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Hong Kong Stocks Dip Ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival, Highlighting Investor Caution and Its Impact on Local Travel and Tourism Industry: Here’s More New Information Only For You

Home » CHINA TRAVEL NEWS » Hong Kong Stocks Dip Ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival, Highlighting Investor Caution and Its Impact on Local Travel and Tourism Industry: Here’s More New Information Only For You Published on October 6, 2025 Hong Kong’s stock market recently experienced a downturn as investor sentiment remained cautious ahead of the upcoming…

Hong Kong’s John Lee rejects suspension mechanism idea for labour import scheme

Cs news1 month ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s leader has ruled out introducing a suspension mechanism for the city’s labour importation scheme or fining employers for abusing the policy, amid calls to further tighten labour rules to mitigate rising unemployment in some sectors. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Sunday that the city was undergoing an economic transformation, but locals…

HSBC offers Hong Kong SMEs a helping hand amid tariff turmoil

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

HSBC is launching a new education series to equip Hong Kong’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with knowledge to help them maintain smooth business operations amid the threat of disruption from US tariffs. The city’s largest lender said the Account Fitness initiative would help SMEs effectively manage and maintain healthy accounts. “Many entrepreneurs of SMEs…

Editorial | As more Hong Kong restaurants close, landlords must cut rents

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

Vicious cycles are difficult to break. As Hong Kong scrambles to identify and chip away at factors behind a wave of closures in catering and food production, lowering commercial rents may be a logical next step. A recent high-profile victim of the spiral was City’super’s Amazing Food Hall in the upscale Times Square shopping centre…

Hong Kong’s economy grows by ‘solid’ 3.1% in first quarter

Cs news6 months ago01 mins

Hong Kong’s economy expanded by 3.1 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2025, according to advance government estimates. Figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Friday showed gross domestic product (GDP) increased by an estimated 3.1 per cent in real terms in the first three months. A government spokesman…

Hong Kong hosts 41% more Chinese and foreign companies with record investments: InvestHK

Cs news10 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong attracted 41 per cent more mainland and foreign companies last year while winning a record HK$67.7 billion (US$8.7 billion) of investment commitments, following a slew of incentives to help revive the economy, according to InvestHK. Some 539 mainland and overseas firms opened their operational bases in the city, up from 382 in 2023,…

Hong Kong downgrades full-year GDP growth forecast to 2.5%, after weak third quarter

Cs news12 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s economic growth forecast for 2024 has been downgraded to 2.5 per cent after a weaker-than-expected third quarter expansion of 1.8 per cent year on year. The latest official data released on Friday showed the full-year forecast was at the lowest point of the government’s previous range of between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent…