As an Aussie based out of Australia, I enjoyed the welcome sights and sounds of my fellow countrymen and women cheering on the Australian cricket team in its quest to retain the Ashes last August, even though the end result wasn't what we were hoping for.
As an Aussie based out of Australia, I enjoyed the welcome sights and sounds of my fellow countrymen and women cheering on the Australian cricket team in its quest to retain the Ashes last August, even though the end result wasn't what we were hoping for.
The 2015 Hays Global Skills Index, produced in collaboration with Oxford Economics, has given Hong Kong the highest possible score of 10 for overall wage pressure in an assessment of 31 skilled labour markets around the world.
In Hong Kong, B2B companies are by nature heavily reliant on the lifecycles and growth plans of their existing and potential clients and, of course, whether or not these clients are profitable. These factors are generally either known or predictable, however one uncontrollable external factor is the state of the economy.
With many large-scale projects now commenced and underway in Hong Kong, the demand for engineering professionals has been rising across all job levels from engineer through to technical director.
According to the 2nd annual "Report on Hong Kong SME Cloud Adoption, Security & Privacy Readiness Survey" compiled by the Internet Society Hong Kong and Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau Chapter), close to 83% of surveyed companies are utilising or planning to utilise Cloud services in the year ahead, a significant increase from the 55% reported in the previous year.
Recently, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore saw the launch of a next-level tactical marketing campaign involving two of the world's fastest-growing companies. Global smartphone distributor Xiaomi teamed up with US-based transportation network company Uber.
With the number of financial services jobs expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, Hong Kong is set to overtake London and New York as the world's largest financial centre.
Recently, more videos are popping up on social media as people in Hong Kong increasingly turn to social platforms to discover and share the latest and greatest content, as well as be inspired by meaningful moments.
Hong Kong is a paradise for digital marketers. In the past few years, incredible technological strides have been made in inbound marketing, social media, and mobile advertising. These are new key trends, not only in our city but across the world.
The Environment Bureau has unveiled the Energy Saving Plan for the Built Environment 2015~2025+, which sets a new target of reducing Hong Kong's energy intensity by 40% by 2025. This plan is the first-ever energy saving blueprint for Hong Kong.
Asia's great financial centres - Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and Shanghai - continue to be attractive to companies looking for new opportunities. As a result, business leaders in these markets are full of optimism for both the growth of their local economy and their individual businesses in 2015.
Now that the slowdown in recruitment over the Chinese New Year period is over, the rate of hiring in Hong Kong has returned to the same healthy levels seen before the holiday.
Hong Kong is one of the world’s foremost financial capitals. Lately, our fair city has also begun to move in a more artistic direction. With our beautiful skylines and natural landscapes, artists have no shortage of inspiring views to fuel their creativity.
Hong Kong is famous for being (one of) the most expensive market in the world when it comes to commercial renting. Some shops located on Canton Road, TsimShaTsui -- considered prime location for luxury retail -- can reach over HK$6 million per month. At this price, most brands already gave up the idea of profit and simply use these stores to hold their brand's reputation.
The other day, I was in a mall on Hong Kong side heading for a lunch meeting. Seemingly at random, I received a message from a store in the mall where I had shopped before, promoting their latest collection and with a buy three get one free e-voucher attached.
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