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Routes to Paris, Jakarta, Surabaya, Penang, Bangkok and Delhi are also enhanced.

The two airlines carried a total of 2,243,788 passengers in January, up 6.8% on the same month in 2010.

The enhanced scheme can benefit more people while ensuring the scheme's long-term sustainability and proper and fair use of public money.

Year-end spending and payment of salaries tax boosted credit card use.

The Exchange Fund’s foreign assets grew by $3.7 billion in January to reach $2.0394 trillion.

The Government wants to establish a regulation system which can maintain the trade's long-term development and protect tourist rights, said Mr Yung.

The committee on sale regulation of residential properties will table its recommendations by October.

Shenzhen SEZ will open up for international underwear brands, particularly from Hong Kong and Taiwan, to bring in new ideas and technology.

Consumers' expectation of continued rental catch-up bolstered booming investment demand.

Misrepresentation and the dissemination of false information are key areas that will be discussed.

Hong Kong Exchanges  is open to international alliances as a wave of consolidation in the sector threw the spotlight on Asian bourses.

China Huadian Corporation plans to list its new energy business on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This follows after the public listing of China Datang Corporation Renewable Power. CHD intends to inject its hydroelectric, wind and photovoltaic power generation assets into one company which is expected to raise as much as US$1.5 billion in the Hong Kong bourse. CHD has diversified new energy businesses including marsh gas biomass power generation in Hubei, hydroelectric power in Fujian, and natural gas in Guangzhou. If the public listing is successful, it would become the sixth publicly traded company owned by CHD.  

Hong Kong ranked ninth as its currency reserve assets amounted to US$273.2 billion at the end of January 2011.

Last year’s total retail sales rose 18.3% in value or 15.5 per cent in volume over 2009, the Census & Statistics Department says.

Hong Kong is committed to tourism development and will invest in new facilities, attractions and tourism infrastructure.

The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units in Hong Kong's Land Registry in January was 9,917. It is down 15.9% from December, and 19.9% year on year.   The total consideration of sale and purchase agreements was $59.1 billion, up 10.6 per cent from December and 32.1 per cent on January last year.   Of the agreements, 8,002 were for residential units, down 14.2 per cent from December and 24.9 per cent on January last year.   The total consideration for sale and purchase agreements in respect of residential units was $33.3 billion, down 16.5 per cent from December and 7.8 per cent from January last year.   The 12-month moving average for January was 13,356, which was 1.5 per cent below the 12-month moving average for December, but 14 per cent above that for January last year.   The number of searches of land registers made by the public was 502,271, up 10.5 per cent compared with December and 1.7 per cent on January last year.