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GBA to boost office demand

Demand will continue to come from companies in the financial sector.

Posh home sales to rise as China's ultra-rich boost demand

Demand for luxury properties may manifest in New Territories and Tung Chung.

Hong Kong to cement top position as world's busiest cargo port under GBA plan

Cargo throughput is set to rise to 9 million tonnes by 2030.

Here's why Hong Kong employees are being demoted

Poor performance is not the only reason.

Hong Kong's GDP growth slowed to 0.5% in Q1

Both exports and imports of goods continued to see declines.

Hong Kong bank loans up 1.1% in March

Loans for use inside Hong Kong rose by 1.2%.

CBD Grade A office rents dipped 1.7% in March

Demand was high for units smaller than 10,000 sqft with monthly rates of $100-$130 psf.

Retail sales dropped 10.1% in February

Consumer durable goods led the outlet-wide declines at 18.4%.

Home sales volume jumped 27.9% to 5,231 units in March

Prices edged up 1.3% due to as costs for small-and-medium sized units rose.

Two in five Hong Kongers expect home prices to rise in 2019: poll

But close to 1 in 3 expressed strong interest in buying a property.

Europol Intelligent Network to be dropped from Hang Seng Family of Indexes

The steel logistics firm no longer meets the criteria for inclusion after it was classified as an ST Stock.

Home sales subject to Double Stamp Duty dropped 8% in Q1

The relative drop suggests that the bulk of active buyers were local first-time homebuyers.

Hong Kongers still HK$3.75m short to afford retirement living: study

The median of current individual total assets is only $750,000.

Regulators calls on Chinese banks to review opaque lending rules

It singled out an unnamed Chinese lender that engaged in share pledging.

Hong Kong keeps hiring grip on bankers despite rising costs

Hiring mandates for private equity, property, and venture capital rose 40%.