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Hong Kong is the world's 21st most powerful passport
Hong Kong is the world's 21st most powerful passport
Passport holders can enjoy visa-free access to a total of 155 countries.
Here's what insulates Hong Kong's property market from rate hikes
Unless there’s a large market crisis, the market is well-shielded from rising interest rates.
Tung Chung reclamation and advance works contract signed for $12.08b
The project will provide 49,000 residential flats and 870,000 sqm of commercial floor space.
Monetary Authority to develop faster payment system
It aims to provide banks with a system to provide real-time credit transfer.
Housing market starts to cool: Credit Suisse
Home prices are projected to rise 3% in 2018 compared to 13% in 2017.
Temp work to boom in project management and finance sector
Contractual business analysts and PMO specialists are projected to be in high demand.
Which sector dominated the IPO market in 2017?
A company from this sector raised a whopping $17.2b last year.
Property deals up 14.8% in 2017
The total deal consideration was $726.42b.
Investors still flock to Hong Kong's IPO market despite lacklustre year
Bloomberg reports that the recent IPO of Chinese eye-clinic drew the highest retail participation in 11 years.
Number of registered local companies hits 1.38m in 2017
A total 160,229 local companies were newly registered last year.
Farmland conversion proposal may benefit major homebuilders
Developers must act quick to snap up deals to stay ahead.
Total retail sales up 7.5% to $38.7b in November
Medicine and cosmetics rose 12.5%.
Hong Kong poised to top global IPO market in 2018
It is expected to raise as much as $250b this year.
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2 in 5 Hong Kongers are likely to make online purchases on Singles' Day
It’s Hong Kong’s top online shopping festival.
Private development projects to provide 15,600 flats
It’s exponentially higher than the annual average of 4,200 flats in the past decade.
Public housing supply still short of ten-year target by 43,000 units
The target for public housing supply is set at 280,000 units and subsidised-sale flats.
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