The Aporia · Hong Kong touts distinct features to set it apart from London in global gold hub push

Lam Ka-sing

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🔮 ExclusiveHong Kong touts distinct features to set it apart from London in global gold hub push Financial services minister Christopher Hui says government backing, integrated settlement and Shanghai ties will distinguish the city’s gold trading ecosystem Distinctive features will set Hong Kong apart from London, a major bullion hub, as the city accelerates efforts to develop an international gold and precious metals trading ecosystem covering the entire value chain, a minister has told the South China Morning Post.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Hong Kong touts distinct features to set it apart from London in global gold hub push

🔮 440,000 mainland arrivals over Mid-Autumn weekend, hotels brace for National Day The seven-day National Day ‘golden week’ holiday begins on Thursday, with about 1.29 million mainland Chinese visitors expected to arrive in Hong Kong Mainland Chinese visitors made about 440,000 trips to Hong Kong over the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, with a tourism industry representative expecting hotel occupancy of more than 90 per cent in popular districts during the coming National Day “golden week”.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · 440,000 mainland arrivals over Mid-Autumn weekend, hotels brace for National Day

🔮 Cross-boundary talent flows within the Hetao innovation hub will be launched by June next year at the latest, Hong Kong’s technology minister has said, after the city leader pledged to enable the free movement of data by the end of this year.

2026-09-27 · assertive framing · Hong Kong tech chief sets June deadline for Hetao cross-border talent flow

🔮 ‘We will consolidate and enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international financial centre, and stay committed to our global positioning,’ John Lee says Hong Kong will expand the use of the yuan in areas including gold trading and cross-border payments, as policy blueprints call for the city’s biggest push yet to internationalise the Chinese currency.

2026-09-16 · assertive framing · Hong Kong targets gold trading, FPS-UnionPay link to boost yuan use

🔮 Hong Kong to woo finance and tech firms with new tax breaks Chief Executive John Lee says Hong Kong aims to attract more commodity traders to set up or expand their businesses in city To speed up the growth of Hong Kong’s international gold trading market, the city will push to slash the profits tax rate for qualifying physical commodity traders from the standard 16.5 per cent to 8.25 per cent by next year.

2026-09-16 · assertive framing · Hong Kong to woo finance and tech firms with new tax breaks

🔮 Vitus Lawyers principal partner Vitus Leung Wing-hang told the South China Morning Post on Monday that retrieving the money would not be easy for the victims, who work at the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department office.

2026-09-14 · assertive framing · Buyer’s bonus or brazen theft? The legal fight over HK$30 million Mark Six prize

🔮 Participants sailing to Guangdong province’s Dongao Island say voyage was eventful although bureaucracy and costs were hurdles Retired harbour pilot Alex Yu Chi-leung sailed his 50-foot wooden yacht, Bowline, from Causeway Bay in Hong Kong to Dongao Island in Zhuhai under a new cross-border yachting scheme last week, but bureaucratic hurdles and shallow waters tempered the excitement of the leisure trip. It was Yu’s first voyage under the scheme, but it could also be his last unless mainland Chinese authorities improve certain requirements. “If the procedures are simplified – because right now they are too numerous, complicated and ambiguous – then I will come back again,” he said.

2026-09-06 · mixed framing · Red tape, high cost: can Hong Kong’s new yacht scheme chart a smoother course?

🔮 CLP Power and HK Electric announce higher fuel-related charges, while offering rebates and subsidies to ease the burden on households Hong Kong’s two electricity suppliers will raise fuel-related charges from next month, citing geopolitical tensions and volatility in international energy markets.

2026-08-25 · assertive framing · Hong Kong power firms to raise fuel charges from September amid geopolitical tensions

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Denise Tsang

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2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Hong Kong touts distinct features to set it apart from London in global gold hub push

🔮 ExclusiveHong Kong Apec meeting to showcase ‘China’s voice’ in stability, treasury chief says Finance chiefs will see China’s contribution to regional stability and Hong Kong’s value during October 20-21 meeting, Christopher Hui says The coming Apec finance ministers’ meeting in Hong Kong will demonstrate “China’s voice” in regional stability, with the city uniquely placed to bring together regional leaders for important exchanges in a geopolitically charged world, the treasury chief has said.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Hong Kong Apec meeting to showcase ‘China’s voice’ in stability, treasury chief says

🔮 ‘We will have more revenue in the coming months such as from the upfront fees from the tender of the residential project,’ authority CEO Betty Fung says The authority managing Hong Kong’s arts hub in West Kowloon recorded a wider deficit in the 2025-26 financial year but expects to generate more income next year by putting a residential development project out to tender. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority’s deficit ballooned to HK$998 million (U$127 million) in the year to March 30, from HK$769 million in the same period a year earlier.

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · West Kowloon arts hub deficit widens to HK$998m as operating costs rise

🔮 Commerce chief Algernon Yau says TV rules will be eased so local broadcasters can better compete against online streaming platforms Hong Kong authorities plan to relax restrictions on indirect advertising for broadcasters amid fierce competition from online and streaming media, the commerce minister has told the South China Morning Post.

2026-10-03 · assertive framing · Hong Kong to relax ad rules for broadcasters to boost business edge, minister says

🔮 China-US dialogue will ease concerns, but competition will remain, Paul Chan says Hong Kong’s finance chief gives a wide-ranging interview on geopolitics, the coming Apec Finance Ministers’ Meeting and more Competition between China and the US will persist, but increased dialogue between the two economic superpowers will provide greater global certainty and ease geopolitical concerns, with Hong Kong positioned to play a unique role, the city’s financial secretary has told the South China Morning Post.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · China-US dialogue will ease concerns, but competition will remain, Paul Chan says

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