Hong Kong

The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department launched the new Registered Escalator Contractors' Performance Rating.

 About 70 representatives from the Japanese government, the business sector and the travel industry were invited to have a taste of a Hong Kong-style meal specially designed for the Hong Kong Food Festival in Tokyo.

Hong Kong Tourism Board opened its Taipei officeas it rolled out its "Hong Kong Wine & Dine Month"  promotion in Taipei to attract Taiwan visitors to attend this annual event in Hong Kong in October.

Stability of yuan's value and market demand are among the reasons for firms' confidence on the currency.

Among the objectives of the indexes is to provide benchmarks to the market reflecting the overall performance of HK listed foreign companies and all HK listed companies.

Need arises for ensuring steady supply of private bankers as focus shifts to Asia.

The cost will be more or less HK$6 billion.

Singapore's Temasek purchased a total of 4.4 billion shares.

His resignation follows the airing of a false report on the death of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin.

No specific date was disclosed but a spokesperson said the store will open this quarter.

Blame it on sharp deceleration in the export of goods.

The Hang Seng Index dropped 3% following the release of the US jobs report which an economist described as “scary”.

Our Common Goal: Growth Growth is the engine of our economy, the main pursuit of businesses and the ambition of countless people. Growth is about hope and desire; the hope that our children have a better life than ourselves, the desire to accumulate wealth, the ambition to gain knowledge, acquire experience, but also to become a better human being. Growth per se may not be a good thing; it requires the right direction, speed and choices - and it has to be balanced in order to be sustainable.

HSBC projects its net profit will plunge 55% in 2011.

Hong Kong businessman Lawrence Lo and Australian billionaire James Packer are looking at a potential $1b investment.

Analyst says Cheung Kong’s strategy has always been to sell a lot and buy a lot.