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Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday stepped up a campaign to shut down further democratic challenges by unveiling plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils.

Law firm DLA Piper has hired a partner from U.S.-founded rival Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Hong Kong to serve as its new restructuring practice leader for the Asia Pacific region, the firm said ...

Hong Kong City Leader John Lee Ka-chiu announced an overhaul of the district's council, with locally elected seats dropping to 20% and introducing a stringent vetting process for the candidates.

Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the public

Hong Kong's economy grew 2.7% in the first quarter of 2023, John Lee, the leader of the Asian financial hub, said in a surprise announcement ahead of Tuesday's official release of the data, to snap ...

Hong Kong plans to slash the number of directly elected seats in local district councils as authorities seek to prevent activists from gaining power.

Rappler’s justice reporter Lian Buan sits down with Sebastien and Jimmy’s lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC in London to discuss this case, what it means for Hong Kong, and the state of freedoms across Asia and the world. – Rappler.com

Hong Kong regulators are urging banks to provide services to virtual asset companies as the city pushes to establish itself as a hub of the crypto industry. The regulators stopped short of telling banks themselves to trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin,

Ms. Coty Yip, President of the Innovative Entrepreneur Association (IEA), as the organizer of the Hong Kong Art Toy Story, along with Mrs. Lowell Cho, Assistant Head of Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,

Hong Kong’s economy in the first quarter grew 2.7%, as a reopening of borders and China’s economic rebound helped break a streak of four quarterly contractions.

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Hong Kong's economy grew 2.7% in the first quarter of 2023, John Lee, the leader of the Asian financial hub, said in a surprise announcement ahead of Tuesday's 0830 GMT release of official data, to ...

Hong Kong’s economy expanded 2.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier after the city removed pandemic controls and the border with mainland China reopened.

Hong Kong's economy expanded 2.7 percent in the first three months of the year following four consecutive quarters of contraction, Chief Executive ...