Hong Kong

The Monetary Authority of the world’s 10th largest holder of foreign currency reserves said there were no unsettled forward contracts at the end of March and February.

The department had 20 applications for pre-sale consent for uncompleted residential units and 4 for uncompleted commercial developments at the end of March..

The product to provide savings, protection and a stream of income for retirement as it offers regular monthly annuity payment as early as one year after the plan starts.

This accounts for 38% of total deals globally and valued at US$18.3 billion.

The FMCG, retail and luxury are the most active employers within the commerce and industy.

The Department of Health found a proprietary Chinese medicine named Specific Qingyin Wan to contain excessive pesticide residues.

PMI bounced back from the Lunar New Year into solid expansion territory as the March headline PMI jumped to 54.9.

A-Chun Professional Limited was fined $8,000 today at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts for overcharging a job seeking domestic helper. The employment agency was also ordered to pay a compensation of $520 to the job seeker. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

No observable change was found in the radioactivity level of water samples.

Yaekiku, a posh Japanese restaurant in Hong KOng operated by a noted Chinese restaurant entrepreneur, has closed its doors.

Legislative proposals have been raised to improve the regulation of sales and marketing activities of MPF intermediaries.

On a month-on-month basis, property sales increased 8.9 per cent.

The figure broke the single-day record of 973 flight movements set on December 17.

The Immigration Department processed 270 applications between March 17 and 31.

Six itinerant hawkers who pleaded guilty to selling short-weight chestnuts or sweet potatoes in the first three months of this year were fined from $500 to $3,000.

The residential development near Phase 8 of Mei Foo Sun Chuen meets relevant statutory requirements and complies with the use permissible under the land lease.