Hong Kong-based New World Development faced renewed speculation on Thursday as Bloomberg reported on a potential bond default, after the property developer clarified earlier in the day that it continues to operate normally.
New shades of capitalism are emerging in China's tuckered out stock market as companies, at Beijing's behest, buy back their shares and pay record dividends to investors lying in wait for a so-far evasive rebound.
Hong Kong's home prices fell 0.7% in December and 7.1% in 2024, government figures showed, as the property market struggles to find a bottom despite interest rate cuts and government support measures.
The couple were married in China in 1944, but fell out of touch when the husband moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and remarried – when they reconnected in 1962, the situation became untenable.
Tourists in Hong Kong are flocking to the 300-year-old village of Kuk Po, whose decaying mansions and reed fields offer a respite from the city's famously frenetic pace.
There are just 150 squash courts across mainland China, while Hong Kong has 450, and men and women ranked inside the world top 40.
Asian equities were mixed overnight as Hong Kong, Mainland China, Thailand, and South Korea all underperformed while Taiwan was closed.
The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in domestic stock markets
Hong Kong should offer tax benefits to cross-border e-commerce platforms and look at reviewing the civil service as ways to boost the economy.
A Hong Kong tourist tragically lost her life when she was hit by a train while attempting to take photographs on the railway tracks. In a South China Morning Post report, the woman had been standing on railway tracks in Otaru City,
Club deny Winman CEO’s claim, made before his arrest over allegedly fabricated email – but La Liga teases ‘strong 2025 plans for Hong Kong’.