Archive for January 8th, 2020
Business Briefs 08 January 2020
* Vietnam Rubber Group (GVR) has received approval from the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE) to move four billion shares to the HOSE from the Unlisted Public Company Market [...] » More
Blacklisted Chinese firm Megvii cleared for $500 million HK IPO
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Megvii’s plans for a $500 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) are back on track after its application was [...] » More
HK protests: district council sets up task force to investigate mob attack at Yuen Long MTR station
Local politicians in Hong Kong have created a task force to look into a mob attack on passengers and protesters at a metro station in July, in their first meeting since [...] » More
Baidu said to eye secondary listing in HK as China tech firms seek hedge against US uncertainty
Nasdaq-listed Chinese internet giant Baidu is reportedly weighing up a secondary listing in Hong Kong, joining a growing number of Chinese tech companies eyeing the city as a [...] » More
Supplies of N95 mask running low in HK as Wuhan virus scare sparks panic buying and marked-up prices
Supplies of a mask widely used during the 2003 Sars outbreak in Hong Kong are running low amid the mystery pneumonia scare in the city, with some retailers doubling prices of [...] » More
Wuhan pneumonia: HK officials conduct health checks on all passengers arriving in West Kowloon on Wuhan trains, Carrie Lam reveals
Health officials have stepped up measures against the mystery pneumonia outbreak in central China by checking the body temperatures of all passengers arriving in Hong Kong on [...] » More
HK to add mystery Wuhan pneumonia to list of notifiable infectious diseases, giving authorities power to quarantine patients
Medical practitioners in Hong Kong must notify the government of anyone suspected to have been infected with the mystery Wuhan pneumonia under a change expected to be in [...] » More
Taiwan’s foreign exchange reserves reach record level in 2019
Central Bank intervened in market four times since May: reports Taiwan’s foreign exchange reserves reached a total of $478.12 billion last month, the seventh [...] » More
Thousands More Overseas Taiwanese Register For Key Elections Than For Last Vote
Millions of Taiwanese are preparing for key elections this weekend and some are even flying back by plane to vote. Taiwan does not allow absentee voting, so those abroad have [...] » More
Taiwan tycoon to begin 4 years and 8 months in prison for food safety scandal
Wei Ying-chun, one of the four brothers who own the Ting Hsin International Group, will start serving four years and eight months in prison for his part in one of several [...] » More
Black Hawk’s data recorders to be sent to US for analysis: Air Force
Taiwan’s Air Force will send the two data recorders from the military helicopter that crashed in New Taipei on Thursday to the United States for analysis to clarify the [...] » More
HK licensing show sees drastically fewer Taiwan exhibitors amid unrest
The number of Taiwanese businesses participating in the Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2020, which opened on Monday (January 6), has sharply declined amid the [...] » More
Chinese minders force Australian journalist to scrape Taipei off son’s nightlight
Chinese authorities threaten to seize globe of Australian journalist’s son for listing Taipei as capital Chinese efforts to blot out Taiwan’s existence as a [...] » More
‘One country, two systems’ not likely to prevail in Taiwan post-election
The “one country, two systems” formula touted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping will never prevail in Taiwan, whoever wins the presidential election on Saturday [...] » More
US senator says Taiwan election vital for ‘fight for human rights & freedom’
US Senator Rick Scott (R) from Florida on Monday (January 6) released a tweet supporting Taiwan’s election and issuing a warning against the spread of Communist [...] » More
