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Mortgage applications up 7.1% to 13,098

And mortgage loans approved increased by 10.3%.

Lai Sun Dev outbids Cheung Kong for a sea-side land parcel

The Tseung Kwan O parcel was won for HKD2.83b.

MTR buys 23 Chinese trains for US$2.57m

New diesel/electric trains pollute less and are less noisy.

Home prices fall by half a percent

Drop in prices is first in eight weeks.

What Hong Kongers should be thankful for when it comes to healthcare

Nearly 60% of Singapore's healthcare spending comes from citizens' pocket but not in HK.

How to improve Hong Kong's tax system

Check out Ernst & Young proposals.

Tax deductions for home loan interest proposed to extend to 20 years

First time buyers' stamp duty is also proposed to be HK$100.

Hong Kong's fiscal surplus to reach a whopping $8.6b for 2012-13

That is instead of the originally budgeted deficit of HK$3.4b.

Transport complaints jump 19.3% to 6,445

119 of these were just suggestions.

MPF reforms to reduce fees

Better retirement protection is the goal of reforms.

Beware: Government warns of two fraudulent websites

Both pretend offering financial services.