AJ Halkes

Hong Kong may soon lift import duties on spirits! By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law “my girl” – AJ Halkes 1977 With Christie’s high-profile expansion at The Henderson in Central, joining the ranks of Sotheby’s Asia Flagship (Sotheby’s Maison in core central) and Phillips (West Kowloon Cultural District), it’s clear the global art powerhouses see […]

Hong Kong is exporting social media content via heritage images : is street art next and will it help food & beverage business? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law Tai Kwun Jockey Club renovation heritage “selfie Central” Hong Kong With serious heritage having been preserved at the Tai Kwun complex in central Hong Kong, and

Can Coffee and Cake save the Hong Kong F&B Industry ? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law Good Day Coffee Co – G/F #23A Shing Mun New Village Kam Tin is making more than coffee Every day the new coffee shop springs up, but as soon as that has happened, another one closes down. The

Hong Kong is back! By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law When it comes to boosting of Hong Kong this seems all too rare these days in the media, and it should not that way, issue number 2, 2024 of MONOCLE certainly will help re-set things. It was great to see an internationally distributed magazine showcase

Is Commercial Real Estate in Hong Kong Truly Unaffordable? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law People in Hong Kong consistently claim you can’t buy a decent business premises so they are held hostage by greedy landlords; yet perhaps they are slightly out of touch. Monitoring the market and understanding trends can be tough, especially for

Hong Kong may soon lift import duties on spirits! By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law Recent reports suggest Hong Kong may soon lift import duties on spirits, just as it did for wine in 2008, a small shot in the arm for struggling F&B and retail hopefully. In the UK “drink up fast and go

Is the chance to acquire the iconic property used by Insomnia in the heart of Hong Kong a hidden gem or a poisoned chalice? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law This question takes me back to a deal I was involved in. The buyer was told by a middleman that the vendor’s asking price was

Do Hong Kong Food Safety laws have a bean curd loophole or is the Liu Ma Kee case a compliance issue? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law Recently a local seller (Liu Ma Kee : established over a century ago and apparently now suddenly shut) was in the news for importing fermented bean curd. This

If you have knowledge to sell yet buyers are scarce what do you do with it? This was the case for many during Covid as businesses suffered, budgets crumbled, bank accounts drained and specialist advisors to what were now failing or closed businesses found themselves out of work. In some countries there was financial support

Is your wearable a lie detector or something that might just save your life? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law The metrics measured by traditional lie detector machines are respiration, perspiration, heart rate and blood pressure. Traditionally at least, these metrics are based on the idea that if somebody is not behaving in accordance with