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With negative real GDP growth in the past two quarters, outlook is bleak especially amidst lower exports to the troubled USA and EU.

It would be the highest since 1997.

Among the objectives of the indexes is to provide benchmarks to the market reflecting the overall performance of HK listed foreign companies and all HK listed companies.

Need arises for ensuring steady supply of private bankers as focus shifts to Asia.

Blame it on sharp deceleration in the export of goods.

As operating conditions in Hong Kong’s private sector economy deteriorates for the first time in over two years.

The total consideration for sale and purchase agreements was only $40.8 billion in August .

The growth of luxury markets in China will outperform Hong Kong in the long term, based on a financial report.

HSBC cites the reasons why mainland tourists have been flocking to the country to satisfy their shopping needs.

HSBC says the high demand is driven by the “walking ATMs”, or the Chinese mainlanders who pay with cash.

Growth has been falling since September 2010 and inflation reached 7.9% in July - what’s next?

The Bureau said the proposed granting of consent to the developer of The Pulse to lease out shops was not worthy of consideration.

Loans for use in Hong Kong rose by 0.7% compared to June 2011.

Said deposits rose to RMB572.2b.

The value of total retail sales in July 2011 increased by more than 29% compared to the same period in 2010.

Launch of Hang Seng Foreign Companies Index and Hang Seng Global Composite Index demonstrated the evolving Hong Kong capital market platform.