41 m. ago China Market Update: PDD Beats Expectations On Net Income While Revenue Misses, Profit Taking Clips Hong Kong Growth Stocks

China Market Update: PDD Beats Expectations On Net Income While Revenue Misses, Profit Taking Clips Hong Kong Growth Stocks  Forbes

Economics

45 m. ago Hong Kong government warn external parties against intervening in Jimmy Lai trial

Caution comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said getting the former media tycoon out of prison was a ‘priority’.

Events

2 h. ago Hong Kong widens lead over Singapore as Asia’s top financial centre, report shows

Nine of the top 20 global centres maintained their ranking, suggesting confidence in the financial sector amid slow economic growth.

Politics

3 h. ago Hong Kong authorities revoke licences of 2 shops for selling frozen meat as fresh

Officers have confiscated and destroyed 180kg of beef from the shops located in Sai Kung and Kwai Tsing districts.

Politics

5 h. ago Director of wedding ring business arrested in Hong Kong over incomplete orders

Source names company as now-closed Mary5ive, which had branches in Macau and Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom.

Events

5 h. ago Food deliveries by drone to take flight in Hong Kong as early as April

One lawmaker also expects authorities to ease civil aviation regulations by October to allow wider usage of commercial drones.

Society

5 h. ago Hong Kong father found guilty of murdering girl, 3, by violently shaking her

A seven-member High Court jury reaches unanimous verdict and finds Lau Kai-ping, 42, guilty of murdering daughter Leung Nga-sze.

Events

6 h. ago Inbound Hong Kong Airlines flight forced to divert after fire breaks out on board

Flight from the mainland city of Hangzhou safely diverted to Fuzhou after a fire broke out in one of its overhead compartments.

Events

6 h. ago Fire on Hong Kong Airlines flight forces plane to divert to Fuzhou

Flight from the mainland city of Hangzhou safely diverted to Fuzhou after a fire broke out in one of its overhead compartments.

Events

6 h. ago ‘Power bank fire’ on Hong Kong Airlines flight forces plane to divert to Fuzhou

Flight from the mainland city of Hangzhou safely diverted to Fuzhou after a fire broke out in one of its overhead compartments.

Events

7 h. ago Hutchison’s Panama ports deal: everything you need to know about the saga

From scathing attacks over sell-off to a closer look at BlackRock, here are some highlights from our coverage of Hutchison’s Panama ports deal.

Politics

9 h. ago Hong Kong protester sentenced to 45 months in jail for 2019 Wan Chai riot role

Chan Wai-yiu, 27, left for Japan in 2020 after initially avoiding charges, but was rearrested two years later when he returned to visit his ill mother.

Events

9 h. ago Beijing eases travel for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan residents

Beijing eases travel for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan residents  Macau Business

Politics

10 h. ago Hong Kong, Macau residents can apply for temporary mainland travel permits via app

Anyone who loses their standard travel permit on the mainland but needs to catch a train or plane will no longer have to visit public security authorities.

Politics

10 h. ago Ontario Teachers’ to close Hong Kong office amid geopolitical risks and shift to Singapore

Canada’s third-largest pension fund will wind down its operations over the next 18 months, spokesman says.

Politics

10 h. ago Ontario Teachers’ Pension to leave Hong Kong amid dearth of deals, geopolitical risks

Canada’s third-largest pension fund will wind down its operations over the next 18 months, spokesman says.

Politics

11 h. ago Jimmy Lo, Hong Kong lyricist behind popular Cantopop classics, dies at 75

‘My father has passed away in his sleep he passed away peacefully,’ daughter Thalea Lo says on Facebook.

Events

11 h. ago ‘Whole child’ education develops head, heart and hands of future community

Students should learn facts and figures – and how to help others – says Richard Vanderpyl, head of Christian Alliance International School.

Politics

12 h. ago Hong Kong is key to Standard Chartered’s US$200 billion new money goal: CEO Winters

Bank is developing over 200 use cases for AI, including fraud detection and prevention, anti-money-laundering screening and new products.

Economics

15 h. ago Hong Kong draws Chinese AI companies from CloudWalk to iFlyTek as city pivots to tech

Executives from several companies expressed confidence in Hong Kong’s growing role in supporting China’s AI development.

Politics