Hong Kong

Blame it on the drop in festive spending.

Blame it on HK$3b write-downs.

Thanks to strong electronic learning products.

The quest for productivity is the main driver for the adoption of new mobile solutions. And in practice, there are quantifiable results: Intel has expanded its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program, which has been a resounding success, providing around 5 million hours of annual productivity gains last year. Tablets and smartphones are set for a bright future, especially within organizations' mobile workforce (sales, support team, etc.). 

Review needed to maintain competitiveness.

Clearing to start in July 2014.

Company after company, executives in Hong Kong are happily promoting their company’s "good citizen" reputation. May it be in giving to charities, mobilizing staff to do voluntary services, partnership with nonprofit organizations in cause marketing campaigns and a lot more. But after browsing their websites, reviewing their press releases and other corporate communications materials that are publicly available, it is not difficult to conclude that quite a number of such good citizens do mostly or even solely on giving to charities or working with them on something. So my underlying question is: Has CSR got anything to do with charity? The Economist has recently held an online debate on “CSR has nothing to do with charity”. The motion is upheld with 75% of voters in agreement and 25% against. Although it may sound a bit unfair and incomplete, the reality is that there are still a portion of executives in town who believe CSR is equivalent to supporting charitable organizations. For sure, I am not excluding the importance and positive contribution of supporting charities; it is in fact full force CSR programmes go far beyond than just that. Corporate Social Responsibility should be a strategic thing rather than an operational consideration or even face-lifting exercise.

It'll close on 17 May.

Overall crime rate in Hong Kong dropped 5.2%.

Thanks to record mass win at flagship properties.

11.2% growth is just modest.

A big jump vs last year's sluggish 1.4%.

Tolls for vehicles jump by $2.

One can yield at least 175 flats.

Amounted to $2.54 trillion in April.

Two deaths in France suggest human-to-human transmission.