Hong Kong – Optimum Performance Studio might look like any other gym, but it doesn’t act like one.  It doesn’t have salesmen pushing expensive annual memberships, and if you ask to join, its owner will say you can’t.  What’s more, in this gym, no-one is allowed to work out alone.

Hong Kong — A visit to Tabla can be a challenge for the shopper in search of a quick and efficient lunch time retail therapy escape – but this is not because the store lacks beautiful or trendy clothing.

Hong Kong — It was a Sunday at Random Art Workshop, where eight customers sat in pairs, working fastidiously around a table covered in paper, photographs, pink ruffles, heart-shaped doilies and sundry small objects. But the scene was unusual on this day: half of the participants were men.

Hong Kong — It’s been a bumpy ride for Hong Kong residents, politicians and, in particular, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah since he gave his fourth budget speech this year. His proposals have been called short-sighted, and his reversal on the HK$6,000 cash handout ill-conceived....

Hong Kong – Phoenix Satellite Television (02008.HK), a Chinese broadcasting company based in Hong Kong, is seeking to expand its media market share.

The first RMB-dominated initial public offering (IPO) outside mainland China opened on April 11 and will run until April 19. Hui Xian Real Estate Investment Fund (REIT, 87001.HK) will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 29. Hui Xian is managed by the Hui Xian Asset Management, a subsidiary...

Hong Kong — PetroChina, China’s largest oil producer and the world’s second-biggest oil company by market value, said on March 17 that net profit for 2010 increased 35.4% from a year earlier, fuelled by strong crude oil prices and a booming domestic economy. Net profit totalled RMB 139.99 billion...

Hong Kong — As concern over Japan’s nuclear crisis grows, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) is seeking guidelines to deal with radioactive materials that might enter airspace. Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s biggest carrier, increased flight frequencies to and from Japan to meet travellers’...