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Bosses spend 14.4% of their time coaching underperforming employees

Managers aren’t keen to fire poorly performing employees.

Nominations are now open for China International Business Awards

Deadline for submission of entries is on 14 February 2020.

Public housing plans could hurt commercial supply: analyst

Converting factory land into residential property can reduce available commerciable area.

Business conditions expected to deteriorate in Q4: survey

Retail, food and accommodation sectors expect output and prices to fall.

F&B sector's jobless rate hit six-year high in Q3

Unemployment levels in consumption and tourism-related segments were at the highest in two years.

Hedge fund assets hit all-time high at $722.33b despite unrest

China’s growing economy, highly-trained talent and robust regulatory landscape boosted the figure.

Foreign companies in Hong Kong up 9.9% to 9,040 in 2019

More than 1,500 operates their regional headquarters in the city.

China Mobile Hong Kong wins 3.5GHz spectrum for $300m

The company will build a territory wide 5G network.

Exports down 7.2% in August

Double-digit declines were recorded for import volume from South Korea and China.

Interconnection bandwidth to grow 55% CAGR in 2018-2022

66% of local businesses shared plans to use virtual connections to support overseas expansions.

Prime street shop rents tumbled 15.4% in Q3 as vacancies mount

Retailers are “running out of money” and expired leases were not being renewed.

Office rents break seven-quarter growth with 1% dip in Q3

Average rents in Central declined the first time since Q3 2014.

Majority of executives struggle to upskill staff for new tech: study

Globally, 78% of business leaders predict an uphill battle in training staff on new tech.

PMI sinks to eleven-year low in Q3

Hong Kong’s economy is contracting at an annual rate of just over 3% in Q3.