Finance

New App's Access Rights Explained

The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer today said that the Government upheld the principle of protecti... Read more

Views Sought On Prof'l IT Services

The Government today released a consultation paper to invite views from the information technology industry on its pr... Read more

Edward Yau Attends APEC Session

Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Edward Yau attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Min... Read more

Exhibition Subsidy Extended

The Government today announced that the part of the Convention & Exhibition Industry Subsidy Scheme related to the... Read more

Wall Street Sees All-time High For S&P 500

The S&P 500 notched a record closing high on Friday with upbeat earnings reports helping to drive optimism about the... Read more

US Extends TikTok Divestiture Order

The Trump administration has granted ByteDance a 15-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese c... Read more

COVID-19 App Data Protected

Secretary for Innovation & Technology Alfred Sit today said user data from the LeaveHomeSafe COVID-19 exposure no... Read more

Full-year GDP Now Tipped To Be The Worst Ever

The Hong Kong economy is poised to post its worst annual performance on record, according to latest government projectio... Read more

HK, Mainland Shares Ease Over New US Ban

Hong Kong and mainland stocks retreated on Friday after the United States issued a ban on American investments in compan... Read more

Government Lifts Cap On A-shares For Pension Fund

Hong Kong people will be able to invest more of their retirement funds in mainland stocks in future. The government g... Read more

HK, Mainland Shares End Half-day Session With Losses

Hong Kong shares ended the Friday morning session with losses, in line with a global retreat as a surge in new virus cas... Read more

US Hits Pause On TikTok Ban

The US government announced on Thursday it would delay enforcement of a ban on TikTok, saying it would comply with a cou... Read more

US Stocks Pull Further Below Record Highs

US stocks pulled back on Thursday, amid increasing worries about worsening coronavirus counts across the country. Mar... Read more

Economy Contracts 3.5% In Q3

(To watch the full press conference with sign language interpretation, click here.)   Hong Kong’s economy in the th... Read more

US Unemployment Claims Drop Sharply In Latest Week

New applications for US jobless benefits plunged by 48,000 last week, a far bigger drop than analysts were expecting, ta... Read more