Hong Kong’s chief executive has met the business and innovation leaders advising him on the city’s strategic direction as part of drafting the first local five-year plan, with one adviser saying he was “inspired” by the high-powered group’s discussions.
Speaking after the string of lunch meetings held over the past three days, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Thursday that the members of his Council of Advisers were confident the city would continue to give “full play” to its roles
Hongkong Land will acquire Singapore’s Wheelock Place for about S$1.1 billion (US$900 million) through its Singapore Central Private Real Estate Fund (SCPREF), marking the fund’s first acquisition since its launch in February.
The mixed-use commercial property on Orchard Road is being acquired from an entity owned by Hong Kong-listed Wharf Real Estate Investment Company, according to a statement released by Hongkong Land on Thursday. The transaction is expected to conclude by the end of August.
The Beijing-based company decided to integrate the product team of office tool Lark, known as Feishu domestically, into the product team in charge of the Doubao AI chatbot, according to an internal memo seen by the South China Morning Post on Thursday.
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Scientists at Tel Aviv University found that the blue pill curbs cancer metastasis
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Best known as Viagra, the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil started off as a treatment for reduced blood flow but soon saw its value spike after its other effects became clear.
The blue pill could have more uses, according to research by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv. The team found indications that it curbs cancer metastasis via
Six people have been injured in a collision between a truck and a minibus on a section of Castle Peak Road near Yuen Long in Hong Kong.
Police said they were alerted at 4.27pm on Thursday to the traffic accident involving a 24-tonne truck and a green-topped minibus on the Yuen Long-bound lane of Castle Peak Road-Tam Mi.
Six people suffered neck injuries, police said, adding that they
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged three former HSBC relationship managers with allegedly accepting bribes to help customers jump the queue when opening bank accounts.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Thursday that Chan Fu-kwan, 32, Mike Chan Wai-pak, 29, and Bernie Yau Kai-lung, 33, face a total of six bribery charges. All three worked at the bank’s Causeway Bay branch at the time of the alleged offences and were formally charged on
A boss from central China sparked online controversy after disclosing that he once fired an employee for excluding his mother from his wedding.
Cui Peijun, founder and chairman of Henan Kuangshan Crane Co., Ltd. in Xinxiang, Henan province, has gained a reputation online as “China’s most generous boss.”
At the annual company gala in February, Cui distributed 60 million yuan (US$8.8 million) in cash bonuses
Analysts welcome the outreach, saying the summit will be an opportunity for both sides to work together if Rahman accepts the invitation
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Beijing urges United Nations commission not to consider the Philippines’ filing to extend its continental shelf in the South China Sea
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The rebuttal,