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7 in 10 Hongkongers will avoid cross-border payment providers lacking transparency

Hidden costs are amongst the main challenges for locals when making money transfers.

7 in 10 Hongkongers will avoid cross-border payment providers lacking transparency

Hidden costs are amongst the main challenges for locals when making money transfers.

How else can Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem improve

Microsoft created an incubation programme in partnership with the government.

Achieving board diversity: It takes more than giving additional seats to women

Heidrick and Struggles CEO David Hui said the first step to diversity is identifying one's business objectives.

Why tax deduction on domestic rents is not really a win for tenants

Under a newly passed bill, about $100,000 can be deducted from a tenant’s annual rent.

Office demand growth to be 'gradual and moderate': CBRE

Demand will be coming from multinationals and Chinese enterprises.

How can office landlords achieve ESG goals?

Only 38% of total Grade A office stock is environmentally certified, as per Colliers.

Only 3 in 10 organisations are ‘advanced’ in digital agility

With a lack of progress, Hong Kong retained its 5th rank in the Digital Agility Index.

Hong Kong consumers are ‘moderately literate’ in insurance: study

But behavioural biases dragged the city's literacy score.

2 in 5 Gen Z workers would rather quit if no remote work option

More than three in 10 wouldn’t accept a job without remote work.

How much is Hong Kong’s tech industry paying its employees?

There is an almost 100% pay jump from junior to senior roles.

A mid-life crisis: More than 1 in 2 middle-aged Hong Kongers unprepared for retirement

43% even said that they had to reduce retirement contributions since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Economy to contract by 0.7% in 2022: forecast

The GDP outlook got downgraded amidst a deteriorating external environment.

Local phishing websites up 524% QoQ in Q2

This translates to over 5,000 unique domains.

Close to 1 in 2 employees will quit a job preventing them from enjoying their lives

Hong Kongers are now placing more importance on their personal life over their work life.