Hang Seng Index futures night session closed up 0.11% at 23,499, a 2-point premium to the spot index.

A newly formed Samsung SDS union formally requested collective bargaining one day after launching. Membership applications began afternoon July 6 and topped 2,000 within about two hours; by ~13:30 on July 7 membership had risen to 4,342. Samsung SDS employs roughly 11,000 staff; the union seeks more than 5,500 members to secure a majority. Management proposes replacing cash performance bonuses with company stock worth 20% of annual salary; a staff vote on the plan is underway and closes at midnight July 7. Opponents say stock-based pay links compensation to share-price and external industry conditions, is harder to liquidate and is not included in retirement-benefit calculations.

Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) has launched the iOS version of its AI app-generation and co-creation platform Toast, completing mobile coverage across iOS and Android. Since its May debut, Toast has served nearly 30,000 users and generated roughly 50,000 apps. Tencent says it will open a one-stop publishing service, commercial component capabilities and additional APIs to developers in August to help convert generated apps into published, continuously operated products.