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Don’t be fooled by Hong Kong's strong sales growth in 2011

Don’t be fooled by Hong Kong's strong sales growth in 2011

UBS says 2012 will see sales growth 'coming back to earth' due to these three reasons.

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Warning says economy not out of the woods yet

This is despite Hong Kong managing to escape a technical recession.

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Hong Kong's economy forecast to grow 5% for 2011

Government economist Helen Chan reported a 4.3% YoY growth in the third quarter.

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Government has no target for 5-day work week implementation

Although companies with a five-day work week increased from 36.5% in 2006 to 61.5% in 2010.

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Two employment agencies busted for non-compliance

Now the licences of the two agencies have been revoked.

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Foreign currency reserve assets gain US$4.1b

It has reached US$281.7 billion at the end of October.

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Labor chief calls for vetting apps resumption

Secretary Matthew Cheung appeals that such scheme be resumed as soon as possible.

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Ka-ching!: Retail sales in September up 24.1%

The volume of sales of electrical goods and photographic equipment increased the most with 33% growth.

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Exchange Fund assets plunge 37.1% to $2t

And Hong Kong dollar assets alone decreased by $22.3 billion.

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Did you get a 5.9% salary increase in June?

Mid-level managerial and professional employees had higher monthly salaries compared with last year - so are you one of them?

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Are Hong Kong parks turning into residential sites?

If they are, then there will be 44,000 hectares more land for homes.

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$40b trade deficit recorded in September

That is equivalent to 12.8% of the value of imports of goods.

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Overall trade deficit may widen from HKD 35b to HKD 42b

September trade numbers may have eased to 6.2% y/y for exports and 11.4% for imports.

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Fears escalate as China expansion threatens Hong Kong banks

Fitch estimates gross mainland exposure could rise to about 35% of Hong Kong banking assets by 2012.

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Will you pay RMB12,070 psm for a house?

Well, that’s the average capital value of luxury properties in Shenyang.

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Public tenants banned from buying their own units

More than 150,000 applications were on the list and the administration had no plan to re-launch the tenants purchase scheme.

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Evicted sub-divided flats tenants to get $4.5m subsidy

900 eligible households are said to benefit from the subsidy in the coming year.

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