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Beijing sticks with price-cooling measures

7 Jun 2012

Beijing has reiterated its determination to keep austerity measures in place to bring down property prices, as sales volumes rebounded sharply and more and more cities start discreetly easing...

Sales flat despite big discounts

2 May 2012

Labour Day felt more like Christmas Day as mainland developers slashed prices to lure homebuyers during the three-day holiday break, which ended yesterday. However, sales did not jump...

Labour Day influx seen to boost HK transactions

2 May 2012

Hong Kong property sales volume is expected to rebound as much as 15 per cent this week as demand rose over the three-day Labour Day holiday, a peak season for mainland tourists visiting the city...

Teenagers avoid Youth Square

23 Apr 2012

Teenagers have hardly used the new facilities at Youth Square in Chai Wan since it opened in 2009, a government report says.

U.K. tax rise unlikely to deter HK buyers

18 Apr 2012

New tax measures unveiled in the budget announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne last month mean Hong Kong buyers of multimillion-pound homes in Britain will now pay more tax.

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When I was at school, the teachers would award a prize to the pupil who had committed the most egregious exam howler of the year.

CLP tariff concession 'still not enough'

CLP Power yesterday scaled back its plan to raise its electricity charges by an average of 9.2 per cent. Instead it proposes a a 7.4 per cent rise.

But the concession did nothing to...

Government ready to unwind curbs

Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah yesterday signalled the government is prepared to unwind steps to cool down the property market if prices continue falling. The euro-zone debt crisis and...

Surveys show more signs of contraction

Hong Kong's tight labour market may start to slacken in response to signs that the broader economy is continuing to lose steam, data released yesterday suggest.

Wages and currency gains eat into profit at Vtech

Vtech Holdings said rising wages and currency appreciation on the mainland were to blame for declining profit in the six months to the end of September.

Beijing may ease cooling measures by mid-2012

Central government curbs on property buying could be eased by the middle of next year in view of a correction in the market, according to a report by Macquarie Capital Securities.