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Hong Kong seen as a global mining companies listing hub
The HKSE has attracted several large high profile mining company listings over the last few years.
Hong Kong seen as a global mining companies listing hub
The HKSE has attracted several large high profile mining company listings over the last few years.
Hong Kong’s growth to plummet in 2012
UBS warns the country may hit rock bottom in 1Q12.
October visitor arrivals up 16%
Golden Week holiday and trade shows pushed Mainland visitor arrivals up to 24.9%.
Hong Kong seen to have HK$35bn budget surplus
Study advised government to employ fiscal resources to enhance competitiveness while helping the disadvantaged.
New mortgage loans drop 17% in October
New loans approved also fell to HK$12.5 billion.
Food services sector total receipts amount to over $101b
But were operating expenses, goods sold and compensation of employees higher or lower in 2010?
Total receipts in retail trade reach $359.5b
Gross surplus increased to $32.6 billion in 2010.
October total exports and imports soar
Yet compared with the three-month period ending October with the preceding three months the value of total goods exports dropped 0.9%.
Developers to accelerate sales
Research shows credit costs are about to rise, so developers better raise cash soon.
Hong Kong and Mainland extends currency-swap pact
The agreement and its expansion seen to allow more flexibility for the development of renminbi business in Hong Kong.
October consumer prices up 5.8%
The Census & Statistics Department said the inflation rate was stable in October after its uninterrupted rise over the past year.
Hong Kong economic growth forecast down 5%
The growth moderation was caused mainly by a sharp drop in exports towards the end of the quarter.
Jeweler Chow Tai Fook to list largest IPO this year
This US$3.5b IPO will be Asia's second largest IPO after Hutchison port.
30% of HongKong’s largest firms put their CEOs in the chairman role
Should this call into question board governance and impartiality?
Customs seizes $2.9M worth of illicit cigarettes
Hong Kong Customs seized about 1.15 million sticks of duty-not-paid cigarettes, worth about $2.9 million, with the duty potential of about $2 million, in an anti-illicit cigarettes operation.
Hong Kong signs intellectual property cooperation with Mainland
The State Intellectual Property Office and the Intellectual Property Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government have signed their first agreement to strengthen co-operation in the area of intellectual property.
Cataract centre opens at Kowloon East Cluster
The Wu Ho Loo Ning Cataract Centre under the Hospital Authority Kowloon East Cluster is now ready to double the of cataract surgery performed in KEC by up to 5 000 cases annually.