News
Hong Kong's budget surplus pegged to hit 5-year low
It is estimated at HK$12b.
34 residential sites up for sale
These can yield 15,500 flats.
Hong Kong's 4Q GDP up 1.1%
Full-year growth for 2013 came in at 2.9%.
Hong Kong feared to become a 'super-aged' country by 2050
Fertility rate is just 1:13.
Esprit's operating expenses plunged 15%
Revenue also treaded downhill.
Cathay Pacific eyes boosting cabin crew to 1,000 this year
700 applicants flocked to the HQ.
Passenger fuel surcharge to drop 6% to $211 in March
And $875 for long-haul ones.
Hong Kong's January exports dipped 0.4% to $299.2b
Trade deficit is pegged at $20b.
Transport complaints dropped 6.2% in 4Q13
Public transport cases dipped 5.2%.
Hong Kong's consumer confidence index slipped to 105 in Q4
Still better than regional peers.
Six big trends that could shake up Hong Kong's office market by 2020
Real estate marke set to change dramatically.
CE Leung insists rent control is not effective
He pushes for supply boost.
Hong Kong population edged up a tad 0.6% to 7.2m
57,100 births were recorded.
Volume of domestic exports tumbled 9.4% in December
But goods exports edged up.
Unemployment rate hits record-low at 3.1%
Underemployment also hit 16-year low.
$10.7m worth of transport subsidies get go ahead
15 applications were approved.
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