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A record high of 139,530 local companies registered with the Companies Registry last year.

Cross-border trade payment from the China to Hong Kong amounted to RMB180bln while payments from Hong Kong to China reached RMB50bln.

JV designed to accelerate growth of commercial soup market in the Mainland.

Hong Kong remains the world's most free economy for the 17th consecutive year, according to Heritage Foundation.

The Housing Society and Urban Renewal Authority have approved applications for Operation Building Bright grants, from 643 and 450 target buildngs.

The Centres offer banking transactions via video call and stock trading functions and other services.

The survey reveals the more people are financially literate, the more they experience feelings of happiness while the less literate tend to have feelings of fear.

A survey last September found 61% of Hong Kong families or 1.4 million TV households now receive digital terrestrial television services.

Manufacturing is likely to slow to a single digit as easy cyclical gains from the inventory cycle fade, UBS said.

Hong Kong export-to-GDP came in at around 20% in 2010 but UBS said this increase is temporary.

Hong Kong welcomed 36.03 milliom arrivals in 2010, up 21.8% over 2009.

Hong Kong's official foreign currency reserve assets amounted to US$268.7 billion in December 2010.

19 applications for pre-sale consent for uncompleted residential units and three applications for uncompleted commercial developments were being processed as of December.

“Pearl of the Indian Ocean” is a testimony of the Sri Lanka’s economic boom since its president ended domestic conflict.

Sales in Hong Kong and Macau markets up 56% during the said period, while sales in China increased 25%.

The private sector was fed by new orders which rose to an impressive 58.7 and headline PMI which jumped to 55.0.