Hong Kong

A walk-in interview session is being offered by Dragonair to look for new qualified cabin crew.

The net profit of China Fishery, another subsidiary of Pacific Andes, also grew 7.9% to HK$153.7mn.

The Hong Kong Government published last summer the long awaited Competition Bill which is intended to introduce a general competition law in Hong Kong.

The rights of both the bank and borrower when it comes to non-financial covenant default will not remain a question anymore.

The Hong Kong benchmark may jump as much as 23 percent to hit 28,900 this year. This is fueled by the banking and property sectors, according to the Credit Suisse Securities.

New bank loans in the mainland during January hit US$182.89 billion, which overshot the central bank's cut-off target by at least 20 percent.

Hong Kong registered the highest annual office rents growth in Asia Pacific outranking Beijing, Singapore and Shanghai.

The sales volume of miscellaneous consumer durable goods registered the highest growth.

Thirty of Hong Kong incomes are sandwiched between private housing and the government's public rental housing. This trend is expected to continue for the next 20 years.

Singapore was overtaken by Hong Kong as the most globalised economy in the world.

The surplus in December was mainly due to the receipt of $33.8 billion in investment income on fiscal reserves.

More firms are making the switch from the Growth Enterprise Market to the main board this year than last year. Most of them are small and medium- sized enterprises.

Hong Kong's property market is expected to grow after the Lunar New Year although it has slowed down ahead of the festival.

Godfrey is known for his Digital 21 strategy and his commitment to enhancing e-Government services, enriching the government IT programme and facilitating ICT developments in Hong Kong.

Decline in foreign currency assets was due to a decrease in unsettled purchases of securities, behind valuation gains on foreign currency investments.

The group’s listing on the Main Board of HKSE and access to international capital markets lays a solid foundation for the Group’s long term development.