Hong Kong
Insurance premiums surge 10% to $190.1b
Industry is alive and kicking.
SIG Holiday loses its licence
Five branches ceased business.
17 building plans get go-ahead in October
Time to pop the champagne.
South Beauty Group to list in Hong Kong
Operator of tony restaurant chain to use funds for expansion.
Cathay Pacific launches direct flights to Hyderabad
Airline schedules four flights every week to Hyderabad.
Hong Kong to become world's largest financial center by 2017
Jobs boom to fuel rise as World Number One.
Exchange Fund assets slip $34.1b
HKD assets decreased by $22.6b.
Foreign currency deposits up 2.2%
And RMB deposits increased 1.7$ to RMB554.8b.
Passenger fuel overcharge to be slashed to $243
Pop the champagne for an eased burden.
Only 15 residential units sold over the weekend
That is a 25% drop.
Government spending hits $222.6b
Consequently, deficit reached $36.5b.
Hong Kong gets boost to be legal services centre
Justice Rimsky Yuen encouraged adoption of HK law.
Tourist count surges 11.9% to 4.24m
Visitors from Mainland are still a big chunk.
Year-end IPO surge in Hong Kong
Two IPOs raise US$3.38 billion but investor sentiment remains weak.
Li expands Australian business empire
Buys third Aussie company this year.
Drinking water from Guangdong suspect
Unabated pollution at the Dongjiang River again raises fears of unsafe drinking water.