MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Pressure cooker for talent

Hong Kong’s status as the world’s skyscraper capital reflects the dense concentration of businesses and entrepreneurs in the city, making it the ideal nurturing ground for start-ups.

08 September 2020

Having spent decades growing into its role as one of the world’s financial capitals, with big, mature firms, Hong Kong has recently turned into a nursery for nimble young start-ups. More

Topics: Hong Kong, Accelerators, e-business

FILMART Online draws nearly 7,000 buyers

The entertainment world streams to a virtual marketplace amid the pandemic.

01 September 2020

As restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 kept audiences out of theatres across the world, entertainment quite literally streamed online. And Asia’s leading film and television content market also moved into the digital realm. More

Topics: Film & Audio-Visual Production, Hong Kong, e-business, filmart

Bicycles ride to rescue in Taiwan

As the COVID-19 outbreak brings a cycling renaissance, Taiwan has found its becalmed bicycle-manufacturing sector putting pedal to the metal if it is to meet renewed demand.

25 August 2020

One of the surprising beneficiaries of the global COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the humble bicycle. More

Topics: Sports Goods, Hong Kong, EU, sports

Indonesia in transformation spotlight

Southeast Asia’s largest economy is an attractive destination for manufacturing relocation.

18 August 2020

The world’s manufacturing infrastructure and supply chains were undergoing profound changes last year, driven by trade disputes, rapid technological advances and the long-running rise of Asia. More

Topics: Association & Government, Finance & Investment, Indonesia, Hong Kong, trade, Belt and Road

Redefining business for digital era

The leaders of a retail and delivery firm describe how they brought these ancient business models into the digital era.

11 August 2020

For the past decade Entrepreneur Day (E-Day), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), has been a highlight on start-ups’ calendars in the city and beyond. More

Topics: Logistics & Supply Chain, Hong Kong, Retail Technology, e-commerce

Thailand beckons Hong Kong entrepreneurs

SMEs in the city eye expansion into Thailand as the two economies seek further business cooperation.

04 August 2020

As traditional earnings models are under pressure from a basket of challenges - including the COVID-19 outbreak and Sino-United States trade conflict - many Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking to diversify into emerging markets such as Southeast Asian countries. More

Topics: Association & Government, Thailand, Hong Kong, T-Box, trade

Traders flock to cyberspace

The COVID-19 outbreak may have put physical fairs on ice, but it is generating e-business opportunities and prompting the launch of virtual shows such as Summer Sourcing Weeks | Go ONLINE.

29 July 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping many suppliers, exporters, importers, buyers and investors confined at home – and no intelligence, artificial or otherwise, will reveal when regular physical travel can resume. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, e-business, trade

COVID the transformer

As the pandemic transforms businesses across the world, futurist Gerd Leonhard sees ample opportunities for start-ups to thrive in the ‘new normal’.

28 July 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes for all businesses with sectors such as cruise liners going into suspended animation while others, such as entertainment, transform themselves with such innovations as drive-in concerts (main picture). More

Topics: Hong Kong, AI, Robotics

Self-driven scoops scour waters

A Hong Kong start-up is creating autonomous plastic gathering robot swarms which could clean up the world’s waterways.

21 July 2020

Plastic pollution in oceans, rivers, harbours and lakes has become a hot-button issue around the world, including in Hong Kong where most people live and work near waterways and see the problem every day. More

Topics: Environmental Protection, Hong Kong, e-business, start-ups

Start-up sector bullish on comeback

Many of the entrepreneurial individuals driving Hong Kong’s start-up sector remain undaunted by recent setbacks.

14 July 2020

Hong Kong’s start‑up scene was very much seen as riding high last year, a scenario viewed as set to fuel the innovation that is the lifeblood of the city. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, start-ups, Innovation and Tech

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