Category: Hong Kong
FT: New York Close to Landing Alibaba IPO Over HK
Setting the stage for one of the biggest initial public offerings ever, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is reportedly 95 percent certain it will list its shares in New [...]
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HK’s H-Shares Near Bear Market on China Outlook
Hong Kong stocks fell, with a gauge of Chinese shares listed in the city touching a 20 percent decline from a December 2 peak, after brokerages from UBS AG to Bank of America [...]
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Taiwan, HK to partner on cruise travel
Tourism authorities from Taiwan and Hong Kong announced a joint programme Thursday that will promote cruise travel in light of the rapidly expanding Asia market. Through the [...]
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HK stocks close 0.67pct lower
Hong Kong shares fell Thursday as another batch of weak Chinese data stoked fears for the world’s number two economy, although mainland markets surged after Premier Li [...]
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HK’s Shaky Democratic Future
For the nearly 17 years since Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China in 1997, we Hong Kongers have been dreaming of the genuine democracy that was promised by [...]
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Cathay Pacific to start direct Delhi-HK flights from March 31
Buoyed by healthy India operations, Cathay Pacific airlines would add two more flights out of Kolkata in the coming days and convert the Delhi- Bangkok-Hong Kong flight to a [...]
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China says will keep supporting HK as world financial hub
China will continue to support Hong Kong’s position as a global financial hub, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday, reassuring the investment community in the [...]
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HK’s Beer Scene Grows Up
Standing beside a stainless-steel fermentation tank, Rohit Dugar explained the concept behind his latest beer, Young Master Classic. “It’s a hoppy pale ale, but [...]
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Nine arrested over attack on HK journalist
Nine men have been arrested in connection with the brutal attack on a veteran Hong Kong journalist that sparked concerns for press freedom in the Chinese city, police said [...]
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Alibaba’s Tsai says will ‘never’ change partnership structure for HK IPO
Alibaba Group Holding (IPO-ALIB.N) will not change its partnership structure in order to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, Executive vice Chair Joe Tsai told Reuters in [...]
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Cathay Pacific says net profit tripled in 2013
Hong Kong flagship carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday net profit more than tripled last year thanks to a rise in demand from Chinese travellers and fuel cost-saving [...]
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HK’s ChinaVision stock set to soar after Alibaba buys control
Shares of ChinaVision Media Group Ltd are set to open up 290 percent after China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding agreed to buy a controlling stake in [...]
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Jardines still marches to its own beat
Twenty years ago this month, Jardines, the storied Asian conglomerate, stunned Hong Kong by deserting its home to relist its companies in Singapore. “Hong gone” [...]
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Daring ‘urban explorers’ get high on history
Dangling his feet off the edge of a skyscraper more than fifty storeys above the streets of Hong Kong, Jonathan Tsang looks as relaxed as if he was kicking back in his own [...]
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Is HK’s media under attack?
A brutal knife attack on veteran Hong Kong editor Kevin Lau in February has prompted an immediate public outpouring of fear about the future of press independence in [...]
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