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Five per cent of more than 90,000 critical infrastructure facilities in Hong Kong had “varying degrees of system vulnerabilities” last year, according to the cybercrime unit of the city’s police force. File photo: Sora Shimazaki, via Pexels. Credential leakage and compromise, hijackable subdomains, and exposed cloud storage were three critical and high-risk vulnerabilities identified in…
Hong Kong police have launched a manhunt for a robber who held up a Hang Seng Bank branch with a knife and injured a staff member before fleeing with HK$370,000 (US$47,180). Wearing a face mask and cap, the man entered the bank alone at Fortune City One shopping centre on Ngan Shing Street at about…
STORY: This year, Hong Kong activist Fu Tong will be in Taiwan to mark the 36th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown. :: July 3, 2020 He and his wife Elaine To were among the first demonstrators in Hong Kong to be charged with rioting in 2020 after pro-democracy and anti-China protests started the year…
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP troubles are now deepening in Hong Kong as the firm is wrestling with the consequences of its audits of China Evergrande Group. Over the coming month, at least 10 partners in the city are poised to leave, adding to the 20 that have already exited the firm in the past six months, according…
A view of Hong Kong Photo: VCG The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is looking to capitalize on a wave of returning Chinese companies and is confident that those listed in the city will eventually account for more than 90 percent of the total market capitalization of all Chinese firms listed in the US,…
As global momentum builds towards net-zero emissions, Hong Kong is positioning itself as a leader in green technology and sustainable development. With its Climate Action Plan 2050, the city has set ambitious decarbonisation targets. But the real opportunity lies in its thriving ecosystem of startups, government-backed initiatives, and cross-border green finance opportunities that could resonate…
Jun 2, 2025 Link Asset Management, the manager of Asia’s largest real estate investment trust, Link Reit, anticipates further rent negotiations in Hong Kong as the company focuses on maintaining occupancy rates. According to top executives, while the Hong Kong retail market faces challenges, properties in Singapore and Australia have outperformed expectations. For the financial…
New World Development’s K11 Musea shopping mall, part of the company’s flagship Victoria Dockside development in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district. Paul Yeung/Bloomberg Shares of New World Development, controlled by Hong Kong’s billionaire Cheng family, dropped almost 6.5% on Monday after the debt-laden property developer deferred interest payments on several bonds, deepening investor concerns…
Swire disposed of the site for what would have been One Brickell City Centre (Image: The Related Companies) One of Hong Kong’s oldest property developers leads today’s review of real estate headlines from around the region as Swire Properties sells off the remains of a Miami plan. Also making the list today are more debt…
(Updates prices, adds context) HONG KONG, June 2(Reuters) – Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong weakened to near a one-month low on Monday and offshore yuan slipped as renewed Sino-U.S. tariff tensions weighed on sentiment. Concerns over U.S.-China trade tensions flared up again following a fresh spat over tariffs. China’s Commerce Ministry rebuked U.S. President…