The pregnancy of a 58-year-old woman in Hong Kong has sparked hopes for older women seeking to have children, but also raised concerns about the risks of giving birth later in life. Chan Lai-lai, wife of local actor Brian Wong Chak-fung, on Saturday told the Post that the recent announcement they were expecting their second…
Kam Pin Industrial stayed put over a decade ago, when other Hong Kong manufacturers responded to China’s industrial upgrade, sensed rising US-China trade tensions and diversified their operations overseas. Now President Donald Trump’s barrage of tariffs on US trading partners threaten to hit hard. In the last of a three-part series, the Post finds out…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has said its operations remain unaffected by the conflict between India and Pakistan, which has forced some other airlines to re-route or cancel flights to and from Europe. Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday evening that it did not operate passenger flights in Pakistani airspace. And its cargo flights…
Pharus Diagnostics, a Li Ka-shing-backed developer of diagnostic tests for cancer powered by artificial intelligence (AI), said it would tap into fundraising channels in Hong Kong. The Taiwan-based start-up aims to complete a round of fundraising and a clinical study on lung cancer by the end of the year, said CEO Philip Huang. “Currently, we…
The US Senate confirmed long-time China critic David Perdue as the new US ambassador to China on Tuesday, a key role amid escalated bilateral tensions and a high-stakes tariff showdown between the world’s two largest economies. Perdue, 75, a former US senator for the state of Georgia and a veteran business executive, was confirmed in…