Hong Kong

Residential and business users in Hong Kong pay as low as one-tenth of the telecom charges as their counterparts in six other cities.

The Labour Department is receiving an average of about 3,000 vacancies from the private sector per day.

The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department acknowledges that Chevron will re-open their five LPG filling stations progressively.

The West Rail Property Development Limited has redesigned the schemes at Nam Cheong Station, and Sites Tsuen Wan 5 and Tsuen Wan 5 of the Tsuen Wan West Station.

Two women, aged 24 and 29, were arrested today for selling slimming products containing undeclared and banned drug ingredients.

Employers in Hong Kong are finding it more difficult to attract and retain high performers in the face of an intensifying skills shortage.

Hong Kong is also the only Asian city in the top 10 travel destinations worldwide.

Proposal to provide extra allowances to Comprehensive Social Security Assistance, Old Age Allowance and Disability Allowance recipients will be implemented in August and September.

The headline PMI posted 52.9 in April 2011, down from 54.9 in March.

The Land Registry received 10,386 sale and purchase agreements for all building units.

The expected growth is to be driven by growth in mobile and online shopping, said Google Hong Kong.

The unemployment rate has fallen consistently now for a year and a half, down from a peak of 5.5% in August 2009 to 3.4% in March 2011.

The total value of total restaurants sector receipts was $22.1 billion, said the Census & Statistics Department.

Total retail sales was estimated at $31.2 billion, said the Census & Statistics Department.

The statutory minimum wage is a significant milestone in the development of Hong Kong's labour policy, said Secretary for Labour & Welfare Matthew Cheung.

7% of the approved new mortgage loans were priced with reference to best lending rates.