Hong Kong markets are set to benefit from the reopening of the Chinese economy, despite Beijing's disappointing annual GDP growth rate in 2022, according to HKEX Chairman Laura Cha.
Hong Kong’s Article 23 security law to be passed ‘hopefully by this year’, city leader says, while revealing aim to also lift all Covid rules including mask mandate
Chief executive says in newspaper interview new legislation is being drafted that will act like 'firewall' under a 'preventive' system to fend off foreign proxies He also indicates aim to lift all ...
Hong Kong Judge Defends Judiciary Amid Fears of Ebbing Independence
Hong Kong's top judge defended the independence of the judiciary in the Chinese-ruled territory amid international and local criticism of deteriorating legal freedoms since a national security law was ...
Road rage captured on video leads to arrest of fugitive — with help from Hong Kong’s “most educated minibus driver”
It shows the man getting out of the sports car and shouting profanities at the driver while claiming to be a triad member — part of an organized crime group — which is a crime in Hong Kong. He bashes ...
Former Australian high court justice Patrick Keane set to serve on Hong Kong’s top court
If recommendation is approved, he will be first foreign judge appointed since two British judges resigned citing concerns about freedom crackdowns ...
China appoints hardliner Zheng Yanxiong as its top representative in Hong Kong
Zheng was among the officials sanctioned by the US for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms ...
Hong Kong’s financial hub is at a crossroads
The evolving jobs market is just one of the visible signs of the tilt to mainland China that promises to redefine Hong Kong’s role as a global financial centre. Beijing’s growing influence on the ...
Hong Kong property: cash is king as rate hikes, capital depreciation raise the bar on investment returns
Property investment loses appeal as homebuyers, investors get better returns from keeping cash in time deposits Analysts at Wall Street firms, real estate consultancies and agencies are still divided ...
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Hong Kong welcomes more than 40,000 visitors from mainland China since borders controls loosened
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says quarantine-free travel across the border boosts faith in city among international financial institutions Chan promises to highlight Hong Kong's advantages to business leaders at World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland this week More than 40,
China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after 3 years of COVID curbs
China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it dismantles travel curbs after Beijing ...
Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong DJ Who Broadcast for Six Decades, Dead at 98
Ray Cordeiro, who interviewed music acts including the Beatles during a six-decade career on Hong Kong radio that earned him the title of the world’s longest-working disc jockey, has died, his former ...
Hong Kong Olympic committee presses sports bodies to put ‘China’ in names
Hong Kong’s sports groups risk losing funding and the right to represent the city if the directive is not followed.
China appoints security hardliner to head Hong Kong office
The hardline head of Hong Kong's national security agency has been appointed China's top representative in the city, state media said on Saturday, as Beijing tightens its grip since 2019 democracy ...