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Hong Kong: HK committed to digital assets: CE

 Forum attracts global financial leaders to investigate emerging market opportunities, focusing on Mainland China, ASEAN and the Middle East The 17th AFF will take place on 24 and 25 January, with active participation of over 3,000 financial experts

Discover the future of finance at the 17th Asian Financial Forum 2024 - Multilateral Cooperation for a Shared Tomorrow. Join the conversation now!

Global leaders and Nobel laureate attend AFF 2024

Policymakers and business leaders will address panel discussions at the Forum, highlighting the advantages of Hong Kong as an international financial centre

Prof Larry Diamond warns that a re-election for Trump in the 2024 US election would be a catastrophe for the United States and democracy.

Prof Douglas Diamond, Prof Philip Dybvig and the one-time central banker will share the 10-million-kronor award. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Covid-19: Vaccine offers for all those aged 56 or over Published image copyrightEPA People aged 56 to 59 in England are being invited to book their coronavirus vaccine from this week. Letters for people in the age group, offering them the vaccine, started being delivered to homes on Saturday. It comes after eight in 10 people aged 65 to 69 have taken up the offer of a jab, NHS England said. But the Office for National Statistics (ONS ) has warned the UK is "not out of the woods yet". More th...

People in the age group are being invited to book their first vaccine from this week.

Covid-19: Lockdown a success but UK not out of the woods Published image copyrightPA Media The current lockdown has been a success but the UK is "not out of the woods" yet, the head of the Office for National Statistics has warned. National statistician Prof Sir Ian Diamond said there had been "very strong reductions" in case numbers. But in the north-east and east of England the decline has "flattened off, potentially", he told the BBC. Other areas, like the South West and South East, have c...