VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hong Kong Government has today issued a statement entitled “Policy Statement on Development of Virtual Assets in Hong Kong” that sets out its stance and approach to developing a “vibrant sector and ecosystem for Virtual Assets (“VA”) in Hong Kong”. The statement relates that the Hong Kong Government and [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hong Kong will include Korean as one of the foreign languages in its university entrance exam starting in 2025, Seoul’s education ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said its National Institute for International Education and Hong Kong’s state examination board, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, will soon sign a [...]
Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – CMR Surgical – the global surgical robotics business – has today announced the introduction of the Versius® Surgical Robotic System in Hong Kong at CUHK Medical Centre (CUHKMC) and Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong (GHK). CUHKMC was the first hospital in Hong Kong to introduce Versius where it is being used as [...]
Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) - Congenica, the digital health company enabling rapid and accurate analysis of complex genomic data to transform people’s lives, today announces that it has been selected to provide tertiary analysis for whole genome sequencing services for the Hong Kong Genome Project (HKGP), the first large-scale genome sequencing initiative in Hong Kong. [...]
HONG KONG SAR, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) - The annual Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF) concluded successfully at Cyberport yesterday. The three-day DELF 2021 was conducted in a hybrid format of online and in-person participation, generating 130 hours of content, with Digital Entertainment Experience Zones themed under “Sea”, “Land” and “Air” elements respectively. The event drew [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A plastic surgeon was turned over for trial following the death of a Hong Kong fashion empire heiress during liposuction surgery. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said Tuesday that the Seoul doctor, whose identity was withheld, had been charged with professional negligence resulting in death and violation of the [...]
HONG KONG SAR, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) - The grand opening of the annual Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF) took place at Cyberport today, with Zhang Zhihua, Director General of the Youth Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Dr David Chung, JP, Under Secretary for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong was filled with a K-Pop dance heat on Saturday night. Some 1,200 spectators showed up at the “K-pop Dance Festival: The Evolution of K-pop” to watch Hong Kong choreographers perform K-pop cover dances in the center’s [...]
HONG KONG, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s top legislature endorsed on Thursday a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which marks another major step to improve the region’s legal and political systems, said Lv Jian-she, President of the Hong Kong-based Chinese Culture and Arts Association. The plan [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police investigating the death of a Hong Kong fashion empire heiress during plastic surgery in Seoul early this year said Thursday the operating surgeon has been found at fault for the medical accident and her death. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said it booked the Seoul [...]