Women’s sevens head coach Andy Vilk tells players to embrace disappointment of cruel defeat, then focus on blockbuster Kai Tak Stadium event.

Sany Heavy Industry is seeking to raise as much as HK$12.36 billion ($1.59 billion) through its Hong Kong listing, a filing showed on Monday, as the machinery maker taps into renewed investor appetite for Chinese listings in the city.

Hong Kong will not start imposing port fees targeting individual countries, despite China and the US charging special levies aimed at one another’s ships.

A huge and powerful typhoon is headed toward southern China after lashing the Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, putting the region’s megacities on high alert with cancelled flights and disruptions to schools and businesses.

Shanghai-based JST, which provides software as a service for e-commerce firms, issued over 68 million shares in the Hong Kong offering, raising HK$2.09 billion, or about US$269 million. It estimated its market capitalization at US$1.67 billion following the offering.

Haier Smart Home Co. is considering an initial public offering of its internet-of-things unit Cosmoplat, people familiar with the matter said.

The developers priced the units at an average of HK$13,938 (US$1,795) per square foot, about 20 per cent cheaper than the first phase.