Hong Kong

The city's post-pandemic appetite for megaprojects might raise the prices for materials and labour.

Q1 ended the four consecutive quarters of GDP decline.

Approved applicants can now travel between the city and Guangdong starting 1 June.

The government raised the Statutory Minimum Wage to $40 per hour.

Net income reached HK$15.23b.

The platform said online shopping is steadily growing as its merchants reached over 3.35 million customers in 2022.

There have been more comments from foreign firms on the difficulties of opening a bank account.

The bank remains dedicated to reaching break-even in 2024, CEO Barbaros Uygun said.

Its loan balance has surpassed HK$1.3b as of end 2022.

The total cases is at 6,376 by end-March, lower than the over 12,000 cases in 2022.

Previously, it was $37.5 per hour.

The latest projection is 2,000 more than the previous estimate.

The branches can provide personal account opening and general enquiry services.

Dr Michael Tobin who recently visited Hong Kong, gives his opinion on Chat GPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is causing quite a stir across the academic world globally.

The restructuring will help the airline expedite its business recovery.

The profit attributable to shareholders grew to $3.4m in the first quarter of 2023.