Search Results for "Hong Kong"
Enterprise Tech Shift: Retailers expect ‘golden week’ sales growth, but trade groups warn of modest gains and the Scaling Frontier
Some Hong Kong retailers are forecasting double-digit sales growth over the National Day “golden week” holiday, but industry leaders have warned that the expected influx of mainland Chinese visitors m…
Hong Kong Journalist Arrested on Sedition Charge Over Protest Video
Hong Kong authorities have arrested a journalist and media founder on a sedition charge related to a video of the Prince Edward station clash. Press freedom groups have voiced concern over the detenti…
Enterprise Tech Shift: How Hong Kong’s foreign carer scheme aims to get ahead of ageing city and the Scaling Frontier
When I first heard about the Hong Kong government’s plans to allow the importation of specially qualified carers to look after the elderly, my mind turned to some colloquial English expressions. The f…
International Briefing: Nearly 150 firms in Hong Kong cut packaging waste equal to weight of 900 buses
Nearly 150 companies have reduced packaging material equivalent to the weight of about 900 double-decker buses over the past year after taking part in a government charter on waste reduction launched …
Enterprise Tech Shift: Taxi passengers take wheel after cabby faints while driving on Hong Kong highway and the Scaling Frontier
Four taxi passengers escaped injury after their driver lost consciousness at the wheel on a Hong Kong highway, leaving them struggling to control the vehicle before it hit a road divider. Dashcam foot…
Crypto Markets in Focus: Datawords group becomes 87seconds: a new name to connect brands to the world Amid Shifting On-Chain Metrics
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 September 2026 – The Datawords Group announces its name change and becomes 87seconds. For 27 years, the group has supported the world’s leading brands in c…
Corporate Strategy: Explore Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at World #18 CUHK
Unlock US$232,420+ PhD scholarship packages—apply by 1 Dec 2026 HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 September 2026 – For prospective doctoral and research postgraduate students seeking to ele…
International Briefing: Singapore beefs up rivalry with Hong Kong by picking 5 firms to boost equity market
Singapore’s central bank has selected five international asset managers to handle S$1.45 billion (US$1.3 billion) in locally focused equity strategies, making its latest effort to revive the city stat…
Judicial Precedent: In-law’s anger over HK$72 million flat sale drove murder of Abby Choi, court hears Sparks Broad Legal Debate
Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung’s former father-in-law enlisted his two sons to help him murder the 28-year-old and dispose of her dismembered body after he became “extremely resentful and angr…
Enterprise Tech Shift: Hong Kong’s Pansy Ho wins permanent injunction against woman who harassed her and the Scaling Frontier
Pansy Ho Chiu-king, daughter of the late Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun, has won a lawsuit to permanently bar a woman from contacting her after the defendant repeatedly harassed her and her …
Enterprise Tech Shift: Who wants McDonald’s?’: mainland tourist shares HK$10,000 prize in Hong Kong and the Scaling Frontier
A mainland Chinese tourist who won a HK$10,000 (US$1,275) McDonald’s voucher in Hong Kong has turned her last 24 hours in the city into a whirlwind giveaway to the elderly, cleaners and the homeless. …
Enterprise Tech Shift: Tai O rope-ferry in Hong Kong ends service after 100 years – SCMP archive and the Scaling Frontier
This article was first published on September 30, 1996. New footbridge ends 100 years of rope-ferry service by Shirley Kwok The century-old rope-ferry between Lantau and Tai O saw its years of service…