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A Central-based generative AI firm has just secured $85 million in Series B funding, signalling a major shift in how the region's tech talent is staying home.
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A Central-based generative AI firm has just secured $85 million in Series B funding, signalling a major shift in how the region's tech talent is staying home.

A startup operating out of Cyberport is quietly reshaping how Hong Kong's financial sector protects employee communications—and it's worth watching.

As traveller arrivals surge past pre-pandemic levels, what do hotel occupancy rates, retail spending patterns and capital flows tell us about the city's economic health?

Rising costs, regulatory uncertainty, and capital flight are testing the resilience of the city's once-booming finance hub.

As geopolitical tensions reshape trade routes, Hong Kong's key metrics reveal where international capital is flowing—and where it's heading next.

From Causeway Bay to Central, labour shortages and supply chain pressures are quietly reshaping menus, prices, and opening hours across the city's retail and hospitality sectors.

As government backing and private investment reshape Kowloon East into a tech hub, landlords, service providers and established startups are already capturing outsized returns.

As fintech and data analytics roles multiply across Central and Kowloon, mid-career professionals are discovering newfound bargaining power in a market starved for skilled workers.

Decades of constrained land supply, spiralling property prices, and competing urban visions have created today's acute shortage—a retrospective on the decisions that brought us here.

Once confined to smoky basement clubs in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong's live entertainment ecosystem has evolved into a diverse, economically significant cultural force.

As inflation bites and employment sectors contract, workers from Southeast Asia and South Asia share their stories of navigating Hong Kong's increasingly precarious economic landscape.

From Sheung Wan's heritage lanes to PMQ's design collective, discover where Hong Kong's most innovative muralists, graffiti writers and installation artists are reshaping the city's visual landscape.

From summer festivals to heritage trails, here's what to prioritise this week and beyond.

As visitor numbers surge back to pre-pandemic levels, everyday life in the city is changing—and your wallet may feel it too.

After years of uncertainty, a wave of bold new productions and international collaborations is drawing packed houses across the city's venues.

Rising regional competition and evolving consumer behaviour are reshaping investment opportunities across retail, tech and property—here's what savvy operators need to know.

As running clubs flourish across the city's most scenic routes, wellness experts say Hong Kong's approach to trail fitness is both catching up with and diverging from international trends.

We asked the regulars—bartenders, office workers, designers, and night owls—where they actually spend their evenings in the city's most authentic drinking culture.
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