Hong Kong
Facebook and WhatsApp top Hong Kong's social commerce platforms
Facebook and WhatsApp top Hong Kong's social commerce platforms
Two thirds of e-commerce players use these online channels.
Over 5,000 homes sold from October to November
However, overall home sales dropped 6% MoM.
Price gap between rural and urban properties narrows
Developers have been turning to farmland conversions.
Rent for Grade-A office properties expected to rise 5-8%
However, limited availability remains an issue.
Hong Kong luxury apartment sale smashes Asia price record
Mount Nicholson apartment fetches HK$132,000 per square foot.
Hong Kong slaps HSBC with $51m fine for Lehman-linked products sale
The $51m penalty was the most expensive sanction imposed on a financial firm.
Half of Hong Kong workers have insufficient savings
Hong Kong workers are most vulnerable to income loss resulting from illness or disability.
Hong Kong job market growth remains bullish
The IT sector generated the biggest demand this year.
Hong Kong is China's third property investment destination
Development sites remain the most favoured sector in Q3.
Hong Kong's bail-in system is most advanced in APAC
Its new bank resolution regime was only introduced in July.
Hong Kong CFOs onshoring services as complaints rise
And half said they’d shut their off-shore location completely if they could find the workers locally.
Malaysia smashes forecasts with 6.2% GDP growth in Q3
The growth was driven by a surge in investment and exports.
Hong Kong beats Singapore in attracting expats
Hong Kong's greatest strength lies in its finance skills.
What you need to know about the 7th Only Watch auction
It took place in Geneva last November 11.
Unemployment rate largely unchanged at 3% from August to October
The underemployment rate similarly went unchanged at 1.1%.
DHL expands Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong for $3.09b
It will increase capacity to 125,000 shipments per hour.
Two in five Hong Kongers consider running e-commerce side businesses
More people prefer to start businesses online than start with brick-and-mortar.