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Asia's regional GDP predicted to remain stable in 2015
Asia's regional GDP predicted to remain stable in 2015
And a modest uptick is expected in 2016.
Chart of the Week: Office rental growth of non-core locations to outperform core district
Central vs Wan Chai's premium dropped to 46%.
Earnings of Hong Kong's top 4 banks drop 19.57% to HK$128.07b in 2014
What are the reasons?
Wharf Holdings net profit drops 32% y/y to HK$8.2b
What's the main source of disappointment?
Transaction volume in Asia Pacific hotel investment down 18% to $7.5b
Australia had an extraordinary year, though.
Hong Kong 6th most popular retail market globally
Which country is at the top?
Henderson Land sounding less optimistic on post-CNY retail
As well as on two other fronts.
Headline inflation inched up to 4.6% in February
Blame it on CNY blues.
Hong Kong ranks 4th in places with most new retail entrants
APAC cities saw 464 new retail entrants.
Asia's real estate inbound investment boom in 2015 on the horizon
More than thrice the 2014 rate growth.
Hong Kong's domestic demand sluggish in March
But external demand improved.
Cash generation, liquidity offset Li & Fung's sluggish 2014 results
The results were weaker than expected.
Only 3 in 10 Hong Kongers who work overtime get extra pay
45% don't get compensation at all.
MTR net profit climbs 34.5% y/y to HKD11.5b
2015F outlook also looks strong.
Developers sold only 123 units in mid-March
Lack of available units seen as cause.
Home prices increased 1.2% w/w in mid-March
The CCL index is going strong currently.
Swire Pacific's marine services faces challenging environment
Low oil price was cited.