Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices ended a three-year downturn with a 3.25 per cent increase in 2025, as the property market gallops into the new year buoyed by expectations of more transactions and further price gains, according to analysts. Rents climbed to a record high in December, boosting annual gains to 4.26 per cent in…
Plans for the next Legislative Council are being cemented – the nomination process will begin on October 24, with the current term ending on the same day. However, the same can’t be said for the date of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address. So far, we’ve only been told it will be moved up…
About 37 per cent of students who applied under Hong Kong’s university programme allocation system have secured tertiary education places, representing a slight drop from the previous year, amid increased competition. The release of the allocation data on Tuesday came as the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) revealed it had secured the highest number…
Hong Kong’s tax revenue increased by about 10 per cent in the past financial year, driven in part by an influx of talent and a boost in property transactions, authorities have said. Commissioner of Inland Revenue Benjamin Chan Sze-wai on Friday also predicted a 7 per cent rise in overall collections for the 2025-26 financial…