Category: Hong Kong
Hongkonger who displayed posters insulting judges overseeing first national security law trial pleads guilty to sedition
A man who displayed posters to insult three judges in charge of Hong Kong’s first national security law trial and call for further protests in the city has pleaded [...] » More
Coronavirus: HK’s daily caseload soars to record 164, while authorities worry about ‘dozens’ of untraceable chains of infection
Hong Kong’s daily Covid-19 caseload soared to 164 on Thursday, the most recorded in a single day since the pandemic began in January 2020 and up sharply from the 107 [...] » More
HK retail banks are having their worst time in a decade as low interest rates crimp profits
Hong Kong’s retail banks are having their worst time in a decade, as the low interest rates amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic crimped profit margins across the [...] » More
Bank of America considers moving staff from HK to Singapore: FT
Bank of America Corp. is looking at moving staff from Hong Kong to Singapore as the Chinese territory’s strict zero Covid approach is forcing businesses to review their [...] » More
Realtors pay bigger-than-average bonuses after 12 months of record sales in HK defied city’s Covid-19 outbreak and gloomy job market
Hong Kong’s realtors will increase the bonus cheques of their clerical staff this year, after 12 months of record property transactions that defied the city’s [...] » More
Beijing’s top man in HK hails return of lustre to ‘Pearl of the Orient’, warns residents to stay alert for ‘hostile forces’
Beijing’s top representative to Hong Kong has urged residents to work with the city government by building on the positive progress made since the imposition of the [...] » More
Chief executive election 2022: nomination period for HK leadership race to kick off on February 20
The two-week nomination period for Hong Kong’s chief executive race will begin on February 20, nearly a week later than previously indicated, formally kicking off the [...] » More
Water beats air in HK-led scientific heat transfer breakthrough
A Hong Kong-led research team has cracked a centuries-old problem that has made it impossible to use water for cooling extremely hot surfaces, from rocket engines to frying [...] » More
HK talents will play bigger role in China: liaison office chief
China is filled with opportunities and Hong Kong will take a bigger role in the country’s unprecedented future by utilising its talents, central government’s [...] » More
Luxury house on The Peak formerly owned by bankrupt HNA Group sells at a loss of $15.4 million
A luxury house on The Peak in Hong Kong has reportedly been sold by creditors of the bankrupt Chinese conglomerate HNA Group at a loss of some HK$120 million (US$15.4 [...] » More
Year of the Tiger: Citi and other HK banks hand out electronic lai see as pandemic halts annual ritual
Hong Kong’s banks are handing out their annual lai see to employees electronically, as the city’s resurgent Covid-19 outbreak kept many employees working from [...] » More
HK ex-lawmaker jailed for revealing police graft probe
A former Hong Kong lawmaker was jailed Wednesday for exposing an anti-graft probe into a senior police officer’s handling of a mob attack on democracy protesters in [...] » More
HK risks exodus over extended COVID isolation, euro chamber says
Hong Kong may not reopen until early 2024 because of its strict COVID-19 policies, which could trigger an exodus of foreign firms and staff and jeopardise the city’s [...] » More
HK exports rise 26 per cent in 2021, making biggest jump since 1988
Hong Kong’s exports rose at their sharpest pace in 33 years in 2021 in tandem with the global economic recovery, but the unfolding Omicron outbreak has cast a shadow on [...] » More
Bank of America HK eyeing move to Singapore over Covid restrictions
Bank of America Corp. is looking at moving staff from Hong Kong to Singapore as the Chinese territory’s strict zero Covid approach is forcing businesses to review their [...] » More
