Hong Kong

Recently, our aging population has been a hot topic in Hong Kong. This issue is of course wider than just our city – in Japan, mainland China and indeed all across Asia, Europe and North America – impacts of an aging demographic are being felt not only by the general population and the healthcare industry, but also by marketers and brand strategists in other business segments.

Patent applications have been rocketing.

New product developments underway.

Awareness among start-ups still premature.

Another initiative to propel Hong Kong as an IP trading hub.

Due to avian influenza scare.

Looks like the good days are over.

But here’s some good news.

Many will still head back to mainland China.

As project launches await the go signal.

In a recent debate over where the future of wine in China lies, the message was very clear – the one who can reach the masses (and in China there are masses of them) will be the one who wins the market. The question of how to do that is essentially a forked road: it is either through the supermarkets, or other mass retail like the convenience stores, or it is through the internet.

Keep a lookout for www.kdbaonline.com.

Due to protests scare.

Here's how each segment fared.

HK-dollar deposits slipped 0.2%.

Here's what to blame.