Hong Kong’s economy expanded by 4.3 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2026, with the government expecting “solid growth” to continue for the remainder of the year. A government spokesman attributed the robust momentum to buoyant external trade and resilient domestic demand. “Looking ahead, the Hong Kong economy should continue to…
Hongkong Land will acquire Singapore’s Wheelock Place for about S$1.1 billion (US$900 million) through its Singapore Central Private Real Estate Fund (SCPREF), marking the fund’s first acquisition since its launch in February. The mixed-use commercial property on Orchard Road is being acquired from an entity owned by Hong Kong-listed Wharf Real Estate Investment Company, according…
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A senior Hong Kong finance official has hit back at criticism of the city’s prospects as “bias against China”, following a recent commentary by a prominent US economist who asserted that “the Hong Kong of old is over”. The government’s rebuttal did not directly name any specific critic but was published after American economist Stephen…
This article was first published on July 26, 2016. PLA, police ready as Pokemon Go arrives in city by Zen Soo and Naomi Ng (Additional reporting by Laura He) Pokemon Go, the augmented reality smartphone game that has taken the world by storm, launched in Hong Kong yesterday (July 25, 2016), prompting multiple warnings against…
3 min readJul 29, 2026 02:53 PM IST The tech war between the United States and China has spread beyond Artificial Intelligence. The latest point of contest is humanoid robots from China, which have attracted an import ban in the US over risks to the American national security. The Trump administration’s ban targets the imports…
The Exchange Fund, the war chest used to defend the local currency, reported a 37 per cent decline in first-half earnings as losses in Hong Kong equities and weaker bond returns weighed on performance, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Tuesday. Earnings stood at HK$134.7 billion (US$17.17 billion), down from the record half-year…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former South Carolina police officer accused of killing his wife before disappearing for more than two decades has been returned to the United States from China to face murder and child sex charges, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday. Dan Hiers Jr., 53, was taken into…
Stock exchange operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will allow all listing applications to remain confidential and will reduce market-capitalisation requirements for listings by start-ups and international firms immediately, it announced on Friday. Confirming a report by the South China Morning Post, HKEX will proceed with confidential filing as it proposed in March in…
US officials alleged that Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic’s most advanced Fable model to develop its K3 model. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: A top White House official on Wednesday accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of covertly copying Anthropic’s most advanced model to build its Kimi K3. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House…