Category: Hong Kong
HashKey and OSL receive Hong Kong’s first approvals to operate crypto exchanges for retail investors
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. HashKey and OSL secure approval from regulators to operate Hong Kong’s first licensed cryptocurrency exchanges for retail investors as government polishes crypto credentials. https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3229913/hashkey-and-osl-receive-hong-kongs-first-approvals-operate-crypto-exchanges-retail-investors?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTop Hong Kong university drops ban on ChatGPT in coursework by students
Hong Kong Free Press The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has dropped its ban on students using Chat GPT, announcing that it would provide generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to both students and teaching staff in the coming academic year. The University of Hong Kong offered to provide AI-generated tools to its students and staff…
Read MoreHong Kong property: CIFI chairman Lin Zhong seeks US$212.7 million for 5 luxury homes in Stanley
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. CIFI chairman Lin Zhong and his brothers are asking HK$1.66 billion (US$212.7 million) for five houses in Stanley, 7.88 per cent less than the purchase price. Each 3-storey unit comes with a garden and…
Read MoreHong Kong to welcome nearly 4 million mainlanders this month, AI-driven index predicts
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Index, first of its kind in city, uses information sourced from more than 10 million data points taken from online sources. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3229918/hong-kong-welcome-nearly-4-million-mainlanders-month-ai-driven-index-predicts?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreAirlines warn high operational costs at Hong Kong’s airport and labour shortages make it harder for recovery to get off ground
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Board of Airline Representatives of Hong Kong says major obstacle is lack of airport staff with about 20 per cent of its 72 members still to resume flights from city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3229914/airlines-warn-high-operational-costs-hong-kongs-airport-and-labour-shortages-make-it-harder-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s High Court chief judge orders Jimmy Lai to pay costs for two legal challenges which were ‘wholly and plainly unarguable’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Media tycoon ‘unreasonably persisted’ with the two proceedings against decision to bar British lawyer from representing him in collusion trial, Chief Judge of the High Court Jeremy Poon says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3229909/hong-kongs-chief-high-court-judge-orders-jimmy-lai-pay-costs-two-legal-challenges-which-were-wholly?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSmall city southeast of Beijing typifies plight of flood-hit region as top official vows to serve as ‘moat for the capital’
Hong Kong Free Press A small city in China’s Hebei province, where some 130,000 people have been hit by torrential flooding, illustrates the plight of residents in the region around Beijing, which recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years after Typhoon Doksuri swept through. People was being evacuating from a flooded area after heavy…
Read MoreMore than 80 per cent of cleaners do not fully follow Hong Kong’s new heatstroke guidelines, survey finds, with many citing heavy workload
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Disconnect between guidelines and conditions cleaners face, Concern for Grassroots’ Livelihood Alliance says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229901/more-80-cent-cleaners-do-not-fully-follow-hong-kongs-new-heatstroke-guidelines-survey-finds-many?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreLi Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison, CK Asset see first-half earnings plunge as high interest rates weigh on businesses
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings, the two flagship companies of Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing, reported a drop in their first-half earnings, as the high interest rate environment continued to pile…
Read MoreWait for Hong Kong public housing remains at 5.3 years
Hong Kong Free Press The average waiting time for Hong Kong public housing units has remained at 5.3 years for general applicants, according to the latest government figures. High rise residential buildings in Hong Kong, on March 8, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The Housing Authority revealed on Wednesday that the average wait for general applicants…
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