Economy
infograph: Hong Kong's pivotal role in China-Japan Trade
                                                                                 
                    
                    	HK accounts for 10% of the overall trade between the two countries.
                
                                
            infograph: Hong Kong's pivotal role in China-Japan Trade
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            	HK accounts for 10% of the overall trade between the two countries.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Hong Kong inflation higher than expected due to rising rental rates
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Inflationary pressures will persist.
                    
                                        
                    
                HKMA's recent currency intervention to end HK's peg to the RMB
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	But such a change is still several years away.
                    
                                        
                    
                Strong HK$ curtailed by HKMA
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The Hong Kong Monetary Authority yesterday sold $603 million worth of Hong Kong dollars in the foreign exchange market.
                    
                                        
                    
                Total goods imports dipped 0.5% in August
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	And total exports fell 0.1%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Trade takes another beating
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Hong Kong’s domestic export volume from January to August plunged 18.3% year-on-year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Business operations in HK could slow down
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Foreign companies doing business in Hong Kong could be curbed if the world economy worsens.
                    
                                        
                    
                How to be a millionaire before turning 40
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	A good friend had the ambition to become a millionaire before his 40th birthday, a common ambition in Hong Kong, and he was well underway until...
                    
                                        
                    
                Ip and Lam appointed to ExCo
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The appointments of Regina Ip and Jeffrey Lam as non-official members bring the Executive Council up to full strength.
                    
                                        
                    
                Unemployment rate could rise by 50% in 2013
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Find out what will fuel the nasty unemployment figures next year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chief Executive CY Leung to discuss Government reorganisation
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The proposal will be talked about at the Legislative Council meeting on 17 October 2012.
                    
                                        
                    
                Asian companies have developed-market companies fearing loss of market share
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Blame it on the spike in overseas investment by Asian multinationals.
                    
                                        
                    
                Fund for disadvantaged open for applications from October 15
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Allocation of the fund for each approved proposal will be capped at $2 million.
                    
                                        
                    
                More Hong Kong seniors aged over 65 becoming poor
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The government will start setting a credible poverty line.
                    
                                        
                    
                The key to getting the financial hub status
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Find out more about Hong Kong's 'soft power'.
                    
                                        
                    
                6 powerful people who enforced the power of legitimacy
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The strategic structure of the appearance of legitimacy started in 1913 at Jekyll Island, Georgia; hence, the birth of the US Federal Reserve System...
                    
                                        
                    
                Hong Kong home to 1,100 ultra rich
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Hong Kong  ranked 15 amongst countries with most numbers of adults having USD50m+ worth of total assets.