Category: Hong Kong
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says risks manageable after Donald Trump’s threat to increase tariffs sends shock waves through HK’s markets
It was a tweet that sent shock waves to Hong Kong’s stock market and weakened investor confidence, but the city’s financial chief insisted on Tuesday the overall [...]
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Government can’t justify discriminatory treatment, lawyer for gay HK civil servant argues in final appeal over spousal rights
The legal battle for a gay immigration officer in Hong Kong over spousal benefits entered its final chapter on Tuesday as his lawyer argued in an ultimate appeal that the [...]
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Filipino pastor takes new gay marriage fight to HK court
As a transgender pastor of a small Hong Kong church that welcomes all sexualities, Marrz Balaoro wants to conduct religious marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples but fears [...]
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Brewer AB InBev could float Asia business in HK
Minority listing in Hong Kong considered * AB InBev says main reason would be M&A platform * Solid Q1 in Brazil, better in United States (Adds CFO Dutra, shares, more on [...]
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HK graduates of mainland universities are flocking to the Greater Bay Area with 60 per cent working there or planning to
A survey has found that 60 per cent of Hong Kong graduates of mainland universities were either already working in the Greater Bay Area or intend to even though salaries on [...]
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HK Security Bureau under fire from lawmakers for not revealing public feedback on controversial extradition bill
Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has been criticised for applying “double standards” after it rejected a request from the Post to reveal the public feedback it [...]
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HK’s opposition lawmakers warn of legal action over controversial extradition bill
Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers on Sunday threatened to take legal action against the administrative wing of their own legislature over its handling of a controversial [...]
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MTR Corporation and Hung Hom station contractors face more questions, this time over the loss of safety documents, in new round of inquiry later this month
Hong Kong’s embattled rail operator and a major contractor are slated to face further grilling this month in another round of sessions for a high-level inquiry over the [...]
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HK’s Exchange Fund posts record first-quarter returns due to investment gains in stocks, bonds and currencies
The Exchange Fund, Hong Kong’s war chest for keeping the city’s currency stable against short sellers, has reported its best first quarter on record, as stock [...]
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Meatless meat revolution kicks off in HK, where Li Ka-shing puts his money where his mouth is
Hong Kong has emerged as a key battleground for the hearts, minds and stomachs of Asian meat eaters, as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods the two most prominent meatless meat [...]
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Singapore may allow virtual banks after HK move, DBS says
Singapore could follow Hong Kong in handing out virtual banking licenses, according to the head of the largest local lender, in a move that would create another source of [...]
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‘HK is not out of the woods yet,’ despite signs of US-China trade war deal, says trade chief Edward Yau
The dark clouds over Hong Kong’s trade sector will not go away overnight, even if a breakthrough is imminent in the US-China trade war, the city’s commerce [...]
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‘Gutless’ pan-democrats and ‘insincere’ officials missed opportunity to meet Beijing’s No 2 man in HK highlights lasting divide between both sides
At a teahouse beside Hangzhou’s scenic West Lake, Beijing official Huang Liuquan sat down to dim sum with a group of Hong Kong reporters, lawmakers and officials. It [...]
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Stock markets in China and HK awash in losses as Trump’s surprise tweet rekindles concerns of escalating trade war
Stock indexes tumbled in China and Hong Kong, after US President Donald Trump threatened to more than double America’s tariffs on Chinese goods, in a surprise move that [...]
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HK plastic surgeon whose patient died after Botox injections to face prosecution
A veteran Hong Kong plastic surgeon whose patient died after getting Botox injections at his clinic is to face prosecution on a raft of charges. Police laid a total of 21 [...]
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