Hong Kong

But the number of debit cards in circulation in relation to retail sales and bills payments down 1.2% to 27.1mn.

North American companies came out on top at every basic performance management practice.

But its cargo load factor suffered a decrease of 1.6 percentage points.

Chan positions Hong Kong as best gateway to take part in China’s economic boom.

British companies persuaded that they can benefit from packages offered by Hong Kong and China.

And average room rates in Asia Pac rose by 7%, overtaking Europe’s hotel rate growth.

It attracts better players with a higher gaming and non-gaming budget, according to a survey.

It will be done in phases through a transitional period.

Secretary for Labour & Welfare Matthew Cheung will also speak at the High-Level Policy Dialogue chaired by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

It will be available in Hong Kong, Singapore and on the Chinese Mainland.

The government presented in London to attract European firms to use Hong Kong’s renminbi financial platform.

External assets of the Exchange Fund increased by HK$33b as of end of August.

The Drainage Services Department has awarded a $528 million contract for upgrading the preliminary treatment works at Sandy Bay, Cyberport, Wah Fu, Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau.

Moody’s says its new private debt placement of HK$1b won’t impact its negative outlook.

The publicly traded brokerage will price the shares at between a discount of 13% to its Shanghai-listed shares and a premium of 3%.

Analysts forecast the city’s GDP growth to reach 4.9% in 2012.