Hong Kong

Hong Kong's jobless rate falls to 4.3%

But unemployment rate of 20 to 24 age group rose by one percentage point to 12.1%.

Hong Kong's jobless rate falls to 4.3%

But unemployment rate of 20 to 24 age group rose by one percentage point to 12.1%.

China's central bank opens bond market to Hong Kong lenders

Promotes development of renminbi trade settlement in Hong Kong and enhance its Renminbi offshore business.

DBS appoints Sebastian Paredes Hong Kong unit CEO

Paredes comes in when DBS Hong Kong market value falls as it reported a $1.02bln writedown.

Hong Kong's credit card rates rising

52.4% of cards surveyed charged consumers carrying debt of 30% or above for annualised interest.

Everbright International gains from voluntary emission reduction project

Dangshan Biomass Power Generation Project expected to post annual emission reduction of approximately 130,000 tonnes.

GDP jumps 6.5%

Total exports rose 20.1% in real terms compared to last year while investment spending saw a 15.2% increase.

Government to implement more property measures

Measures to control potential risks in the property sector include increasing land supply and curbing speculative activities in the property market.

Chinese businesses targeting Hong Kong and Taiwan expansion

Expansion of cross-border RMB trade settlement and improved China-Taiwan relationship have resulted to huge opportunities and challenges.

Hong Kong’s volume of goods exports up 23.1%

Volume of goods imports increased higher than volume of total goods exports by 5.3 percentage points.

Bright Smart outlines listing details on SEHK Main Board

Company targets to offer 16,680,000 shares for IPO on August 25.

HKEx profit up 3% to $2.26bln

Exchange to tap growing Renminbi-denominated products whilst it seeks to draw international listings.

Mobile phone operators move to prevent 'bill shock'

65% of 535 complaints received by government are billing disputes with bill shocks as key contributor.

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair combined passenger volume up 19.5%

Airline to cater growing demand to and from Hong Kong on both long-haul and regional routes.

CLP promotes low-carbon living among youth

Ten shortlisted teams of secondary students presented their achievements of promoting low carbon living for CLP’s “Young Power Award”.

ICBC to pay $10.8bln to take Hong Kong unit private

Move can bring more flexibility to tap its resources as the business continues to develop.

OOCL, Evergreen, Simatech Shipping to launch new liner service

Five 2,700 TEU ships to travel on Southeast Asia-India-Middle East route in a 35-day voyage.

China Wireless profit up 740.4% to HK$270mln

While operating profit and shipment for first half skyrocket, gross profit margin dropped 4.5 percentage points.