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How much will 5G cost us?

SC Yeung - Dec 18, 2018 2:25pm

Fifth-generation mobile services are witnessing gradual rollout in some markets in the world. A look at the current offerings will give us some clues as to how much we, as consumers, might end up paying extra...
Do not hold onto Tencent spinoffs

Ben Kwok - Dec 18, 2018 2:13pm

One tough lesson investors should have learnt by now is this: avoid holding onto Tencent spinoffs. To be specific, if you happen to land any shares of the units that the Chinese internet giant has spun...
Does China really pose a threat to US in technology?

Hao Chenglin - Dec 18, 2018 11:06am

There has been talk that the action against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who has been arrested in Canada earlier this month at the request of the United States, can be seen as part of Washington’s attempts...
Harnessing the digital revolution for sustainable development

Maria Ramos and Achim Steiner - Dec 18, 2018 10:31am

Financial digitalization – the digital revolution’s system-level transformation of the entire financial ecosystem – could catalyze global efforts to finance sustainable development. According to the McKinsey Global Institute, the expanded use of financial technology could...
CBS denies former CEO Moonves US$120 mln severance package

Dec 18, 2018 10:09am

CBS Corp said on Monday that its former CEO Leslie Moonves will not receive a US$120 million severance package as the firm has determined that there were ample reasons to fire him for cause. “We have...
US equities in bear market; 2nd leg down more painful: Gundlach

Dec 18, 2018 9:44am

US stocks will suffer further falls, billionaire bond trader and investment guru Jeffrey Gundlach said on Monday, warning of a long-term bear market. Speaking on CNBC TV, Gundlach, who is the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, said passive...
Czech cyber watchdog warns against use of Huawei, ZTE products

Dec 18, 2018 9:21am

The Czech Republic’s cyber watchdog on Monday warned the nation’s network operators against using software or hardware made by Chinese telecoms equipment firms Huawei and ZTE, Reuters reports. The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency...
Fed comes under White House fire as it prepares to raise rates

Dec 18, 2018 9:01am

With the US Federal Reserve expected to announce this week another hike in benchmark interest rates, President Donald Trump and his top trade adviser on Monday ratcheted up their criticism of the central bank’s monetary tightening,...
Google to invest US$1 bln on new campus in New York

Dec 18, 2018 8:50am

Google announced on Monday that it will invest more than US$1 billion on a new campus in New York, becoming the second major tech giant after Amazon to pick America’s financial capital for new business facilities....
The story behind Gold-Finance’s downfall

Ko Tin-yau - Dec 18, 2018 8:10am

Wei Jie was once the poster child for young and successful real estate developers focused on the country’s smaller cities. His company once boasted a contract value of more than 570 billion yuan (US$82.64 billion) from 58...

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WORLD

Xi urges implementation of reform but offers no new measures

Dec 18, 2018 4:28pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for the unswerving implementation of reforms on Beijing’s terms but offered no new specific measures in a closely watched speech marking 40 years of market liberalization, Reuters reports. In...
Lam wins high praise from Xi during duty trip to Beijing

Dec 18, 2018 3:59pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor during a meeting held in Beijing Monday afternoon, lauding her for her work over the past year. Lam led the Hong Kong government well,...
Czech cyber watchdog warns against use of Huawei, ZTE products

Dec 18, 2018 9:21am

The Czech Republic’s cyber watchdog on Monday warned the nation’s network operators against using software or hardware made by Chinese telecoms equipment firms Huawei and ZTE, Reuters reports. The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency...
Canada-China impasse: law versus power

Frank Ching - Dec 17, 2018 3:36pm

Henry Kissinger, in his book On China, wrote that Chinese strategists think differently than their western counterparts because they are used to playing a different board game, weiqi, where the player patiently gains relative advantage through...
The beauty of T-Model learning

Erwin Huang - Dec 17, 2018 11:39am

Students are often overwhelmed by too many subject choices and don’t really know which one they should pick when they go to college. I believe the so-called T-Model is the best approach to learning. The vertical...

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Hong Kong

Hospital works project halted after subsidence at adjacent site

Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH) in Mong Kok has seen some redevelopment works put under suspension as engineers have uncovered ground subsidence problem on an adjacent site that houses another building. The construction work will not...
New law to specify when national anthem must be played, Nip says

Hong Kong’s version of the national anthem law will come with an appendage bearing suggestions as to the occasions and special events that the anthem should be played, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick...
Lam wins high praise from Xi during duty trip to Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor during a meeting held in Beijing Monday afternoon, lauding her for her work over the past year. Lam led the Hong Kong...
Wealth redistribution is a topic that HK cannot afford to ignore

A bizarre incident took place in Hong Kong last Saturday. Someone had hurled tens of hundreds of HK$100 dollar bills from the rooftop of a residential building in Sham Shui Po, triggering a stampede...
Why the national anthem bill is causing fresh concern

The government plans to table the national anthem bill to the Legislative Council at the beginning of next year. According to sources, the administration has decided to add a new clause to the bill,...