Hong Kong

Recovering tourism breathes life into retail as sales expected to hit $484b in 2018

Sustained growth may buoy the market to exceed the 2013 peak in two years time.

Office vacancy rates tighten to 4.3% in May

Co-working operators from the Mainland continued to snap up office space.

Vacant residential tax to dampen developers' land bidding

The levy is expected to be focused on newly built units.

Meituan Dianping hit by massive $22.79b loss ahead of blockbuster IPO

Ballooning market and research spending hit Meituan in its attempts to diversify.

Public rental housing supply pegged at 34,800 for 2018-19

Of this number, 23,100 new flats and 11,700 refurbished flats will be available.

China Renaissance reportedly guns for US$800m in Hong Kong IPO

The investment bank is aiming for a valuation between US$4b to US$5b.

Hong Kong is 6th safest city in the world

It climbed from 14th place in 2017.

Central is the world's priciest prime office market for third straight year

Occupancy costs per sqft are higher than London and New York at $2,505.

13 building plans approved in April

Apartment and commercial developments dominated monthly construction plans.

Inflation extends steep climb after rising 2.1% in May

Prices for food and basic utilities rose steeply at 4.7% and 3.4%.

Flexible workspaces represent 1.2% of Hong Kong's office space

This marks one of the least penetration rates in APAC.

BOC (Hong Kong) to beef up private banking business by at least 20%

Given enough available talent, the bank aims to double the number of its relationship managers.