Hong Kong

Legislation for reporting of securities short-selling will reportedly be introduced as soon as possible.

This as Chief Executive Donald Tsang is expected to announce measures to promote affordable housing and boost land supply.

The short-term outlook may be uncertain, but at least something good's about to come 14 years from now.

The committee on patent system review will be chaired by Andrew Liao.

Developments seen to boost the programme's flexibility and help banks provide stronger fund support for SMEs.

The Chinese restaurant chain aims to raise over $200m.

Investors though are expected to remain cautious when it comes to the property sector.

Initial public offerings in the 3rd quarter were valued at $24.4b.

Perception of land scarcity, meanwhile, is seen as slowly changing as property developers show lukewarm response to auctions.

More than 2.1mn registration forms for the initiative had been received.

The terms of appointment of Mr Andrew Fung shall be for three years.

The former Deutsche Bank executive brings in 20 years’ global and regional experience in transaction and corporate banking.

It was down by US$1.9 billion on August's figure.

As social media continues to grow, businesses are taking a more sophisticated view of how to use these new channels to market – both with customers and internally within their organisations.

And worse, 31% of companies do not plan to hire more in the next two years.

The turnover of H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 220,600 contracts.