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UCP members gather for leadership vote

Will Alberta’s premier resign this weekend? It’s not likely, but it is possible as thousands gather in Red Deer to, among other things, vote on the job Danielle Smith is doing. More than 5,000 people are expected at Westerner Park for the UCP AGM. The 2-day gathering is headlined by that leadership vote, Smith’s first […]

$10m scholarship grants from CityU collaboration

Madeleine Atkins and Freddy Boey launch the program offering one-year full-time master’s grants at Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambrige. SING TAO Eunice Lam The City University of Hong Kong has launched a five-year scholarship program alongside Lucy Cavendish College at Cambridge University, offering HK$10 million in scholarships to 20 homegrown […]

China boss ensnared in probe into AstraZeneca

Leon Wang China’s probe into AstraZeneca has reached its uppermost echelons, ensnaring local president Leon Wang and questioning the future of the most successful Western pharmaceutical company in the country. The investigation is focused on aggressive sales tactics used in at least two of its oncology drugs – the lung cancer treatment Tagrisso and […]

On-again, off-again with Anchor butter

Cafe de Coral has reverted to offering Anchor butter from New Zealand after changing its butter supplier led to customer dissatisfaction. The controversy sparked after Cafe de Coral recently switched to a less popular brand “Treasure” for its breakfast butter. The new product labeled as “slightly salted spreadable” on the box but missing […]

Mainland coffeehouse feeling lucky

An upcoming second branch of Luckin Coffee has been spotted at Metro City Plaza Central in Tseung Kwan O after its first location in Tsim Sha Tsui’s Mira Place shopping mall sparked a frenzy of online chatter, with the largest mainland coffee chain seemingly showing confidence in expanding its services to Hong Kong. […]