Category: Mainland

Aug 11 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

AlipayHK extends fee waivers for Hong Kong cabbies amid e-payment reluctance

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Measures implemented to promote digital payments as the city aims to boost use of system and modernise the taxi industry E-payment service provider AlipayHK will continue to waive fees for...

Jul 29 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Hong Kong’s MPF assets hit record HK$1.4 trillion at end-June

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Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) assets reached HK$1.4 trillion (US$180 billion) at the end of June, the highest level since the public retirement fund was launched in December 2000,...

Jul 28 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Number of millionaires in Hong Kong MPF doubles; assets hit US$178 billion: MPFA chair

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In a blog post on Sunday, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) chairwoman Ayesha Macpherson Lau said around 125,000 MPF members had assets of more than HK$1 million, …

Jul 26 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Hong Kong (China SAR) Employee Benefits Insights Report 2025 | Mandatory Pension Fund Marks a Decade of Transforming Hong Kong’s Employee Benefits

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Explore Hong Kong’s employee benefits landscape with our comprehensive report. Delve into compulsory and private benefits, understand the role of the Social Welfare Department and Mandatory Provident …

Jul 26 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Hong Kong police offer rewards for information leading to arrest of 19 overseas activists

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Hong Kong police have announced rewards for information leading to the arrest of 19 overseas-based activists, accusing the activists of violating a national security law imposed by Beijing over their...

Jul 25 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Fears Hong Kong dissidents in UK will be returned under law change

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Critics have said a law change could threaten the safety of dissidents from Hong Kong who have fled the Chinese government …

Jul 25 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Hong Kong regulator prods pension funds on US rating downgrade …

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Hong Kong’s pensions regulator has told the city’s pension funds they may need to adjust their investment portfolios to reflect the impact of a downgrade to the U.S. sovereign credit...

Jul 23 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

New Hong Kong media outlet takes over social media accounts of defunct news platform Channel C

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A new Hong Kong media outlet has taken over the social media accounts of defunct news platform Channel C, which halted operations in April following the arrest of its parent...

Jul 22 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Hong Kong insurer Bowtie raises US$70 million from Canada’s Sun Life

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Hong Kong’s Bowtie Life Insurance has raised US$70 million from its shareholder Sun Life Hong Kong, a unit of Canada’s Sun Life Financial Inc. The money was raised in Bowtie’s...

Jul 22 2025

Hong Kong, Korea, Mainland, Stocks

Hong Kong Investigates Louis Vuitton Data Leak Affecting 419,000 Customers

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Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog is investigating a data breach at Louis Vuitton affecting 419,000 customers. Leaked data includes names, passport details, addresses, emails, phone numbers, shopping …