidate is Timothy Billiar, according ...
Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Hong Kong down 3% on heavy selling of property stocks
Most stocks are falling as the constrictor of higher interest rates tightens its coils around Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower Monday.
Asian Games 2023: Hong Kong’s Vincent Lau wins bronze in men’s road time trial, Leung just short in women’s event
In the women's event, Hong Kong's Chloe Leung Wing-yee was only 14 seconds shy of a podium place, but Lau's bronze nonetheless took Hong Kong to 44 medals in total - just two short of their best Games ...
Hong Kong stocks have worst day in three months on worries about rates and real estate
Hong Kong (CNN) — Stocks in Hong Kong suffered their worst day in three months on Tuesday on growing concern about China’s weak housing market and persistently high US interest rates. The Hang Seng Index ended down 2.7% — its biggest drop since early ...
Asian Games 2023: Hong Kong athletes don’t need foreign coaches to succeed, Tiffany Yue says, after winning long jump bronze
I really wanted to prove to everyone that a Hong Kong athlete and a Hong Kong coach can get great results,' Yue says Her city-record leap saw her claim the city's first Asian Games medal in athletics that did not come on the track Hong Kong's Tiffany Yue ...
Typhoon Koinu on Track to Hit South Taiwan, Approach Hong Kong
Severe Typhoon Koinu will pass over the southern tip of Taiwan in coming days before heading toward Hong Kong, tracks compiled by meteorologists show.
Charles Russell Speechlys Hires Disputes Partner from Ince Hong Kong
Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed a new partner to its Hong Kong office. Stephen Chan has joined the U.K. private client firm from Ince & Co Hong Kong, where he was a partner.
Hong Kong could be a ‘tailwind’ for lagging crypto activity in Asia: Chainalysis
Despite China’s cryptocurrency ban in 2019, Hong Kong could be the key to bringing more digital asset activity back to the East Asia region, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.
Embattled Chinese property firm Evergrande soars 20% after trading resumes in Hong Kong
Shares of embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande surged after it resumed trading in Hong Kong. The stock rose 20.31% after briefly touching 46 Hong Kong cents shortly after the open.Shares of ...
Hong Kong’s John Lee says city has to ‘face trend’ of resident outflow during holidays, shore up tourism strengths
Chief executive declares 'Night Vibes' campaign a success and having achieved desired visitor footfall and capital Immigration data shows net outflow of people over long weekend Hong Kong has to "face ...
Hong Kong’s recent graduates ‘earning 9.8% more than peers did 5 years ago’
Scholar says employers could be paying more to plug talent gaps amid brain drain, but warns graduates’ good fortune unlikely to last as overseas competition rises.
University of Hong Kong president requests legal representation in special meeting with governing council over ‘extremely serious allegations’
HKU vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang in statement hits out at ‘rumour-mongers’ and those he says are personally targeting him and school.
‘People are scared of Japanese seafood’: Hong Kong restaurants bear brunt of imports ban following Fukushima waste water row
Questions over discharged waste water leave eateries struggling to persuade patrons to return Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are the only three economies to impose bans on Japanese seafood ...
Best years ahead for Hong Kong retail industry as patience needed for post-Covid recovery, Wharf group says
Hong Kong’s retail industry will need more time to match its best year from a decade ago, according to the Wharf group. ‘I’m sanguine about the immediate future,’ chairman Stephen Ng says in an ...