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Hong Kong uniquely placed to help fill global public goods gap left by US
South China Morning Post
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July 9, 2025
USAID, long one of the foremost tools of US soft power, ended its six decades as an independent agency on July 1, with no details on how it had been reviewed disclosed. Meanwhile, the China-initiated International Organisation for Mediation...
Hong Kong: Strategic Academic Collaboration Boosts Tech Talent
OpenGov Asia
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July 8, 2025
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Tsinghua University have signed three agreements to enable collaboration in electronic and computer engineering, interdisciplinary research, and executive education. These initiatives...
Singapore U-16 girls bounce back with improved performance against Hong Kong in Lion City Cup
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
SINGAPORE – After a 9-0 thrashing by South Korea in their opening game, Singapore’s Under-16 girls bounced back with a timely victory over Hong Kong in the Lion City Cup (LCC), prevailing 2-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium on July 10. Battle-hardened...
U.S. Cracks Down on Iran's Oil Marketing Network in Hong Kong
The Maritime Executive
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After cracking down on the "shadow fleet" of gray-market tankers that serve Iran's oil exporters, the U.S. Treasury is now taking aim at the financiers that help Iranian oil traders move money. It has designated 22 different entities for violating...
Feng shui woodlands have protected Hong Kong; it’s our turn to care for these long-neglected, forgotten forests
Hong Kong Free Press
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July 10, 2025
By Kit Lee and Michael Boyle Amidst the villages and valleys of Hong Kong, tiny pockets of ancient forest lie scattered across the landscape. These forgotten forests absorb carbon from the air, give shelter to rare plants and animals, and provide...
From the Shankill to Belfast night czar: ‘I took a mad urge and applied to be in the Hong Kong police – but I’m glad I went a different route’
Belfast Telegraph
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July 10, 2025
In our Meaning of Life series, Michael Stewart, Belfast city centre night czar, speaks to Áine Toner about growing up and giving back Michael Stewart, Belfast city centre night czar Yesterday at 07:38 Michael Stewart, the Belfast city centre night...
MyFintech Week 2025 to Feature Major Digital Assets Programming as Malaysia Eyes Tokenized Economy
Blockhead
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July 18, 2025
Malaysia's premier fintech conference, MyFintech Week 2025, will place digital assets at the center of its programming when it returns August 4-7, featuring comprehensive sessions on tokenization, institutional adoption, and regulatory framework...
Hex Trust CEO Joins Hong Kong’s Web3 Task Force
Fintech Hong Kong
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July 10, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Hong Kong News once a month in your Inbox Alessio Quaglini, CEO and Co-founder of Hex Trust, has been appointed as a non-official member of the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Task Force on Promoting Web3...
Invest Hong Kong Seminar Promotes In-Depth Exchanges Between FinTech Enterprises And Investment Community
Mondovisione
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The Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) seminar–Meeting Our Leading VCs in Hong Kong–has concluded, gathering over 200 fintech enterprise founders, venture capital (VC) leaders and industry experts to help inject new vitality into the future prosperity...
The UK is opening express lanes to lure the world’s best minds
University of Nottingham
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July 17, 2025
If Hong Kong-born Sir Charles Kao had never found his way to Essex to do pioneering research on fibre optics, we might never have developed the physical infrastructure that’s made broadband internet possible, and indeed essential to modern life....
SANY Silicon Energy begins construction of solar power plant project in Zimbabwe
World Construction Network
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July 10, 2025
SANY Silicon Energy, a division of construction machinery company SANY Group, has officially started the construction of a solar power plant in Zimbabwe. This project, commissioned by Runtu Mining Company, marks the company’s first foray into the...
UK universities given new funds to lure world-leading researchers
The National News
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Twelve leading universities and research organisations have been selected to deliver a £54 million government fund to recruit world-leading researchers to the UK. The Global Talent Fund, administered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), aims to...
Hong Kong’s Metropol Restaurant to shut down in September after 35 years
Hong Kong Free Press
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July 8, 2025
Hong Kong’s Metropol Restaurant – one of the few remaining Chinese restaurants in the city that serve dim sum from traditional trolleys – will cease operations in September, after 35 years of service. A Metropol staff member confirmed to HKFP over...
Review: “The Way We Talk” Examines Hong Kong’s Deaf Community and Culture
Cinema Escapist - California
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July 10, 2025
“The Way We Talk” provides a nuanced view of differences and dynamics within Hong Kong’s deaf community. By Brian Hioe, 10 Jul 25 00:01 GMT Courtesy of One Cool Film Production Limited, Lee Hysan Foundation.The Way We Talk starts off uneven but...
Hong Kong’s annual anime fair to double venue size to cut waiting times for fans
South China Morning Post
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July 8, 2025
Hong Kong’s annual comics and games fair is set to double its venue size this year to shorten waiting times for fans when it launches at the end of the month, according to the organiser. Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong 2025 is set to run from July 25 to...
Hong Kong: China's IPO Pipeline And Crypto Lab
Benzinga
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July 8, 2025
Image Source: Bamboo Works "Beijing is treating Hong Kong as a laboratory: a place to develop expertise in financial technologies that remain forbidden at home." A confluence of geopolitical friction and strategic diversification is fueling a...
Hong Kong’s insurance market may balloon 55% as Greater Bay Area ages
South China Morning Post
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July 8, 2025
Hong Kong’s insurance business may expand by a compounded 55 per cent over the next eight years, driven by the so-called silver economy serving senior citizens and growth in the Greater Bay Area, industry experts said on Tuesday. Gross insurance...
L’Oréal Denies Claims Of Hong Kong Office Closure, Layoffs
WWD - New York
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July 10, 2025
After news began circulating earlier this week that L’Oréal is considering merging its Hong Kong office with its Mainland China operations, which would result in the layoff of over 200 employees, the French beauty company issued a statement...
Hong Kong’s hottest Xiaoshu: what does it mean and how can you cope?
South China Morning Post
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July 8, 2025
Hong Kong experienced the hottest Xiaoshu on Tuesday, with the mercury at the Observatory hitting 34.3 degrees Celsius (93.7 Fahrenheit). However, the hottest weather is still yet to come, it warned. The Post explains what Xiaoshu is and presents...
Hong Kong developer Grand Ming’s crisis deepens with US$611 million loan default
South China Morning Post
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July 8, 2025
Hong Kong developer Grand Ming Group warned investors that it has yet to repay a HK$4.8 billion (US$611.4 million) loan, with its gearing ratio surging past 200 per cent – another sign of the growing debt crisis among the city’s small and medium...