Hong Kong Races to Remove Scaffolding Nets Blamed for Fueling Deadly Fire December 4, 2025 By Clare Jim and Mei Mei Chu Hong Kong authorities rushed on Thursday to remove mesh netting on all buildings undergoing renovation across the city after the...
Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades Followed a Year of Safety Complaints December 1, 2025 By Clare Jim, James Pomfret, Donny Kwok, Antoni Slodkowski and Claire Fu Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities...
China Evergrande Misses 3rd Round of Bond Payments, Intensifying Contagion Fears October 12, 2021 By Clare Jim and Andrew Galbraith HONG KONG – China Evergrande Group on Tuesday missed its third round of bond payments in three weeks, intensifying market...
Cash-Strapped China Evergrande Sells Bank Stake to Repay Loan September 29, 2021 By Clare Jim and Karin Strohecker Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group left its offshore bondholders guessing whether it would pay interest on a bond coupon due Wednesday,...
Few Hong Kong Firms Have Riot Insurance so They’ll Be Paying for Protest Damages October 21, 2019 By Sumeet Chatterjee and Clare Jim Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most...
Sources Report AIG Secures Approval to List AIA on Hong Kong Exchange September 21, 2010 By Clare Jim, Denny Thomas and Kennix Chim American International Group Inc inched closer in its ambitious plan to list its Asian life insurance business, AIA Group Ltd,...
Sun Life Sees China Premiums Doubling This Year August 2, 2010 By Kelvin Soh and Clare Jim Sun Life Financial expects premium growth at its China insurance venture to more than double this year, a senior executive...