Some Hong Kong developers are releasing high-end homes for sale to test potential demand from mainland buyers over the "golden week" holiday which ends on October 7.
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- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 9:33am
Golden Week
The Chinese "Golden Week" refers either of the two week-long holidays around National Day on October 1, and the lunar calendar Spring Festival which usually falls in January or February of each year. Tens of millions of Chinese traval by air, train and road to family reunions, vacations or shopping centres during these holidays.
30 Sep 2013
Golden week has come early for favoured haunts of mainland shoppers as some of the more price-conscious visitors have been taking to their tour buses to get in before a jump in prices for...
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23 Sep 2013
Here is the question: if your government decreed that, starting from September 16, you will work for three days then have a three-day holiday; go back to work for six days, then take a day off;...
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22 Sep 2013
The number of mainland visitors coming to Hong Kong during the National Day "golden week" is expected to fall by as much as 30 per cent following the adoption of a new mainland law against forced...
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8 May 2013
The Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners has demanded an explanation from the Rating and Valuation Department, saying the rises will add to pressure on the industry, especially after a sluggish "...
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3 May 2013
This year's "golden week", a national holiday, lacked lustre, says the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, whose members run more than 6,700 retail outlets in the city. Retail sales grew...
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Besides gold jewellery, baby milk powder, cosmetic products and luxury flats, it seems life insurance policies are now on the shopping list of cashed-up mainland tourists when they visit Hong Kong...
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Mainland tourists spent less on luxury products during the first two days of the "golden week" holiday as they remained preoccupied with gold hunting.
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The Labour Day holiday got off to a sluggish start, prompting fears that Hong Kong may have lost some of its appeal for free-spending mainland shoppers. About 270 tours arrived in the city, with...
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Disappointing sales over the "golden week" holiday may put pressure on landlords of street-level shops in core shopping districts to further reduce rents, some market analysts say.
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