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The first contract will be a 1 kilo gold futures contract providing physical delivery in Hong Kong.

The number of searches of land registers made by the public in May was 498,692, up 0.7% on same time last year.

The technology enhances security of ATM transactions as fraudsters would have difficulty in card replication.

More than three-fourths of the approved applicants are Chinese.

Non-accredited merchants found to be displaying the QTS sign to receive warning letters from the Tourism Board to demand the immediate removal of sign.

Deal to merge major PC Company with major European PC, multimedia products and digital services vendor to accelerate consumer business growth in Europe.

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre will host event to unite players in the US$5.4tn sector.

The carrier boosts Hong Kong’s hub role as it invests in new HK$5.5bn cargo terminal and 87 new aircraft worth HK$180bn.

Yet Hong Kong insurance industry’s overall underwriting profit declined from $559mn to $482mn.

Yuan deposits in Hong Kong jumped to $79 billion.

Robust local consumption demand and lively tourist spending pushed value of total retail sales up to $32bn.

Deposits in the currency climbed to 510.7bn renminbi while the Hong Kong-dollar loan-to-deposit ratio declined to 80.4% from 81.7%.

Valuation gains on foreign currency investments and an increase in certificates of indebtedness boosted Hong Kong’s foreign currency assets.

Proceeds would be used to expand Sun's hypermarket chain in China.

Officials doing workplace inspections also remind employees to take note of their terms and the $28 minimum wage.

Though battered by the March 11 earthquake and its aftermath, the decline in arrivals from Japan was less than 1%, as business travel remained unchanged.