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Retail sector recovers slightly as rents in core areas stabilise
Retail sector recovers slightly as rents in core areas stabilise
Higher tourist arrivals contributed to the gradual normalisation.
Half of workers want private office space to perform efficiently
They believe it is more important than available office technology and workplace perks.
Expect Mainland China to buoy the banking sector next year
As such, more companies are seeking professionals fluent in Mandarin.
Goldman Sachs slips to 30th place in arranging Hong Kong IPOs
It was in first place in 2014.
Hong Kong boosts IP regime in bid to become Asia's IP trading hub
An original grant patent system is in the pipeline to support novel IT ideas.
Chinese banks buoy Central's office market in 2017
They accounted for half of 2017's new lettings.
PMI hits 50.7 in November but business outlook remains gloomy
Total new orders continued its decline this month.
Banking system outlook up to stable from negative: Moody's
Thanks to global economic growth and favourable monetary conditions.
Firms head east to avoid high Central office rents
BNP Paribas and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are amongst the first to move.
Economy expected to moderate at 3% in 2018
The slowdown in China’s growth may drag economic expansion.
Hong Kong Central's office space is still the world's priciest
It costs an average of $210 psf monthly.
More sites to be up for tender from January to March 2018
The government will provide more land supply despite meeting housing target.
Total ocean vessel arrivals down 3.5% to 6,784 in Q3
However, total capacity increased 1%.
Banks apply tech, data analytics to combat money laundering
One of the major amendments is to leverage technology on non-face-to-face account opening.
Total port cargo throughput up 5.3% to 70.9m tonnes in Q3
Inward port load from Malaysia registered high growth.
Tourist arrivals up 6.6% to 5.28 million in October
Visitors from South Korea and Japan posted the largest growth.
Office rents up 0.3% to $71.6 psf in October
The expansion of PRC companies in Central drove rents upward.
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