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73% of employers in Asia Pacific lack a strategy for developing women leaders:Mercer
More than two-fifths of the employers surveyed said their organisations do not offer any activities or programmes targeted to the development needs of women leaders.
73% of employers in Asia Pacific lack a strategy for developing women leaders:Mercer
More than two-fifths of the employers surveyed said their organisations do not offer any activities or programmes targeted to the development needs of women leaders.
Hong Kong signed health pact agreement with Shenzhen
The agreement will enhance co-operation on quarantine and health measures at boundary control points.
HKEx to extend trading hours
9:30am to 4pm schedule will be implemented from March 7 after series of simulation sessions showed positive results.
HK retail sales value increased by 28% in January 2011
Total retail sales value rose to $37.6 billion in January, according to the Census & Statistics Department.
Hong Kong entered 2011 as the most expensive office location in the world
Occupancy costs per workstation in Hong Kong's prime district of Central and Admiralty surged by 31% year-on-year in 2010.
Headline PMI eased to 53.7 in February 2011
February new orders fell to 54.1 from 58.1 in January while February employment index jumped to 52.6 compared to 51.1 in January.
Building sales dropped 7.6% year-on-year in February 2011
A total of 12,401 sale and purchase agreements for building units were received in February.
Minimum MPF income may rise to $5.5k
If the move is approved, Statutory Minimum Wage implementation will not cut the take-home pay of workers whose current monthly income is fewer than $5,000.
SFC, HKMA and StanChart reach agreement on Lehman Brothers notes
The SFC and the HKMA has reached an agreement with Standard Chartered Bank in relation to the bank's distribution of equity linked structured notes.
Retail sales volumes to advance 16.2%
The increasing gap between value and volume growth - from 1.4% in Sep 2010 to 2.6% in December 2010, reflects growing inflationary pressure.
Social welfare spending up 11% this year
Education, social welfare and health care will account for $137 billion in total.
Hong Kong total deposits up 1.4%
The Hong Kong-dollar loan-to-deposit ratio climbed from 78.1% at the end of December to 79.3% at the end of January.
Visitor arrivals surged 21.5% in January 2011
A total of 3,598,030 visitors arrived in January this year.
Dragonair to recruit 300 new candidates this year
42 new crew graduated from the training held last December to January.
HKMA completes investigations in Lehman-Brothers-related cases
HKMA announced that the investigation of over 99% of a total of 21,748 Lehman-Brothers-related complaint cases received has been completed.
HK pharmaceutical market to grow steadily
The Hong Kong pharmaceutical market should reach HKD10.56 billion by 2014, up from the calculated HKD7.19 billion in 2009.
Experienced candidates' salary levels in FMCG industries are rising by up to 15%
FMCG, retail, banking and financial services sectors were responsible for some of the most significant increases in recruitment activity in the HK market.
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