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...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell as much as 0.6 per cent before paring losses to be up 0.3 per cent....
...like Katong laksa (noodles in a spicy broth) and a range of Nyonya cuisine, it’s a feast for the eyes too with ornate Peranakan shophouses featuring intricate architectural motifs such as those along Koon Seng...
...Financial markets showed their apprehension with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng share index down about 6 per cent on Monday to levels last seen during the 2008 financial crisis....
...The larger than expected reduction to the benchmark mortgage rate helped bolster the Hang Seng Mainland Properties index in Hong Kong, which rose 1.4 per cent on Monday....
...Economic developments: Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index dropped 3 per cent, while China’s CSI 300 index of Shanghai- and Shenzhen listed stocks fell almost 2 per cent amid reports that Beijing had...
...Dan Wang, chief economist at Hang Seng Bank, a Hong Kong-headquartered bank with significant operations in mainland China, says the economy has arrived at an inflection point....
...Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index dropped 5.7 per cent to its lowest level since 2012....
...Headed for Rome today, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan is scheduled to hold high-level discussions on the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Yang Jiechi, China’s top foreign policy official — after...
...The second offer came from Cuscaden Peak, a consortium comprising a unit of billionaire hotelier Ong Beng Seng’s Hotel Properties and two Temasek-linked entities, CLA and Mapletree....
...Wang Dan, analyst at Hang Seng Bank China, said Ant could still try to convince regulators it was only an intermediary and not a bank....
...Alex Yang, Hong Kong-based vice-president of institutional solutions for Samsung Asset Management, said a broader investment scope could attract more mainland investors....
...China’s CSI 300 index dropped 1.7 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 2.6 per cent on the news. China’s offshore-traded renminbi fell 0.4 per cent to 6.9680 per dollar....
...Shares in Hong Kong tumbled after Mr Pompeo’s announcement, with the Hang Seng index falling as much as 2.2 per cent before paring back some of those losses to close 0.7 per cent down on Thursday....
...China’s CSI 300 index of Shanghai- and Shenzhen-listed stocks closed 1 per cent higher and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index finished up 1.6 per cent....
...Yuan Yang 38....
...“Ever since Sars in 2003, we have made sure that we are always ready for any similar incident,” said Yang Ban Seng, chief executive....
...In thin trading, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed 1.3 per cent higher, marking the benchmark’s second positive day in a row....
...“As our company gets larger in significance in our position in society, we should begin to question what’s the soul of the company,” Seng Yee Lau, Tencent’s senior vice-president and chairman of global branding...
...“Investors are trying to get rid of companies with large Hong Kong domestic exposure against the backdrop of rising political and economic risks,” said Margaret Yang, a market analyst at CMC Markets Singapore...
...Yang Guang, spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in Beijing, said China maintained “firm support” for Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s embattled leader, and praised the territory’s police force....
...At Wednesday’s close the Topix index was up just 7.6 per cent in 2019 compared with a 16.5 per cent gain for the Hang Seng, Hong Kong’s main benchmark....
...Additional reporting by Robin Wigglesworth in New York, Hudson Lockett and Daniel Shane in Hong Kong and Yuan Yang in Beijing...
...Additional reporting by Hudson Lockett and Yuan Yang...
...The economic calendar for Tuesday is getting déjà vu all over again (all times Hong Kong): 07.00: South Korea consumer price index 09.30: Australia building approvals 12.30: Reserve Bank of Australia interest...
...The broader Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 2.5 per cent on Tuesday while in China the CSI 300 was down 0.8 per cent....
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