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New yuan bonds set to debut in Hong Kong

Business | Securities
2009-9-9

CHINA will soon issue its first yuan-backed sovereign bonds in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to build a market for the currency in the global financial hub. The Ministry of Finance will offer 6 billion...

HK retail sales in 6.2% drop

Business | Retail
2009-7-3

THE monthly retail sales value in May in Hong Kong dropped 6.2 percent year on year to HK$21.6 billion (US$2.8 billion), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said yesterday. The volume of retail...

HK spares no expense to present its finery

Metro | World Expo
2009-7-2

THE Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's government has committed HK$346 million (US$44.64 million) in funding for its Shanghai World Expo presence. It is the most that the region has pledged for a World...

HK to decrease growth forecast

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-5-15

HONG Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Donald Tsang said yesterday that full-year forecasts for economic growth would be adjusted downward and vowed more relief measures. Speaking at a question-and-answer...

HK likes Australia wine center

Business | Tobacco and alcohol
2009-4-17

THE Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government may draw on the experience of Australia in setting up a wine center in the free trade center, an official said yesterday. Australia has a national wine center...

HK trade hits US$97 billion

Business | Foreign trade
2008-7-24

TRADE between China's mainland and its Hong Kong Special Administrative Region reached US$97 billion in the first half of 2008, up 8 percent year-on-year, statistics from the Ministry of Commerce showed yesterday. ...

Total deposits fall

Business | Securities
2008-7-1

THE total deposits with authorized institutions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region fell 0.8 percent in May, with Hong Kong dollar deposits dropping 0.6 percent, the local monetary authority said yesterday....

17 dead as bus overturns in Hong Kong

National
2008-5-1

A SHUTTLE bus carrying 65 passengers turned over in Hong Kong this morning, killing 17 and injuring 49 others, Hong Kong police and the government information department said. The accident, one of Hong Kong's...

Consumer prices up 6% in HK

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2008-3-21

SURGING food prices helped push consumer prices in Hong Kong to a year-on-year growth of 6.3 percent in February, the highest inflation rate in 10.5 years, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said...

Bird flu found in dead HK robin

National
2008-3-9

AN oriental magpie robin found dead in Hong Kong has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative...