Top StoriesWell-BeingCareer & EducationMoneyEnvironmentTravelHow toGood Reads
Top StoriesWell-BeingCareer & EducationMoneyEnvironmentTravelHow toGood Reads
Hong Kong sells US$3 billion of green bonds, including first euro issue
Hong Kong sells US$3 billion of green bonds, including first euro issue
  • The green bond offering comprised a US$1 billion 10-year tranche, a €1.25 billion (US$1.42 billion) 5-year tranche, and a €500 million 20-year tranche
  • The entire offering of eurobonds and dollar-denominated debt was triple the size of the first US$1 billion green bond sold in 2019
18 Nov 2021 - 9:07PM
Hong Kong has raised US$3 billion in its third green bond offering since 2019. Photo: Felix Wong
Banking & finance
Hong Kong sells US$3 billion of green bonds, including first euro issue
18 Nov 2021 - 9:07PM
  • The green bond offering comprised a US$1 billion 10-year tranche, a €1.25 billion (US$1.42 billion) 5-year tranche, and a €500 million 20-year tranche
  • The entire offering of eurobonds and dollar-denominated debt was triple the size of the first US$1 billion green bond sold in 2019
Shutoon English International and its more than 230 schools across China are buckling under China’s crackdown on education. Photo: Sohu
Parents sue to recoup huge tuition losses amid China’s education crackdown

Private tutoring firms are collapsing across China, leaving angry customers out thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, some tutors look to cash in via a burgeoning black market, but others are being forced to leave China.

17 Oct 2021 - 10:08PM
Fivelements Habitat at Times Square in July 2019. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Yoga centre to shut near world’s costliest shopping strip amid rent quibbles

Fivelements is the latest to pull back, as businesses grapple with how to price Hong Kong’s commercial real estate while consumption is yet to fully recover.

3 Sep 2021 - 9:21AM
Many high-school students in China rely on private tutors to prepare for the highly competitive college-entrance exams. Photo: Reuters
China’s education crackdown ‘only scratched the surface’ of what’s to come

Beijing is taking a hard line on the for-profit tutoring industry, but schools and parents are struggling to understand how and when new policies will be implemented.

6 Aug 2021 - 2:14PM
Parents are concerned that Beijing’s crackdown on for-profit tutoring services will hurt their children’s career prospects. Photo: EPA-EFE
Why China cracked down on education, upending a US$70 billion industry

‘Discourse and ideology need to be controlled by the central government’, and Beijing ‘aims to rectify education itself’, industry insider says.

3 Aug 2021 - 1:54PM

Mental health

Make sure to consider your mental health when you make your New Year's resolutions!
7 tips for making New Year’s resolutions that are good for your mental health

A life coach shares professional advice on how to take care of your emotional, physical and social well-being in 2020

7 Apr 2020 - 1:43PM
5 reasons why you don’t stick to your New Year’s resolutions

Professional advice on how to make those January 1 goals last through 2020 and beyond.

31 Dec 2019 - 6:30AM
5 hangover cures from around the world

If you need some hints on how to get over the pain of the morning after the night before, these international dishes might just be the solution

1 Jan 2020 - 6:10PM
SCMP SPOTLIGHT
MORE ON Better Life