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China tourists to Hong Kong climbed 12.8% y-o-y in July
Beating the previous month's record.
Guess what dragged Hong Kong's retail sales growth in July
These subsegments dropped 22.2%.
Developers starting to speed up new launches due to pent-up demand
There have even been re-listings.
Home sales fall 20.3% to 6,212 in July
But mass home capital values inched up.
Office space withdrawal of around 46,000 sq ft battered Central in August
Due to weak leasing demand, partly.
China Mobile Hong Kong joins iPhone 6 fever
For all the Apple fans out there.
Hong Kong's railway expansion plagued with land site woes
Landbank will deplete in a decade.
Guess how many deals targeted a Hong Kong-based bank since 2008
Clue: only 2 deals this year.
Net loans of Hong Kong's top 4 banks have more than doubled since 2009
Annual profits have also grown consistently.
Asia business sentiment nosedived to 66 in 3Q14
Blame it on interest rate hike woes.
Only 1 in 5 Hong Kong bosses will boost headcount in 4Q14
And 5% actually plan to decrease.
Private housing completions reach 9,271 units as of July 2014
It's already exceeded 2013's full year total.
Tai Wai Station project possibly on the horizon
MTR has called for interested developers already.
Buyer Stamp Duty cases drop to 266 in August
Yielded amount also fell to HK$568m.
Here are 2 factors that push Asian companies to take over the rest of the region
Filthy rich people aren't much of a priority.
Cathay Pacific, Dragonair flew almost 2.9m passengers in August
That's a 3.6% jump.