Hong Kong

Hong Kong now has 11 automatic exchange partners in financial account information. Hong Kong has signed agreements with Portugal and South Africa for conducting automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters. The signing of the agreements brings the number of Hong Kong's automatic exchange partners in financial account information to 11. The other partners are Belgium, Canada, Guernsey, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands and the UK. A bill was tabled at the Legislative Council on March 29 seeking to include Hong Kong's newly confirmed partners and prospective ones in the list of "reportable jurisdictions" under the Inland Revenue Ordinance.

Landfill charges will rise to $200 per tonne starting April 7.

Skilled professionals in Accountancy & Finance will be sought after.

The total sale and purchase agreements were worth $61.6 billion.

It will boost cooperation in wine trading and investment promotion.

The amount is scheduled to be spent within 2016-2018 and 2019-2020.

Less than half of them said they were satisfied.

It's an oval-shaped 59.6 carat stone.

This is just for the year's first quarter.

Income ceiling for full allowance rose for a two-person household.

A new round of cooling measures loom ahead.

It can possibly adopt a public-private partnership model.

They like the brand but do not want to be too engaged.

The project is set to contribute $57b every year.

They fear that only cash-rich mainland investors will benefit.

2017 headline CPI inflation is forecast to reach 1.9%.