Hong Kong

New cooling measures to defeat purpose soon

New cooling measures to defeat purpose soon

Developers seen to be more reluctant to sell over the next 2-3 months.

Hong Kong exports pegged to surge 15.7%

Even imports are likely to grow 29.3%.

Government claims tougher curbs will cool property market

Wants to prevent massive property bubble from overheating when interest rates eventually rise.

Police investigate cyber-attack claim by US security firm

An IP address used in attacks allegedly originated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Hong Kong increases monitoring of Novel Coronavirus 2012

Fears rise the highly infectious pneumonia virus could land in the city.

More IPO in Hong Kong this year

Encouraging listings raise hopes Hong Kong can again become top IPO hub.

Ernst & Young predicts budget surplus of HK$57b

Contrary to the government's deficit forecast of HK$3.4b.

Tourism Board names new chairman

Peter Lam will assume post on April 1.

Guess how much a CFO in Hong Kong earns

It's a whopping HKD$2.2-3.5m per annum.

Sunny Optical's lens shipment fell 10% to 7.8m

Blame it on weak demand for digital cameras in Japan.

Hopewell Holdings' core net profit dropped 11% to HKD590m

But strong rental growth seen in the next 2 years.

Single parents balloon 33% to 81,705

Even single fathers surged 24.3%.