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Some soybean importers from Hong Kong were not expecting to be targets when the Trump administration issued tariffs on dozens of countries. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association executive director Joe Smentek is there as part of a USDA trade mission and says Hong Kong considers itself independent from China. “Soybeans coming into Hong Kong had enjoyed…
HONG KONG, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The MarTech Summit is coming to Hong Kong for the 4th consecutive year! This time, we’re taking it up a notch at a new premium venue — the iconic Diamond Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, offering stunning harbour views. Join us on 8 July 2025 as we explore this year’s theme: “Charting MarTech from Practicality to…
HONG KONG, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The MarTech Summit is coming to Hong Kong for the 4th consecutive year! This time, we’re taking it up a notch at a new premium venue — the iconic Diamond Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, offering stunning harbour views. Join us on 8 July 2025 as we explore this year’s theme: “Charting MarTech from Practicality to…
The Japanese economy took a hit for the first time in a year, weighed down by fragile domestic demand and trade tensions with the US. Preliminary government data released on Friday showed that the gross domestic product (GDP) fell at an annualised rate of 0.7% in the January-March quarter, significantly worse than the market’s forecast…
A Hong Kong doctor has become the first practitioner among seven facing government accusations to be convicted over issuing Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates without making a proper medical diagnosis. Appearing at the District Court on Friday, 62-year-old Dr Wong Ping-leung pleaded guilty to the offence of issuing notices without conducting proper checks between February and…
Hong Kong health authorities have recorded 30 Covid-19-related deaths among 81 severe adult cases in the past four weeks, with the proportion of positive respiratory samples in the same period reaching this year’s peak. But experts have said the overall impact of the virus is weaker than in the past, while there is no evidence…
Hong Kong employers are facing significantly higher costs for their employees’ medical insurance, with premiums having increased by 55 per cent over the past three years due to a greater demand for healthcare services, including those related to post-Covid illnesses. The findings were announced on Friday by the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE)…
The Hang Seng dropped 108 points or 0.5% to end at 23,345 on Friday, down for the second day amid broad-based losses across all sectors. Investors were unsure how policies would evolve when the 90-day trade war truce between Washington and Beijing ends in July. A climb in US futures failed to lift sentiment as…
Members of the public are allowed to take pictures near “prohibited places” belonging to Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong, authorities have said, after a journalist was reportedly stopped from photographing the locations. “There is no problem for members of the public to purely ‘check in’ and take photos near a prohibited place while…
Health authorities in densely-populated Hong Kong and Singapore have warned that Covid-19 cases are spiking, as a resurgent wave spreads through Asia. The virus’ activity in Hong Kong is now “quite high,” Albert Au, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the city’s Center for Health Protection, told local media this week. The percentage of…