Category: Hong Kong
Saudi Aramco IPO pushes Tadawul bourse to top exchanges for fundraising, but HK remains No 1 globally
Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil producer of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has raised $25.6 billion in its much-anticipated initial public offering, propelling the Saudi [...]
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Postponed HK Open to be held next month: organisers
The Hong Kong Open golf tournament, which was postponed last month amid violence from escalating anti-government protests, will go ahead in January but without sanctioning by [...]
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HK protesters vow weekend rally and ‘last chance’ for leader
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists on Friday vowed to hold another massive rally over the weekend and warned the city’s pro-Beijing leader not to think a recent lull in [...]
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HK police chief urges protesters to reject violence ahead of Sunday’s major demonstration from Civil Human Rights Front
Hong Kong’s police chief has appealed to protesters joining a mass protest approved for Sunday to reject violence as he called on organisers to be proactive in [...]
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HK unrest contributed 2 pct points to Q3 GDP contraction-official
Social unrest in Hong Kong contributed two percentage points to the city’s economic contraction in the third quarter, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the city’s [...]
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HK police chief calls for peace ahead of weekend protest march
Hong Kong’s police chief has urged citizens to demonstrate peacefully ahead of an expected large turnout on Sunday for a pro-democracy march that organisers said aimed [...]
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Major HK anti-government rally and march get police permission
Hong Kong police have approved a mass rally and march planned for Sunday by the Civil Human Rights Front, after a series of rejections for the pro-democracy group’s [...]
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Three HK flats targeted in HK$850,000 blitz, as burglaries soar during months of protests
More than HK$850,000 (US$108,600) worth of cash and valuables were stolen from three homes amid a 90 per cent surge in burglaries during the Hong Kong protests. Thieves [...]
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HK police sound alarm over homemade explosives
Hong Kong’s much-maligned police force provided a rare behind-the-scenes look Friday at its bomb disposal squad to show the potentially deadly destructive force of [...]
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HK, China stocks extend gains on growing sentiment Washington and Beijing will strike an interim trade deal
Hong Kong and China stocks extended gains Friday into a second session as investors bet that the US and China will agree on a partial deal in their 19-month trade war. The [...]
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China tells Germany to butt out: no inquiry into HK police protest tactics
An independent investigation into alleged police violence in Hong Kong was “not possible”, China’s foreign ministry has told two German politicians in [...]
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HK Hospital Authority chair urges greater powers for investigation into anti-government protests
A panel looking into what caused the violent unrest which has gripped Hong Kong for nearly six months should be given greater powers, to boost its credibility and help its [...]
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HK’s lunchtime protests resurgent as hundreds vent anti-government anger across the city
Hundreds of Hongkongers joined lunchtime protests across the city on Friday, as the movement escalated its daytime show of defiance ahead of a mass rally on Sunday. Turnout [...]
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Carrie Lam impeachment rejected by HK legislators
A motion proposed by Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp to impeach Chief Executive Carrie Lam was rejected Thursday (December 5) after failing to win enough support from [...]
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HK gives protesters green light for big march on Sunday
Hong Kong authorities granted protesters permission to march this weekend, organisers said on Thursday, giving the green light to a rally seen as a gauge of the pro-democracy [...]
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