Hong Kong
Are you doing enough to encourage flexible working?
Nowadays, the traditional nine-to-five workplace routine has been slowly replaced by the growing trends of remote/flexible working and work-sharing. In fact, a great number of well known multinational companies, such as Facebook, have already put "flexible working" in place, encouraging employees to work on-the-go so as to boost productivity and friendly workplace culture.
Are you doing enough to encourage flexible working?
Nowadays, the traditional nine-to-five workplace routine has been slowly replaced by the growing trends of remote/flexible working and work-sharing. In fact, a great number of well known multinational companies, such as Facebook, have already put "flexible working" in place, encouraging employees to work on-the-go so as to boost productivity and friendly workplace culture.
Time to kick off your ESG reporting journey
Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) released consultation conclusions regarding Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting Guide last December, announcing the upgrade of ESG disclosure requirement from recommended best practice to "comply or explain" in two phases.
Hong Kong Island office rents projected to increase 5% in 2016
Low vacancy rates were cited.
Investment market records drop in number of transactions in 1Q16
But there were still some big-ticket deals.
5 trends driving job creation in Hong Kong's insurance sector
Hong Kong was recently ranked 70th globally in Mercer's Quality of Living survey, making it the 3rd highest-ranked Asian city after Singapore and Tokyo. As Hong Kongers pursue better standards of living and more comprehensive health and wealth planning, we have seen strong growth in the insurance sector as consumer demand increases.
Salary hike rate dipped to just 3.6% in early 2016
Employees have become cautious in job hopping.
Residential sales volume bounce back 45% to 17,106
From the lowest level in 25 years.
Women are still under-represented across APAC boards: study
Most countries show little or no progress.
Industrial property investment turnover and volume slumps in Q1 2016
Due to industrialization revitalization scheme expiry.
Low vacancy in Grade A office market force occupiers to lease shadow space
Rental increases are unstoppable.
Cathay Pacific, Dragonair passengers creep up by 2.6% in March
There's also a slight cargo and mail volume decrease.
APAC companies plan on investing 6% of revenue on digitalisation in five years
Industrial companies gearing up for Industry 4.0
The new smart forfour and smart fortwo cabrio landed at Tseun Wan D.Park Sky Dome Atrium
The revolution enters the next round – the smart forfour has undergone improvements in virtually all areas and is markedly more comfortable. Drivepower is supplied by state-of-the-art three-cylinder engines rated at 66kW/90 hp, while power transmission is performed by the twinamic dual clutch transmission.
Big data, smaller risk
Anti-bribery crackdowns, the rise of patent litigation, greater transparency into Asian banking practices, more stringent privacy regulations, and the proliferation of new data sources – organisations doing business in Hong Kong are increasingly taking steps to proactively detecting and managing their risk using data analytics approaches.
Local consumers' services consumption growth slipped to its lowest in 4 years
It grew a measly 1.4%.
Over 6 in 10 Asians are saving for "unexpected events"
But there are still gaps, says survey.
Hong Kong's banking, financial sector on the lookout for risk management assets
Employers want to stem losses.
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