Hong Kong

Government reveals tightened stamp duty has been effective

Buyers have been stopped from evading tax by purchasing multiple new homes.

Government reveals tightened stamp duty has been effective

Buyers have been stopped from evading tax by purchasing multiple new homes.

Hong Kong Link Road to be completely connected in April

The 12km-long road has been fraught with difficulties.

Hong Kong to tighten property stamp duties

This is to prevent buyers from evading tax.

How Health Manager enables FTLife customers to keep themselves fit and healthy

There will be free medical consultancy for customers every Wednesday.

Tech talents found to be "restless for new jobs"

And they're eyeing job moves from April onwards.

Hong Kong's salary gap rises to 7.5 times

For every US$100 that top management in the US earned in base salary, those in Hong Kong made US$128.

Hong Kong's natural gas consumption to grow 3% over 2017-2026

Gas-fired power's share in the overall mix is likely to surge to 66.4%.

Government targets finalising express link plans within current term

Legal arrangements for co-location are still being discussed.

Cathay Pacific's Manchester service to go daily from December

This is from its current four-times-weekly schedule.

Hong Kong's GDP growth rate to increase to 2.4% in 2017

This is versus the previous forecast of 1.8%.

Hong Kong signs tax pact with Portugal and South Africa

Hong Kong now has 11 automatic exchange partners in financial account information. Hong Kong has signed agreements with Portugal and South Africa for conducting automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters. The signing of the agreements brings the number of Hong Kong's automatic exchange partners in financial account information to 11. The other partners are Belgium, Canada, Guernsey, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands and the UK. A bill was tabled at the Legislative Council on March 29 seeking to include Hong Kong's newly confirmed partners and prospective ones in the list of "reportable jurisdictions" under the Inland Revenue Ordinance.