April 28 (Reuters) - New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$24.9 billion in March, up 17.8 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Friday. Following is the breakdown of data from HKMA: 2017 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong boasts massive cityscape, but has enough local quirks to keep you on your toes
In a crowded fish market in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay area, mongers prove the freshness of their cod by displaying them splayed and bloody, their hearts still fluttering with life. Around the corner, “voodoo women” hold court under a raised highway ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Hong Kong : Financial and Business Review for the First Quarter of 2017
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property prices hit record high for fifth straight month
HONG KONG, April 28 Private home prices in Hong Kong, one of the least affordable places in the world, hit a record high for the fifth month in a row in March, extending its year-long price surge, according to government data released on Friday. Cooling ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong in running to host world’s biggest IPO after regulators met Aramco executives
Hong Kong sealed its place among the front-runners to host the biggest initial public offering in history after oil giant Saudi Aramco sent its executives to talk with local regulators, according to Carlson Tong Ka-shing, chairman of the Securities and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Dollar Drop Has Origin in Property-Lending Rumbles
Where U.S. interest rates go, Hong Kong’s follow. At least that’s the theory with the territory’s pegged currency system. It’s not always the case. There was a sharp divergence in rates in 2003, when Hong Kong’s economy was hit by the impact of ... ( read original story ...)
Customers in short supply at HSBC's Pearl River Delta branches, core of China plan
DONGGUAN, China/LONDON/HONG KONG In the digital age, footfall in bricks-and-mortar outlets is an incomplete measure of business activity, but HSBC's (HSBA.L) sparsely attended branches in the Pearl River Delta suggest it's not all plain sailing for the ... ( read original story ...)