Hong Kong

9 in 10 employees say learning on their own is key to remain competitive

Half of them have taken a curriculum course in the past year.

9 in 10 employees say learning on their own is key to remain competitive

Half of them have taken a curriculum course in the past year.

IT banking professionals to expect 20% pay rise

Programming skills remain highly sought after across industries.

Property prices to rise next year

Media and tech are the big new tenants.

Inflation rate hit 1.5% in October

Higher food prices drove the marginal increase.

Facebook and WhatsApp top Hong Kong's social commerce platforms

Two thirds of e-commerce players use these online channels.

Over 5,000 homes sold from October to November

However, overall home sales dropped 6% MoM.

Price gap between rural and urban properties narrows

Developers have been turning to farmland conversions.

Rent for Grade-A office properties expected to rise 5-8%

However, limited availability remains an issue.

Hong Kong luxury apartment sale smashes Asia price record

Mount Nicholson apartment fetches HK$132,000 per square foot.

Hong Kong slaps HSBC with $51m fine for Lehman-linked products sale

The $51m penalty was the most expensive sanction imposed on a financial firm.

Half of Hong Kong workers have insufficient savings

Hong Kong workers are most vulnerable to income loss resulting from illness or disability.

Hong Kong job market growth remains bullish

The IT sector generated the biggest demand this year.

Hong Kong is China's third property investment destination

Development sites remain the most favoured sector in Q3.

Hong Kong's bail-in system is most advanced in APAC

Its new bank resolution regime was only introduced in July.

Hong Kong CFOs onshoring services as complaints rise

And half said they’d shut their off-shore location completely if they could find the workers locally.

Malaysia smashes forecasts with 6.2% GDP growth in Q3

The growth was driven by a surge in investment and exports.

Hong Kong beats Singapore in attracting expats

Hong Kong's greatest strength lies in its finance skills.