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So Hong Kong is facing big challenges. What’s new?
Since the 1980s alone, Hong Kong has grappled with stock and property market crashes, financial crises, protests and pandemics The city is uniquely defined by its challenging history, where people ...
Warning over carbon monoxide poisoning after Hong Kong pair overcome by fumes from hookah
Centre for Health Protection says victims, aged 23 and 21, were taken to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong They told medics they lost consciousness after visiting place where people had smoked ...
Hong Kong unveils plans to let retail investors trade cryptocurrencies
Hong Kong has pushed ahead with plans to let retail investors trade cryptocurrencies as it vies with Singapore for supremacy as a digital assets hub. Under plans launched on Monday by the Hong Kong ...
Ahead of Budget, Hong Kong reckons with economic challenges, depleted reserves
As per Nikkei Asia, spending on public health costs since 2020, including building isolation facilities and employing staff at testing centres has amounted to over 600 billion Hong Kong dollars ($76 ...
Hong Kong’s Proposed Crypto Rules Seek Investor, Deposit Protection
Hong Kong’s securities regulator said cryptocurrency-trading companies would need to leave the city if they don’t get licensed and released proposed new rules seeking to better protect investors in ...
Live news: Hong Kong airport traffic soars as city reopens
Total passenger volume the year prior was just 71,000. Despite the strong uptick in traffic, passenger throughput remained just 40 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. Arrivals at Hong Kong’s airport, one ...
Hong Kong chief executive to make whistle-stop tour of key Greater Bay Area cities to cement ties and boost economy
Visit with senior colleagues is seen as paving the way for a later official visit with larger team John Lee expected to meet top officials in Shenzhen and Guangzhou with group including two senior ...
Hong Kong customs to meet Guangdong counterparts to discuss resurgence in parallel trading, vows crackdown
Traders buy goods in city to resell in mainland China at profit, bypassing hefty import and value-added tariffs Sheung Shui MTR station hotspot has returned to prominence after resumption of regular ...
Hong Kong outlines upcoming crypto licensing regime
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission calls for public feedback on the proposed licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges.
Sorry, PhD not welcome: Hong Kong wants bachelor’s degree holders from 100 top universities, but 8 are postgraduate schools
Hong Kong’s flagship talent scheme offers a two-year visa to successful applicants with a bachelor’s degree from the world’s top 100 universities, but eight schools on the list do not offer such ...
Standard Chartered to Hire Up to 500 Staff in Hong Kong After Reopening
Standard Chartered Plc plans to hire 300 to 500 staff in Hong Kong this year, in anticipation of an increase in wealth management and lending as the city reopened its borders to mainland China.
Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic measures adjusted: Voluntary isolation, vaccination and nucleic acid testing
Admission applications to community isolation facilities and the free nucleic acid testing service will be ceased, while the COVID-19 vaccination programme will enter a new phase.
Why Hong Kong’s ‘farewell cakes’ trend has exploded in recent years and the best bakeries to buy them from
In Hong Kong, it has become a tradition for workers to shower their colleagues with 'saan seoi beng' - yummy leaving cakes - on their last day at the office Here we explore the culture, including how ...