Hong Kong

PMI hits 50.7 in November but business outlook remains gloomy

Total new orders continued its decline this month.

PMI hits 50.7 in November but business outlook remains gloomy

Total new orders continued its decline this month.

FinTech Association launches guide on ICOs

It aims to help entrepreneurs who are looking at token sales to raise funds.

Banking system outlook up to stable from negative: Moody's

Thanks to global economic growth and favourable monetary conditions.

Firms head east to avoid high Central office rents

BNP Paribas and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are amongst the first to move.

Economy expected to moderate at 3% in 2018

The slowdown in China’s growth may drag economic expansion.

More sites to be up for tender from January to March 2018

The government will provide more land supply despite meeting housing target.

Banks apply tech, data analytics to combat money laundering

One of the major amendments is to leverage technology on non-face-to-face account opening.

Total port cargo throughput up 5.3% to 70.9m tonnes in Q3

Inward port load from Malaysia registered high growth.

Electrical equipment retailers will soon be required to recycle e-waste

The service will be officially implemented in the third quarter of next year.

Relax, robots are not out to take your banking jobs

Robotics mostly serves as a stop-gap measure to overcome flaws in tech infrastructure.

Tourist arrivals up 6.6% to 5.28 million in October

Visitors from South Korea and Japan posted the largest growth.

Office rents up 0.3% to $71.6 psf in October

The expansion of PRC companies in Central drove rents upward.

Fintech will go mainstream in Hong Kong by 2018: KPMG

The industry is entering a new era of Smart Banking.

Property sales down 11.8% to $66.7b in November

There were a recorded 7,601 sale and purchase agreements last month.

Home sales down 6% to 5,289 sold units in September

However, new residential launches were still warmly received.