Home prices fell 7.1 percent in 2024
[RTHK] - 01/24/2025
Home prices fell 7.1 percent in 2024, official figures showed on Friday. It was the third year in a row of declining prices, which have dropped 27 percent since the start of 2022. Eddie Kwok, executive director of CBRE Hong Kong’s valuation and advisory services, said price increases could be on (…)
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'4.74 million tourists visited Hong Kong in January'
Tourism minister Rosanna Law on Tuesday said 4.74 million tourists visited Hong Kong last month, with 3.73 million (…)
[RTHK] - 4/02/2025
Salary freeze for Hong Kong civil servants to tackle budget deficit, former minister suggests
Hong Kong’s former secretary for transport and housing Anthony Cheung has called for a pay freeze for public (…)
[HKFP] - 5/02/2025
Hong Kong should refer to past pay cuts for officials amid deficit: ex-minister
Anthony Cheung urges lawmakers and top officials to ‘proactively show their readiness to go through the difficult (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Hong Kong’s 8 public universities amass nearly HK$140 billion in reserves
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Judges tell Jimmy Lai to ‘contain’ his emotions after tycoon’s fiery remarks in nat. security trial
Three Hong Kong judges overseeing the national security trial of Jimmy Lai have asked the jailed media tycoon to (…)
[HKFP] - 4/02/2025
SAR eyes next-gen wealth owners in family office push
Hong Kong is looking to tap the next generation of wealth owners in its push to promote the SAR as a place for (…)
[RTHK] - 5/02/2025
Businesses are prepared for latest US tariffs: HKGCC
Businesses in Hong Kong are prepared for the latest round of 10 percent tariffs that Washington imposed on Beijing, (…)
[RTHK] - 5/02/2025
Barbie ‘Big S’ Hsu’s family to bring ashes home to Taiwan on Thursday
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[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium to officially open on March 1
About 50,000 people join trial event, with stadium’s retractable roof open for first time to test noise levels.
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Govt to double maximum penalty for making guns
The government on Tuesday said it plans to double the maximum penalty for illegally manufacturing and trafficking (…)
[RTHK] - 4/02/2025
Scam farm victim in good condition, returns home: govt
A Hongkonger who was recently freed from a scam farm in Myanmar is in good mental and physical condition and has (…)
[RTHK] - 4/02/2025