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Hong Kong's trade deficit jumps 28% in 2011
Export dependent Hong Kong is in dire danger from its ballooning and persistent trade gap.
Hong Kong's trade deficit jumps 28% in 2011
Export dependent Hong Kong is in dire danger from its ballooning and persistent trade gap.
The Year of the Dragon might burn Hong Kong this time around
Yes, there might be a co-relation, however tenuous, between the Hang Seng Index’s growth and prosperity in Dragon Years.
A bad start to a bad year for Hong Kong business
24% of senior management in Hong Kong companies expect the business situation to worsen in the first quarter of the year.
HK Monetary Authority warns against growth risks
Growth did occur in Hong Kong last year but what about in 2012?
Is the Hong Kong labor market deteriorating?
Analyst says a drop in property prices often coincides with an upturn in the unemployment rate.
Hong Kong companies urged to go international to survive
Hong Kong companies doing business abroad have stouter bottom lines and better profits than those relying solely on the home market.
Hong Kong struggles to battle deadly air pollution
Stung by the flight of business to Singapore and elsewhere and by over 7,000 avoidable deaths, Hong Kong is getting tough on the city's worsening air pollution.
Shenzhen wants Hong Kong to co-finance a US$45 logistics centre
But this project may potentially steal more of Hong Kong's shipping business and give it to Shenzhen.
Airfreight fall continues in November
Cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport dove again in November to 6.6% year-on-year, continuing a trend that began early in 2011.
Derivatives are back—but be careful
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has authorized the issuance of “Exchange-Traded Funds” a year-and-a-half after these products were banned.
Property transactions nosedive to 5-year low
Transactions plunged by more than a third last year while prices remained stubbornly out of reach.
No corporate tax cut for long-suffering Hong Kong firms
There will be no corporate tax cut in the first-half of this year and probably in the second half, as well.
New year, new banknotes!
HSBC’s new HK$100 note will be in circulation starting January 11.
HK Int’l Airport races to keep up with boom in passenger traffic
Hong Kong’s Board of Airport Authority recommends the construction of a third runway at the airport to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic.
Anemic trade triggers economic worries in 2012
Hong Kong's rising trade deficit and stubbornly weak exports in November raise the prospects of tough times in 2012.
Balance of Payments surplus reaches a whopping $23.6b
This represents almost 5% of the country's gross domestic product.
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