Hong Kong has unveiled its first five-year strategic blueprint, placing the financial sector at the centre of its economic strategy and describing finance as the city’s “pivotal and crowning strength”. The plan,
PwC has been fined a combined HK$1.3bn ($166mn) and banned from taking on new clients in Hong Kong for six months after regulators found serious failures in its audits of Evergrande. The
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In a quiet basement café beneath a West End church in London, Claire and Sebastien Lai sit on child-sized chairs around a small table, speaking softly but with urgency about a father
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China is moving to restrict a key pathway that has long enabled its companies to raise billions of dollars through Hong Kong listings, signaling a significant shift in regulatory policy with global
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A major dispute over control of strategic shipping infrastructure erupted this week after CK Hutchison Holdings Limited accused the Republic of Panama of forcibly taking over two critical Panama Canal port terminals,
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Hong Kong’s most prominent media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in prison on national security charges, bringing to a close the city’s most high-profile
More It has rarely been this hectic at the start of a year for Hong Kong’s equity markets. In January alone, companies raised about $5 billion through initial public offerings, the highest total
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Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Hong Kong–based company’s long-standing contract to operate key ports at the Panama Canal violated the country’s constitution and did not serve the public interest, dealing
More UN human rights experts have expressed “deep disappointment” over the conviction of pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, calling for his immediate release on humanitarian grounds. Lai, 78, was convicted on 15 December
More Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was found guilty on Monday of collusion with foreign forces and sedition in a closely watched national security trial that critics say
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The dissolution of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party marks not just the end of a political organisation, but the symbolic death of institutionalised democracy in the city. After
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In Hong Kong’s northern district of Tai Po, the aftermath of the Wang Fuk Court residential fire has moved the search for missing residents into a local community hall, where distraught family
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Hong Kong’s long-standing use of bamboo scaffolding has come under intense scrutiny following one of the deadliest building fires in the city’s history, a catastrophe that has shocked the world and prompted
More Updated Story 2: The death toll from the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has climbed to 65, with more than 70 people injured and over 200
More A catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, and severe floods in southern Thailand have left dozens dead and thousands displaced, as emergency services scramble to respond to back-to-back disasters in Asia.
More Hong Kong has solidified its position as a “safe haven” for international capital, with bank deposits exceeding HK$19 trillion (US$2.4 trillion) this year, while goods exports continue to show resilience despite global
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