In Focus

Hong Kong seems to be in for a lot of pain as growth slows by more than half in 2012 and prices continue to rise.

Hong Kong’s appetite for pricey property is abating as government taxes bite hard.

Export dependent Hong Kong is in dire danger from its ballooning and persistent trade gap.

Yes, there might be a co-relation, however tenuous, between the Hang Seng Index’s growth and prosperity in Dragon Years.

24% of senior management in Hong Kong companies expect the business situation to worsen in the first quarter of the year.

Growth did occur in Hong Kong last year but what about in 2012?

Analyst says a drop in property prices often coincides with an upturn in the unemployment rate.

Hong Kong companies doing business abroad have stouter bottom lines and better profits than those relying solely on the home market.

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.

But this project may potentially steal more of Hong Kong's shipping business and give it to Shenzhen.

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.

 

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has authorized the issuance of “Exchange-Traded Funds” a year-and-a-half after these products were banned.

Transactions plunged by more than a third last year while prices remained stubbornly out of reach.

There will be no corporate tax cut in the first-half of this year and probably in the second half, as well.

HSBC’s new HK$100 note will be in circulation starting January 11.