Commodities may add to Connect scheme as China signals support for Hong Kong’s role
[South China Morning Post] - 11/19/2024
Commodities will be added to the stocks, bonds, options and wealth management products that are currently tradeable in the so-called Connect scheme, CSRC said.
In Hong Kong newspapers
T1 signal to stay until 'at least' 10pm: HKO
The Observatory on Tuesday said the T1 signal will remain in force until at least 10pm. It said Severe Tropical (…)
[RTHK] - 19/11/2024
Benny Tai among 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to 10 years in landmark national security case
This is a developing story, please refresh for updates… Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai has been jailed for 10 (…)
[HKFP] - 19/11/2024
Parents to have greater chance of enrolling children in top Hong Kong primary schools
Data shows fewer students admitted via ‘siblings route’ in first stage, leaving door open to parents to try luck at (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 18/11/2024
Hong Kong 47: Benny Tai jailed for 10 years over mastermind role in ‘primary’ election
The other 44 convicted opposition politicians and activists receive prison terms ranging from four years and two (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 19/11/2024
Those sympathetic to Jimmy Lai must stick to the facts
A London-based legal team’s claims about the treatment of the former media tycoon in prison ignore salient information.
[South China Morning Post] - 19/11/2024
Fewer quitting Hong Kong’s civil service, but hiring must be faster, minister says
Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung tells lawmakers recruitment process must be accelerated as retirement rates remain (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 18/11/2024
Over 1,400 days since their arrests, 45 Hong Kong democrats face sentencing in landmark subversion case
Forty-five Hong Kong pro-democracy figures face sentencing on Tuesday in the city’s largest national security case (…)
[HKFP] - 19/11/2024
Hong Kong 47: A timeline of the landmark national security case as dozens of democrats await sentencing
More than three years since they were arrested under the national security law, dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent (…)
[HKFP] - 18/11/2024
Climate change may have played role in record number of region’s super typhoons, Hong Kong meteorologist says
Northwest region of Pacific Ocean has generated 25 named tropical storms this year, up from 19 recorded during (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 18/11/2024
Bus operators want 6.5 to 9.5pc fare hikes: Govt
The government said three franchised bus operators have asked for fare hikes of between 6.5 and 9.5 percent. In (…)
[RTHK] - 18/11/2024
1.5% of Hong Kong civil servants are disabled, lawmakers call for more hires
Unemployment rate for people with disabilities was 11 per cent in 2020, compared with 5.8 per cent citywide.
[South China Morning Post] - 18/11/2024