Hong Kong: Economy records fastest growth since Q4 2023 in the first quarter GDP reading: GDP growth sped up to 3.1% year on year in the first quarter from 2.5% in the fourth quarter of last year and marked the strongest expansion since Q4 2023. Rebounding fixed investment, higher tourism, and a surge in goods…
US President Donald Trump has announced a 100 per cent tariff on any films produced outside America wanting to enter its market, with experts saying the move will have little impact on the industry in Hong Kong. Trump posted on his social media platforms at around 7am Hong Kong time that non-US produced films constituted…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has stepped in for the second time within three days to maintain the local currency’s peg to the US dollar after the Hong Kong dollar hit the strong end of its trading band. The city’s de facto central bank sold HK$9.532 billion worth of the local currency and bought…
US President Donald Trump has announced a 100 per cent tariff on any films produced outside America wanting to enter its market, with experts saying the move will have little impact on the industry in Hong Kong. Trump posted on his social media platforms at around 7am Hong Kong time that non-US produced films constituted…
Narratives are important, especially in the sentiment-driven property industry, where the mood among buyers and sellers is a crucial determinant of the sector’s performance and outlook. If there is a market that desperately needs an upbeat story, it is Hong Kong. Since 2018, the city has lurched from one crisis to the next, preventing a…
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is launching another batch of flats in its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories following two consecutive sold-out weekends in one of Hong Kong’s largest residential projects in more than a quarter century. On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s largest developer will offer 150 flats in the 9,700-unit project in Shap…
May 5, 2025 IPO applications at the Hong Kong stock exchange have surged, with filings in the first four months of the year increasing by 29% compared to the previous year, according to a report from the South China Morning Post. The exchange has seen 112 companies submit applications to list on its main board,…
More than 12,000 Hongkongers and tourists have flocked to Cheung Chau for the island’s annual bun festival, and a parade featuring popular film characters and hot topics such as scams, with businesses expecting sales growth and overseas market expansions. Revellers set out on their journeys early on Monday. Shortly before 9am, the Central pier announced…
Low-budget tours to Hong Kong costing as little as 68 yuan (US$9.35) have been a popular option among mainland visitors over the Labour Day “golden week” holiday, sparking concerns about how such minimal spending by tourists in the city would benefit the local economy. A search by the Post on China’s leading online travel booking…
✕ Standing out from the crowd is all about the company you keep. If your immediate neighbors are generic housing towers, attracting attention is easy in Hong Kong. But when you’re located between Central and Admiralty, with I.M. Pei’s twistingly triangulated Bank of China and Paul Rudolph’s “look-at-me!” Lippo Centre right next door, not to…