There is no free lunch, but there are free rides. Last Friday I took a free taxi ride, thanks to Didi Chuxing, which offered a HK$100 fare discount under a promotional campaign for a newly-launched cashless...

A popular saying goes, “An inch of land is worth a feet of gold”. In Hong Kong, where property prices are among the loftiest in the world, this means that it is not only the actual...

Three weeks after he announced his retirement, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing still has his money where his mouth is. The city’s richest man spent HK$610 million to snap up 9.21 million CK Asset Holdings shares at between HK$60...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the world’s first instant noodles by the founder of what has now become one of Japan’s biggest food firms: Nissin Foods. Operating from a small shack...

Mention Japan’s impending “sayonara tax” to any travel enthusiast in Hong Kong, and his or her response would probably be: “Let’s go there before January.” Well, one can assume that quite a few people will hasten...

Almost everyone in Hong Kong has to work hard to realize their dream home, and that dream is getting more and more expensive through the years. Consider John Slosar, the outgoing Swire Pacific chairman, who decided...

Kwai Chung has suddenly become controversial. We are not talking about satirical media group Most Kwai Chung, whose record-breaking initial public offering and trading debut suddenly soured after a spokesman dished out silly, irrelevant remarks in...

As if our fatigue and hunger were not enough, the local guide tried to aggravate our predicament by calling out to the ladies in our group and asking if any of them were having their period....

Even the golden Goldman Sachs may be struggling to stay in expensive Central. Well, there are other places in Hong Kong to choose from. A local report says the top US investment bank has signed a five-floor...

The amazing Most Kwai Chung, the company behind the satirical weekly magazine 100Most and online media platform TVMost, has produced an unlikely winner – Media Chinese International Ltd. (00685.HK) chairman Tiong Hiew King. The stock, with...

There is a popular saying in the business community that goes “If you want to sell something, find China Evergrande.” Well, if you want to sell yourself, you might as well seek out that very same...

You don’t need to be a Li Ka-shing to produce a return of 5,000 times on investment, which is what the outgoing chairman of CK Hutchison did for the group’s loyal shareholders in 46 years. If you...

In his final press conference last Friday as chairman of CK Hutchison and CK Asset, tycoon Li Ka-shing was quizzed by a reporter about a problem young people face: how is it possible to get married...

You don’t count as part of the Big Four unless you are in the core business district, right? Wrong!  Just take a look at Ernst & Young, the accounting and consulting giant that is set to have...

You know they are hot. But perhaps not sure how long the ride can last. In case you are wondering, I’m talking about the new listings that Hongkongers just can’t seem to get enough of. In...

HNA Group is a lucky dog. The debt-laden conglomerate seems to have a change of fortune, disposing of its assets at a profit at a time when it really needs cash. Its subsidiary Hong Kong International...

If you want to know how Hong Kong people become rich, just think of the board game Monopoly. The goal is to become rich by buying property. Once you become rich, you buy more properties. Such...

What do Tencent Holdings, Hong Kong and China Gas and AAC Tech have in common? They are blue-chip companies that have never appointed a female director, according to Community Business, a not-for-profit organization based in Hong...

How bad is the housing crisis in Hong Kong? A non-governmental organization has devised a method to gauge the extent of the problem. Call it the McDonald’s Housing Crisis Index if you will. One chilly night...

What can bring adults to the study room and make them sit a public exam?  Thanks to Financial Secretary Paul Chan’s plan to waive the fees for those taking next year’s Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE)...