MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Delegates look to digital solutions amid economic, geopolitical and environmental challenges.

21 January 2020

Innovative breakthroughs will see ever more people in Asia achieve prosperity in the digital economy, attendees at the 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) heard earlier this month. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, asian financial forum, Innovation and Tech

Sound solution for the blind

Entrepreneurs from Israel have created a device that turns visual inputs into words.

14 January 2020

Blind or partially sighted people live in a world where such day-to-day tasks as reading text, recognising the faces of family and friends or picking out items on supermarket shelves can prove impossible. More

Topics: Eyewear, Health & Beauty, Israel, Hong Kong, start-ups, health

Online festive sales shine

Internet retailers smile as Christmas shoppers dig into their digital wallets.

07 January 2020

Cyberstreet moved comprehensively ahead of Main Street during the 2019 festive shopping season as sales remained strong worldwide but digital retailers reaped most of the gains. More

Topics: Technology, Hong Kong, Mainland China, retail, e-commerce

UK entrepreneurs upbeat as Brexit looms

Attendees at a North of England innovation event prove confident about the future, despite uncertainty about business after the country quits the EU.

31 December 2019

With the latest deadline for the United Kingdom to quit the European Union just over two months away at the time, a record number of entrepreneurs gathered in Manchester for Venturefest North West, the sixth edition of this annual expo and conference for local business innovators. More

Topics: Technology, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Innovation and Tech

Property opportunity knocks

A New Zealand entrepreneur picks HK for expansion into Asia.

23 December 2019

A Hong Kong-born businessman who has built up a thriving property business in his adopted home of New Zealand, along with Australia, has set his sights on growing in Asia and picked Hong Kong as the obvious base for this expansion. More

Topics: Real Estate Services, Australia, New Zealand, property, finance

Financial primer for 2020

As the industry faces numerous challenges going into the century’s second decade, the AFF will offer clues to the way forward.

17 December 2019

Caught between such unprecedented challenges as negative interest rates on the one hand and potentially disruptive fintech innovations on the other, financial industry players worldwide face many novel obstacles. More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, asian financial forum, Fintech

Green power under spotlight

Delegates at a Green Council meeting urge Hong Kong to accelerate its drive towards renewable energy.

10 December 2019

The world is rapidly moving away from carbon-based fossil fuels; as it seeks to become a centre for technical innovation, Hong Kong could be in the frontier line of this transformation. More

Topics: Environmental Protection, Hong Kong, green energy, Green Power

APAC dominates tourism sector

Travellers from Mainland China could account for nearly a third of world’s total by 2030.

03 December 2019

Despite creeping concern over the likelihood of a global economic slowdown, the leisure travel sector keeps forging ahead, much to the relief of delegates at this year’s ITB Asia event, the region's annual showcase for the travel trade. More

Topics: Tourism & Hospitality, Hong Kong, Mainland China, tourism

Consumer rules the waves

Commoditisation of the shipping business leads firms to pay attention to the entire value chain.

26 November 2019

A trading port since its foundation, Hong Kong has always been at the cutting edge of shipping innovation, adapting as new technologies and geopolitical shifts transform the industry. More

Topics: Logistics & Supply Chain, Hong Kong, asian logistics and maritime conference, Shipment

Spectacle of innovation

The world of eyewear is not immune to disruption by start-ups, as attendees at this year’s optical fair found out.

19 November 2019

Advances in both optometry and information technology are driving rapid changes in the eyewear industry; professionals and traders in the optical world converged on Hong Kong in November to learn more. More

Topics: Eyewear, Hong Kong, optical fair, MedTech

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