Battered Hong Kong’s stocks hit 11-year low
Hong Kong’s flailing stock market tumbled Monday to its lowest point in more than a decade as fears for China’s economy deepens this year’s investor rout.
Hong Kong scrapping quarantine for international arrivals
Hong Kong announced Friday it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world’s toughest travel restrictions, which battered the economy and kept the finance hub internationally isolated.
Hong Kong replaced by Singapore as Asia’s top finance centre
Hong Kong has lost its crown as Asia’s premier finance centre to Singapore in a global ranking list where New York and London maintained their number one and two spots.
Hong Kong arrests doctors, patients for vaccine exemption ‘fraud’
Coronavirus vaccines are not mandatory in Hong Kong but the Chinese city uses a QR healthcode system that denies unvaccinated people access to most public premises.
China EV builder Leapmotor chasing $1B Hong Kong IPO
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology is hoping to raise more than $1 billion with an initial public offering in what would be the largest debut so far this year for Hong Kong.
Cebu Pacific to resume flights to Kota Kinabalu
Starting October 31, CEB will fly to Kota Kinabalu two times a week, every Monday and Friday, while its return flights will fly every Tuesday and Saturday.
‘Boss lady’: Elizabeth remembered in former colony Hong Kong
Many Hong Kongers took to social media on Friday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II, a woman affectionately nicknamed “boss lady” among older residents in a city that was one of Britain’s last colonies.
Hong Kong court orders search of media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s phones
Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong.
Peak Tram back on track in tourist-devoid Hong Kong
The Peak Tram, Hong Kong’s famed public transport and a popular tourist draw, reopened Saturday after a year-long $102 million facelift even as the city’s coronavirus curbs continue to keep overseas visitors at bay.
CTG Duty Free dips on Hong Kong debut after bumper IPO
China Tourism Group Duty Free, which raised US$2.1 billion to become Hong Kong’s biggest initial public offering this year, fell slightly during its Thursday trading debut as its key market Hainan is battered by a coronavirus surge.
