Economy of Hong Kong

Anita Fung: The HSBC chief executive who broke through the glass ceiling

9 Oct 2012

When Anita Fung Yuen-mei became HSBC's first female CEO for Hong Kong in September last year, she inherited a hot seat.

The lender had just announced 3,000 job cuts in Hong Kong and the...

Hong Kong consumer prices rise 4.1pc in 2012

21 Jan 2013

Consumer prices in Hong Kong rose by 4.1 per cent last year over the previous year, the Census and Statistics Department said on Monday.

Free market no panacea for Hong Kong's ills

25 Oct 2012

Hong Kong has for many years been singled out by conservative think tanks as the freest economy. It will be interesting to see what is made of the interventionist rhetoric of Chief Executive Leung...

Alexa Lam: 'If you sense there is discrimination, just ride over it', says stock market guardian

9 Oct 2012

Alexa Lam knows better than most that life is a series of highs and lows. For 14 years, she has navigated through the volatility and crises of Hong Kong's rollercoaster stock market, attempting to...

Hong Kong mints new batch of HK$5 coins for first time in 14 years

2 Oct 2012

The Hong Kong government has quietly begun issuing new HK$5 coins, for the first time in 14 years.

A newly minted HK$2 coin also will be put into circulation from December, according to the...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

High stakes

Hong Kong ranks first in Asia as a financial centre, but its private bankers are fighting for supremacy against rival Singapore, writes Kevin McQueen.

Why Albert Yeung Sau-shing carries $50,000 in cash at all times

Entertainment mogul Albert Yeung Sau-shing, one of Hong Kong's richest businesspeople and the man behind the city's top singers, has admitted he feels inferior if he carries less than HK$50,000 in...

Directors dip into cement buys as share prices fall

Company directors bought fewer shares and sold more stock in their own firms between August 20 and August 24, based on filings made to the stock exchange.

PROPERTY

Henderson Land interim profit goes down 12pc

Henderson Land Development posted a decline of 12 per cent in its unaudited net profit to HK$7.73 billion for the six months to June 30 compared with the first half of last year, as contributions...

BANKING

Rivals move in on Standard Chartered staff

With Standard Chartered running into trouble over its dealings with Iran, potential poachers are circling the bank's Asia-based staff aiming to pick up talent.

China Vanke seeks to study property abroad before making plunge

China Vanke, the mainland's biggest listed property developer, will study overseas markets for at least two to three years before making a major investment abroad, company president Yu Liang says...