Economy

Exchange Fund investment income surges

Amount is second highest on record.

Record number of companies in Hong Kong

Number exceeds one million for the first time.

Hutchison completes acquisition of Orange Austria

Moody’s tags the acquisition credit positive.

Hong Kong business sentiment up while the world remains wary

HK's optimism rose 28% in Q4 while global average fell 4%.

Hong Kong PMI drops in December

Slowing down of business with the mainland cited as cause.

Exchange Fund's November assets rocket $35.9b

Resulting to a total of 2.6482 trillion.

New travel pass being issued

Application for new pass starts January 2.