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PwC Hong Kong said it has helped reduce youth unemployment rate to 10% in 2019.

This comes as reports of a cabinet reshuffling arise.

This is the first time since July 2019, JLL said.

Stricter requirements for travellers from UK will take effect on 28 June.

The HKTDC reported export confidence rose for the 5th consecutive quarter.

Starting 25 June, Indonesia will be considered as an “extremely high-risk” area.

This is a 7% drop compared to the previous year.

The global number of millionaires could go over 84 million in the next five years.

A study has found Gen Zs are struggling in the workplace.

This is faster than 0.8% in April.

Its subsidiary, Emperor Entertainment Hotel, likewise recorded a loss in the year ending March 2021.

By mid-June of 2021, more than 2.4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered to populations in 180 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. While that may be encouraging news on its face, a return to ‘business as usual’ remains a distant and uncertain prospect; though COVID transmission rates are down in some countries, they have skyrocketed in others, causing yet more rounds of lockdowns and bringing economic activity to a virtual halt.

It bundles home insurance with fibre broadband service, network security and a smart home kit.

It eyes stricter regulation over prime brokers, amongst others.

This does not apply to vaccinated persons from extremely or very high-risk places.

This is expected to speed up drug discovery which at present takes up to 15 years.