Archive for June 4th, 2019
Business Briefs 04 Jun 2019
* Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank (STB) has set a pre-tax profit target of VND2.65 trillion for this year, an increase of 18% versus 2018. It made VND2.24 trillion in [...] » More
China and US clash again on trade and regional security
China and the United States clashed again this weekend on trade and security, accusing each other of destabilising the region and potentially the world. Speaking on Sunday at [...] » More
Asia markets fall as investors seek safe-haven assets
Asian markets largely tumbled on Monday, tracking global losses as Wall Street clocked its worst month this year, with investors opting for safe-haven assets in the wake of [...] » More
Asian markets wobble as US, China trade jibes over trade
Shares wobbled Monday after US and Chinese officials traded jibes in their widening clash over trade and technology. China’s Shanghai Composite lost 0.3 percent to [...] » More
Protests against HK’s controversial extradition bill go global with demos planned in US, UK, Australia
Around a dozen overseas protests have been planned in opposition to the Hong Kong government’s extradition bill, echoing local efforts to mobilise 300,000 people to [...] » More
Corpse washes up on beach at Cape D’Aguilar, HK
A decomposing body was found washed up on a beach at the southeastern tip of Hong Kong Island on Saturday, sparking a police investigation. A passer-by spotted the corpse, of [...] » More
HK to cull 4,700 pigs after second swine fever case found
Hong Kong will cull 4,700 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the second such case in a month in the [...] » More
World’s most expensive housing market just got even pricier with mortgages in HK eating up 70 per cent of monthly income
Ordinary people are increasingly being priced out of Hong Kong’s property market, with mortgages eating up almost 70 per cent of monthly incomes and prices surpassing [...] » More
After 30-year search, Canadian journalist Arthur Kent finally tracks down the HK student activist he filmed during Tiananmen Square crackdown
When Canadian journalist Arthur Kent filmed two student protesters on the steps of a monument in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, at about 3am on June 4, 1989, he had no idea who [...] » More
Hotter weather linked to increase in suicide among elderly, study led by University of HK finds
Are Hong Kong’s hotter summers driving more elderly people to suicide? A comprehensive study of data collected over decades has suggested a link between higher [...] » More
More than 11,000 plastic bottles collected on HK beaches in past year, with over a third possibly washed over from mainland China
More than 11,000 plastic bottles were collected on Hong Kong beaches in the past year, with over a third of the staggering amount of waste believed to be from the mainland, [...] » More
Exiled Tiananmen dissident barred from HK
A Tiananmen Square protest leader was barred from entering Hong Kong on Sunday after travelling to the city for a candlelight vigil marking the crackdown’s 30th [...] » More
HK extradition bill: security chief John Lee says he expects Beijing to keep its promises on human rights safeguards
Hong Kong’s security chief said on Sunday he was confident Beijing would keep its word and safeguard the human rights of any fugitives handed over to mainland China, [...] » More
African swine fever returns to HK, hitting city’s pork supply and leaving consumers counting cost of pricey meat
The Hong Kong government has been urged to come up with a sustainable policy to handle African swine fever, after the sudden shutdown of a slaughterhouse on Saturday dried up [...] » More
HK pro-independence activists question value of annual June 4 vigil to commemorate crackdown at Tiananmen Square
Pro-independence activists in Hong Kong have called for an end to the city’s annual June 4 vigil to commemorate Beijing’s military crackdown in Tiananmen Square [...] » More
