Miss Hong Kong is a ticket to fame and fortune. Winners of the annual beauty pageant, which was established in 1973, usually end up marrying some rich guy and living in luxury. They certainly don’t end...

You might be aware that Tencent’s Martin Lau Chi-ping is in a league of his own when it comes to executive compensation among top bosses at Hong Kong-listed firms, but did you know that he was...

June was the cruelest month for embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor as her extradition bill drew both local and international denunciation, but July is not likely to bring solace to her crisis-gripped administration. After...

Tonnochy nightclub may be gone, but not its legacy. In fact, one could argue that the fabled Hong Kong hotspot is worth more dead than alive. In a recent transaction, the site of the famous Wanchai...

The first year of Xiaomi Corp. (01810.HK) as a listed company was far from satisfactory. Its stock has dropped 41.5 percent as of last Friday, two days before its first anniversary. The Chinese technology giant is not...

Mainland property companies may be slowing down in buying up Hong Kong land, but rich mainlanders continue to snap up luxury homes in the city. The latest to do so is China Evergrande Group (03333.HK) chief executive...

Although I visit Causeway Bay at least three times a week, it’s been a pretty long time since I went to the Times Square mall, not counting the occasional dining trip. But on Monday I had...

China Unicom (00762.HK, 600050.CN) is an underdog. Among the country’s three state-owned telecommunications operators, the company may even look like a bad bet.  The mighty China Mobile (00941.HK) is the investors’ favorite, although it, too, is currently...

Sell in May, June is even worse, but July will rebound, according to traditional Chinese investment wisdom. Will that work for Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor? Well, she offered a public apology to all the...

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s Next Digital (00282.HK) has doubled in value since a million people marched against the extradition bill on June 9. On Monday alone, a day after two million Hongkongers took to the streets to...

According to The New York Times, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s move to suspend the reviled extradition bill is the biggest political retreat under the reign of President Xi Jinping. The central government now has...

Salute to the media workers of Hong Kong! Among the 70-odd individuals who were injured and sent to hospitals as a result of the breakout of violence in Wednesday’s protests in Admiralty were reporters, photographers and...

It is one of those moments when you are overcome with feelings of pride as well as helplessness, watching young people take to the streets to stand up in defense of Hong Kong’s core values. Witnessing...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam is stubbornly refusing to walk back her extradition bill despite the huge protest march by citizens, but she was honest enough to acknowledge the scale of the Sunday demonstration, referring to “many...

It is by all means a day to remember in Hong Kong history. Witnessing the June 9 anti-extradition bill rally, there would hardly be anyone who hasn’t been moved by the sight of hundreds of thousands...

How much are you willing to donate to support the cause of democracy? If you ask Hong Kong people, you may get an answer that democracy is priceless and that they would do all they can...

Even weeks before the event, China’s censors were already busy blocking text and images on social media that had a reference – no matter how slight or indirect – to the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy students at...

Housewives. Some people may think of them as passive and apolitical, but they do care about society because what happens outside their homes affect their husbands and kids.  So if they raise their voices and link...

Some people are able to work for a single company or agency throughout their entire career. Some people are able to switch from one job to another without any break. But times have obviously changed. So...

Kweichow Moutai is a beloved company that produces the most prestigious brand of China’s national liquor, and it is not surprising that its annual general meeting is always a highly anticipated, well-attended affair. The number of registered...