Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul who spent decades as a defiant thorn in Beijing’s side, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison, the harshest penalty ever handed down for a national security offense in the semiautonomous territory.

By Donny Kwok and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's Montage Technology surged 64% in its Hong Kong trading debut on Monday after the world's biggest memory interconnect chip supplier raised HK$7.

City should pitch Southeast Asia, Middle East to draw global listings and issue long-term bonds to attract patient capital, think tank says Hong Kong needs to consider widening the Stock Connect schemes and step up promotion in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to attract more international firms to list in the city,