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Insurance industry reports heartening growth
Gross premiums and underwriting profit rise during the first three quarters.
Insurance industry reports heartening growth
Gross premiums and underwriting profit rise during the first three quarters.
Motorists guilty of drug driving inch 7% higher
But drink driving cases dipped 7%.
Insurance premiums surge 10% to $190.1b
Industry is alive and kicking.
17 building plans get go-ahead in October
Time to pop the champagne.
Cathay Pacific launches direct flights to Hyderabad
Airline schedules four flights every week to Hyderabad.
Hong Kong to become world's largest financial center by 2017
Jobs boom to fuel rise as World Number One.
Exchange Fund assets slip $34.1b
HKD assets decreased by $22.6b.
Foreign currency deposits up 2.2%
And RMB deposits increased 1.7$ to RMB554.8b.
Passenger fuel overcharge to be slashed to $243
Pop the champagne for an eased burden.
Only 15 residential units sold over the weekend
That is a 25% drop.
Government spending hits $222.6b
Consequently, deficit reached $36.5b.
Hong Kong gets boost to be legal services centre
Justice Rimsky Yuen encouraged adoption of HK law.
Tourist count surges 11.9% to 4.24m
Visitors from Mainland are still a big chunk.
Li expands Australian business empire
Buys third Aussie company this year.
Drinking water from Guangdong suspect
Unabated pollution at the Dongjiang River again raises fears of unsafe drinking water.
HKEx gets go-ahead to acquire London Metal Exchange
52-54m shares will be placed.
Chart of the Day: Here’s how costly office rentals are in Hong Kong compared with Asian peers
Rental values remain the highest at HKD 58.4 psf pm.