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Government surplus hit $40.1b in June
Expenditure reached $40.6b during the month.
Mortgage loans up 5.6% to $44b
Primary market transactions rose 19.2%.
These factors are weighing on Hong Kong banks' credit profiles
Rising private sector debt is one key risk.
Hong Kong recruits more part-time doctors amidst manpower shortage
Over 300 doctors are now part-timers at public hospitals.
Exchange Fund gains $126.5b in 1H17
Total assets now stand at $3.9t.
Hong Kong's total exports up 11.1%
Whilts goods imports rose 10.4%.
Hong Kong's airport dominance under threat by upcoming hubs
A US$12.9b airport in Beijing is due to open in 2019.
64% of MNCs mull over using co-working spaces
Potential cost savings pushed them to rethink their working spaces.
Hong Kong Business Awards 2017 honours 26 outstanding firms
Almost 100 executives attended the awarding ceremony on 25 July.
Residential supply to rise 94% in the next three years
21,000 units will be released annually.
Hong Kong awaits formal deal on high-speed rail link to Guangzhou
It has trained 40 drivers and conductors.
Demand for co-working office space in Hong Kong on the rise
Larger companies are maximising the flexibility of these spaces.
Consumer prices in Hong Kong inched up by 1.9%
Food, housing, and transport prices rose.
Hong Kong's skyscrapers are the costliest in the world
Costs have reached US$8,000 psf.
Is Hong Kong's retail property market finally recovering?
Sales were up 77.6% to 870 transactions in May.
Hong Kong banks' mortgage lending to slow
Rising interest rates are to blame.
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