Written by HONG KONG, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — The Indonesia Week Hong Kong 2024 hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Hong Kong opened on Friday, with a forum on the outlook of business and investment ties between China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Indonesia. Expanding relations with Indonesia and countries […]
Hong Kong: India lost by six wickets to arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match of the Hong Kong Sixes 2024 at the Tin Kwong Road Cricket Ground here on Friday. India scored 119 for to in their allotted six overs riding on Bharat Chipli’s 53 off 16, who retired hurt. Captain Robin Uthappa also […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — Sixth seed Yuan Yue reached the semifinals of the WTA Hong Kong Open by defeating former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in straight sets on Friday. Yuan, ranked 45th in the world, beat the American 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 20 minutes. She will next take on either […]
Event organiser Chainlink, a blockchain infrastructure firm, said 2,000 people attended the two-day conference that kicked off at Kerry Hotel in Hung Hom on Wednesday. SmartCon is larger this year than in the past, according to the company. Joseph Chan Ho-lim, under secretary for financial services and the treasury, gave opening remarks to kick off […]
Tens of thousands of costumed revellers headed to bars and pubs in the popular Hong Kong entertainment district of Lan Kwai Fong on Thursday night to celebrate Halloween, but business was less than satisfactory for some owners. Revellers began filling the narrow lanes of Lan Kwai Fong in the early evening, with those possessing a […]
RIYADH, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Saudi Arabia’s first exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the Hong Kong equity market debuted Wednesday on the Saudi Stock Exchange. With an initial size of over 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, the ETF, the Albilad CSOP MSCI Hong Kong China Equity ETF, became the largest ETF in the Middle East upon its […]
British number one Katie Boulter is into the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open after a straight-sets win over China’s Wang Xiyu. The 28-year-old, searching for her third title of the year, beat Wang 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 in two hours 15 minutes. Second seed Boulter needed a tie-break to win a hard-fought first set before […]
Keeping average blood sugar levels below 7 per cent can help reduce the risk of developing colorectal or liver cancer in diabetics by about 30 per cent, a University of Hong Kong team has found in citywide studies covering data from more than 140,000 patients. Releasing their findings on Wednesday, the researchers said they conducted […]
Hong Kong’s conservation department has suggested authorities give it the power to temporarily block off part of the city’s waters and consider a ban on whale watching as part of protection measures, following the death of one of the marine mammals last year. But Dolphin Conservation Society chairman Taison Chang Kai-tai on Wednesday cast doubt […]
Warner Chappell Music Korea has appointed Sophia Hong as Managing Director, effective immediately. She will be based in Seoul and will report to Arica Ng, President of Warner Chappell Music APAC. In this role, Hong will oversee the company’s music publishing business in South Korea, concentrating on “enhancing” its market presence and driving overall business […]