Hong Kong

China East Education seeks up to US$680m in Hong Kong IPO

It is offering 435.8 million shares priced at $9.80 to $12.26 apiece.

Exports down 2.6% to $321.5b in April

Double digit export volume declines were recorded in India, Taiwan and the US.

Inflation up 2.9% in April

Higher prices for food, housing and transport offset declines in utilities.

Bupa launches health insurance plan under VHIS

Bupa MyFlexi VHIS Plan offers 270 days hospitalisation coverage.

Home price gap between New Territories and Hong Kong Island narrows to 79%

Mass housing prices in Sai Kung have surged 23% since 2014.

Hong Kong lags behind India and Singapore in workplace automation

More than half of offices are hesitant to adopt AI operations.

Hang Seng Indexes to kill iBond Index Series

The last iBond index constituent will mature in June 2019.

Global gaming expo gears up to host its most extensive expo ever

The event will feature 200 exhibitors and welcome over 18,000 visitors.

Hong Kong raises US$1b in oversubscribed first green bond

Half of investors that placed orders came from Asia and nearly a third from Europe.

Hong Kong fails to rank amongst the world's top innovative cities

Although it ranks high in tertiary education, the city’s R&D and patent generation investments fell short.

Hong Kong expat pay package up to US$276,417 in 2018

This comes with an average salary of nearly US$87,000.

Over $13b of arrears owed to Hong Kong SMEs in 2018

More than one in ten invoices were left unpaid.

China's Xinyi Energy raises US$465m in Hong Kong's second largest IPO so far

The float could mark the start of more active share sale activity after a sluggish start.

Is Hong Kong's residential market bottoming out?

Home prices in both the luxury and mass segment rebounded in Q1 2019.

Commercial property sales crashed 47% YoY to $34.54b in Q1

Buyers’ sentiment was hit by domestic monetary tightening and US-China trade tensions.

Jobless rate still flat at 2.8% in February-April

This translates to 112,300 unemployed persons.