Archive for May 27th, 2020
Hong Kong on edge before National Anthem Bill: Live updates
Hong Kong riot police fired pepper pellets to disperse protesters in the heart of the global financial centre on Wednesday, as new national security laws proposed by Beijing [...] » More
Hong Kong police fire pepper pellets to disperse protests over security bill
Hong Kong riot police fired pepper pellets to disperse protesters in the heart of the global financial centre on Wednesday, as new national security laws proposed by Beijing [...] » More
Asian shares up as recovery hopes overshadow virus worries
Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus [...] » More
Dollar dips as virus recovery optimism holds
The dollar inched lower today as growing optimism about a global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic supported riskier currencies, though concerns about Sino-US tensions held [...] » More
Equities rally as reopenings trump geopolitical tensions
A further easing of lockdown measures across the planet continued to push equities higher in Asia on Tuesday, with the reopening of bars, cafes, pools and beaches [...] » More
Burglars bag HK$500,000 in cash and watches in spate of HK break-ins
Hong Kong police were called to an industrial building to investigate two burglaries after more than HK$400,000 in cash and valuables were stolen from two of the units. The [...] » More
HK homebuyers spooked by recession, talk of national security law forfeit $1.5 million in deposits, walk away from purchases
Nineteen Hong Kong homebuyers who put down deposits for flats at the height of a market rally around June 2018 have walked away from their purchases, forfeiting as much as [...] » More
HKEAA finds 38 per cent of candidates possibly ‘misled’ into answering Japan did ‘more good than harm’ to China in scrapped history exam question
Hong Kong’s exam authority has concluded that 38 per cent of candidates were possibly “misled” into answering that Japan had done “more good than harm [...] » More
HK teen who confessed to tossing petrol bombs over anger at government handling of protests gets 18 months’ probation
A 15-year-old boy who confessed to throwing two petrol bombs to vent his frustration with the handling of last year’s protests by the government and police was given 18 [...] » More
Beijing’s new national security law will not harm HK’s economy, infringe on residents freedoms, Lam assures
Hong Kong’s leader has rejected criticisms that Beijing’s proposed national security legislation will have significant negative consequences for the city’s [...] » More
Exclusive: Cathay Pacific’s brand merger hits roadblock from China’s aviation regulator, sources say
China’s aviation regulator may make it difficult for Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd to merge regional arm Cathay Dragon into its main brand because of [...] » More
HK customs officers find nearly $32 million worth of cocaine packed in jet engine shipped from South America
Hong Kong customs found cocaine worth HK$246 million (US$31.7 million) hidden in an aircraft engine shipped from South America, in its biggest seizure of the drug so far this [...] » More
How HK coronavirus testing lab plans to help Cathay Pacific, other airlines revive international travel
Hong Kong-based genetics testing company Prenetics is in talks with government officials and airlines, including Cathay Pacific, to help make travel safer and rev up economic [...] » More
China’s HK law set to bar foreign judges from national security casessources
Beijing’s planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials, people familiar with the matter [...] » More
As HK tenants call the shots, can work-from-home inflict more damage to office market?
Some companies in Hong Kong are exploring ways to extend the work-from-home arrangement after a successful spell during the coronavirus pandemic, challenging the value of [...] » More
