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7 Top Summer Vacation Attractions to Explore in Hong Kong
Tempo.co
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July 15, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hong Kong offers a variety of exciting activities for summer vacation. Not too far from Indonesia, this city can be a choice of destination for a summer vacation this year. Tourists are invited to experience exclusive events...
Hong Kong Express Airway picks Sabah as its third Malaysian destination
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 15, 2025
Hong Kong Express Airway picks Sabah as its third Malaysian destination Published on: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Published on: Tue, Jul 15, 2025 Text Size: Dark Mode: Off The daily flights will begin on Nov 27 2025, operating to and from Kota Kinabalu...
HMG Partners with MediConCen to spearhead Medical Claims Digitalization in Hong Kong
The Slovenia Times
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July 14, 2025
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 14 July 2025 - HealthMutual Group (HMG), a pioneer in medical concierge and insurance management, and MediConCen Limited, an InsurTech innovator, today announced a strategic partnership to develop an...
Cathay United Bank Hong Kong Branch Wins Two Major Accolades
Antara
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July 15, 2025
Taipei (ANTARA/PRNewswire)- Cathay United Bank Hong Kong Branch (CUBHK) received two significant accolades at the Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2025 held by The Asset in Singapore on July 2. Leveraging its extensive experience in...
Climate crisis: HSBC exits Net Zero Banking Alliance
Hong Kong Free Press
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July 15, 2025
HSBC has withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) following the departure of 17 other banks, according to a statement released last Friday. HSBC. File Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. The UK banking giant was a founding member of the UN-convened...
Hong Kong embraces digital assets to solve economic problems: Chris Hui
South China Morning Post
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July 13, 2025
Hong Kong will facilitate more use cases for stablecoins and other tokenised financial products, part of the city’s effort to build a trusted and sustainable digital-asset market that can tackle real-world economic problems, said the architect of...
Redswitches: The Best Bare Metal Dedicated Server Provider
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) In 2025, developers and businesses don't just need infrastructure. They need fast, transparent, and customizable bare metal environments that deliver peak performance without delays or red tape. After evaluating multiple hosting...
Hong Kong – SHYA to visit Beijing and Sichuan
Web NewsWire
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July 12, 2025
SHYA to visit Beijing and Sichuan ********************************* The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, will depart tomorrow (July 13) to visit Beijing and Sichuan. She will call on the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of...
End Capitalism?
Capitalism Magazine
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July 18, 2025
During a recent visit to Finland, I watched a wide-ranging TV interview of a retired British-born Finnish writer and theater director. When asked about his politics, the writer said he is a leftist because he worries about capitalism destroying...
Why can’t Hong Kong retail landlords cut rents for struggling tenants?
South China Morning Post
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July 13, 2025
In a commercial rental market beset by high vacancy rates, many Hong Kong landlords feel stuck between a rock and a hard place: giving tenants a break on rent makes it harder to pay mortgages and threatens asset value, but holding the line on rent...
Hong Kong Book Fair turns 35 with more than 600 events
South China Morning Post
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July 11, 2025
Opening on Wednesday, this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair centres on the theme of “Food Culture – Future Living”. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the seven-day event – the book fair’s 35th edition – has expanded beyond...
Hong Kong: Rethinking AI with PolyU’s Co-GenAI Initiative
OpenGov Asia
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July 10, 2025
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has secured funding under the Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Theme-based Research Scheme 2025/26 for a collaborative generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) initiative. The project, titled...
Hong Kong's PCPD issues 8 enforcement decisions
IAPP
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July 10, 2025
Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data issued enforcement decisions after eight organizations were allegedly not compliant with the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance. Commissioner Ada Chung urged organizations to bolster...
Hong Kong waiter charged with inciting subversion under Beijing-imposed nat. security law
Hong Kong Free Press
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July 10, 2025
A Hong Kong waiter has become the latest person charged with inciting subversion under the Beijing-imposed national security law. West Kowloon Law Courts Building. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Chan Ho-hin, 22, appeared at the West Kowloon...
Why Chinese Talent Dominates Silicon Valley
Analytics India Magazine
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July 17, 2025
Over the last month, Meta has frequently made headlines for its relentless recruitment efforts aimed at building superintelligent AI. The company has poached a long list of employees from its competitor, OpenAI, a company Mark Zuckerberg would...
Hong Kong start-up wins EQT Impact Challenge with precision surgical system
South China Morning Post
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July 10, 2025
Hong Kong start-up Syngular Technology has won a €100,000 (US$117,131) investment in the 2025 EQT Impact Challenge, after beating three other finalists in the pitch competition by impressing judges with its augmented-reality surgical system. By...
Water Hidden Within Lunar Soil Could Make Life on the Moon Possible for Astronauts
Discover Magazine
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For astronauts to survive on the moon, they’ll need three essential resources: water, oxygen, and fuel. These resources have been an integral part of plans to build permanent moon bases, which have been brewing for years. Life on the moon may be...
Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?
Space.com
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July 17, 2025
Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel. This is the conclusion of a team of scientists from China who have found a one-step method of doing...
The last public database tracking protests in China is about to go dark
The Strategist
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July 18, 2025
As global financiers tried in late 2024 to predict how much stimulus Xi Jinping would roll out to boost China’s faltering economy, government censorship of China’s economic data drove them to a surprising alternative source: a public database...
Hong Kong’s IntelliGen AI takes on Google DeepMind in drug discovery
South China Morning Post
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July 10, 2025
IntelliGen AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up founded in Hong Kong, is positioning itself as a competitor to Google DeepMind in the field of drug discovery, as the city increasingly seeks to bolster its AI capabilities. In an interview...