89 results for Hong Kong in The Monocle Minute

18 October 2016

Despite the declining number of Chinese shoppers, the retail scene in central Hong Kong isn't as desolate as one might be led to think. French fashion house Hermès will spend the next season renovating its new flagship to…

2 January 2017

In Hong Kong, 2017 kicked off with protests: thousands of people marched in a New Year's Day demonstration against the government’s legal bid to unseat four pro-democracy lawmakers. The four legislators are accused of…

8 March 2016

Which city leads the world in competitiveness? Hong Kong, according to a new ranking by the Institute for Urban Strategies, a think-tank funded by Japanese property developer Mori Building. Hong Kong scored higher on the…

6 April 2016

Wan Chai’s claim to be the coffee hub of Hong Kong has taken a hit this month with the opening of Koffee. Eiichi Kunimoto, founder of the Japanese independent coffee shop, stated his intention to open his first overseas…

6 March 2017

American IPAs and English-style pale ales can be sampled anywhere from Seattle to Saigon but one of the few places that has yet to truly embrace the global craft beer trend is high altitude. This could be about to change…

21 October 2015

FringeBacker, a bilingual English and Chinese crowdfunding platform, is proving a rich source of funds for independent news outlets in Hong Kong. FactWire exceeded its funding goal to create an investigative-journalism…

4 May 2016

The arts festival Le French May is in full swing in Hong Kong today with the opening of the city’s largest exhibition of paintings by the impressionist Claude Monet at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. The long-running annual…

3 November 2015

Cathay Pacific unveiled a sparkling new livery in Hong Kong on Sunday – the biggest makeover the airline has had in more than two decades. The new look includes a streamlined logo on the tailfin and nose and a pared-down…

21 March 2017

This time next week Hong Kong will have its new chief executive: on Sunday the autonomous territory’s 1,194-member election committee will decide on its new leader. Carrie Lam may be Beijing’s pick but it’s her main rival…

11 April 2016

Two of Asia’s tiger economies are going head to head this year, taking on each other’s trophy sporting event in a competition to attract international tourists. Following a rugby sevens extravaganza in Hong Kong, the series…

15 October 2015

Nominations in Hong Kong close today for candidates wishing to stand in November’s district council elections. The local elections, held every four years, will be closely watched because they will be the first time Hong…

2 February 2017

According to the Chinese zodiac, the Rooster is supposed to usher in a year of change but Hong Kong’s lunar year began with a disturbingly familiar saga: the sudden disappearance of a prominent resident and speculation that…

28 September 2016

Hong Kong’s sports month begins this weekend as motoring enthusiasts put their foot down at the inaugural Gold Coast Motor Festival. The two-day event, modelled on the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, brings together…

14 March 2016

Hong Kong’s annual Arts Month is well underway but the real festival atmosphere is reserved for Easter weekend, when the Art Basel caravan rolls into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, and Art Central pitches…