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Link costing $12m a month while it awaits listing

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The Link real estate investment trust is spending an average of $12 million a month on operational costs as it awaits a public listing, Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, Michael Suen Ming-yeung, told legislators yesterday. Mr Suen said the management of facilities under the Link would not be subject to any tendering exercise as it was a direct subsidiary of the Housing Authority, which is currently paying all its costs.

Trio of companies 'about to sign' in industrial park

Three companies are close to sealing a deal with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation to operate in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Park, which has a vacancy rate of 51 per cent, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology John Tsang Chun-wah told legislators.

Mr Tsang said while more than half of the park's land area was vacant, that did not mean rents were too high.

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Consumer council urges opening power market

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