1. Traditionally, debts and loans are paid/cancelled and any grudges of the past 12 months are forgotten. (Credit card companies and home loan firms do not recognize this part!)
2. But one cool money-related thing DOES happen, at least in Hong Kong: many companies give employees a month’s extra pay. In Hong Kong, this roughly…
China’s self-reflective tone charms attendees
US intelligence agents are seen targeting tech firms
Hong Kong’s under-reported boom grabs attention
WESTERN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS are mingling with movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The spies are targeting international technology firms.
“Executives at several tech companies said they were approached by American intelligence…
A TOP NEWS magazine from Germany has a lit a fire by asking a provocative question in its New Year edition: Was Marx Right After All?
Portrait of Marx from a book by Lenin.
As you can imagine, this Der Spiegel issue is triggering a large amount of discussion.
But a look at the article and…
AN ARGUMENT OVER which major power is doing most to harm workers’ rights turned comical this week after a spat between the Biden administration and the British one.
At Davos on Wednesday, US Labour Secretary Martin Walsh criticised new UK laws which would restrict the impact of a huge wave of strikes now crippling Britain.
But…
GET READY for a business boost. Hong Kong is set to join the world’s biggest trading bloc.
RCEP economies. Image by Tiger/ Wikimedia Commons
The move means Hong Kong people will find tariff-free open doors for services and goods across Asia Pacific, the world’s fastest growing region, with a gross domestic product of US$38 trillion.
The…
Born in a village in Brazil, footballer Pelé had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world by 1970. Image above shows him with another football legend, Diego Maradona, during an interview with El Grafica, a publication, in 1979. Below read about how Pelé was brought to Hong Kong.
IN THE…
THE WORLD'S TOP SPOTS for the ultimate capitalist act, which is the launching of major companies on the global share markets, are all in China, a new study shows. Shanghai’s Star Market is in first place, followed by Shenzhen’s ChiNext, and then comes the traditional world leader in IPOs, Hong Kong. The data comes…
RICE IS RICE, RIGHT? Wrong! Rice is a whole range of wonderfulness. It’s a miracle food, it’s a staple, it’s a delicacy, it’s a business and it’s a whole culture. In Hong Kong, people say "if you haven't had rice, you haven't eaten" and this writer totally knows what they mean.
Rice connoisseur Anthony Lam…
ONE MAN MISSED A BUS. Another gave him a lift. And the result was that a 20-year wall between two nations fell.
The man was an American table tennis player who missed the bus taking the US team back to their accommodation during a 1971 championship in Japan. He was offered a place on the…
IMAGINE A FUTURE where you can discover huge amounts of information about your health and your future by simply giving a blood sample to a scientist. That future is already happening.
Medical technology star Dennis Lo Yuk-ming, developer of the liquid biopsy, will be among many world-class scientists who will meet in Hong Kong tomorrow…