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Concrete Analysis John Batten

We need to get creative to fix Hong Kong’s housing crisis

14 Aug 2018 - 12:24pm 2

City Beat Tammy Tam

Does it make sense to ditch Ma to save Chan?

12 Aug 2018 - 9:22pm 17

Inside Out David Dodwell

China’s ‘city of warp speed’ is poised for another major leap forward

29 Jul 2018 - 8:50pm 6

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The biggest new market you’ve never heard of

2 Jun 2018 - 7:32pm

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Link Group launches Hong Kong digital corporate registry service

9 Aug, 5:00am

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Drug maker BeiGene drops 5 per cent on Hong Kong debut

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Asia’s first pre-profit listed biotech plunges on day three

3 Aug, 8:12pm 3

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Chinese property investors pile into UK’s booming Birmingham

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China’s parents are heading to Thailand for schools and homes

14 Aug, 8:08am 3

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Warning over end of Hong Kong’s ‘low interest rate environment’

12 Aug, 10:30pm 2

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US proptech fund Fifth Wall attracts Hong Kong, Asian interest

12 Aug, 11:01pm

Companies

Buyers shrug off Hong Kong’s rising mortgage rates to snap up flats

11 Aug, 11:31pm 27

China Business

Appetite for China land plots drops the most since 2014

9 Aug, 11:19pm 3

Banking & Finance

New homebuyers to feel the squeeze as mortgage rates inch up

10 Aug, 3:18pm 14

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Facial recognition tech comes to Hong Kong-Shenzhen border

24 Jul, 11:57am 12

Hong Kong law and crime

Five held as customs break up gang selling fake Chinese medicine

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Lawmakers rally against review of milk powder export restrictions

14 Oct, 11:25pm 4

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No bonanza for traders as iPhone 8 resale prices stay low at launch

22 Sep, 11:25pm 4

Hong Kong economy

Why it won’t be easy to make huge profits reselling iPhone X in China

14 Sep, 7:25am 12

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Children smuggle 210 phones worth US$145,000 out of Hong Kong for fast food

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Ousted lawmaker Baggio Leung and former civil servant Kwok Cheuk-kin had applied for injunction as train services were expected to commence before other court challenges would be heard

Judge rejects bid to halt joint-checkpoint plan for high-speed rail link

Ousted lawmaker Baggio Leung and former civil servant Kwok Cheuk-kin had applied for injunction as train services were expected to commence before other court challenges would be heard.

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Negotiations completed on fees for travel to mainland cities beyond 18 high-speed rail link destinations, ahead of scheduled opening next month

Fees slashed more than 10 per cent for high-speed rail tickets to mainland

14 Aug 2018 - 10:45am 18

An analyst has warned that increased censorship by Beijing would affect Hong Kong’s future liveability rankings as companies leave. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong reclaims lead over Singapore in liveability rankings

14 Aug 2018 - 7:06am 36

The pay expectations of Hong Kong university students are rising, with 47 per cent choosing high future earnings as a top job characteristic. Photo: David Wong

Hong Kong civil service unseats Google as most ideal employer

14 Aug 2018 - 11:17am 6

Sales at Sogo’s Causeway Bay department store jumped 20.1 per cent in the first half. Photo: SCMP

Weakening yuan, possible China slowdown worry Sogo operator

13 Aug 2018 - 11:09pm 2

DAB’s Terry Yip slams rail operator for hiding details of problems at six light rail stations in Tuen Mun

MTR sinking issues a ‘subsidence on public confidence’, district councillor says

13 Aug 2018 - 9:05pm 3

Lawmaker Michael Tien says the statutory body could function like the Airport Authority. Photo: Winson Wong

Ex-rail boss calls on government to buy out MTR, run as public body

13 Aug 2018 - 9:26pm 24

The solution involves restructuring of where our health dollars are spent, massive investment in our elderly caring workforces, and radical reform of pension and employment policies. Photo: EPA

It’s time for Hong Kong to prepare for the 100-year life

12 Aug 2018 - 10:42pm 7

The cost of owning a home in Hong Kong will go up after most banks in the city said they are raising their mortgage rates. Photo: Fung Chang

Warning over end of Hong Kong’s ‘low interest rate environment’

12 Aug 2018 - 10:30pm 2

Management shake-up at city’s rail giant comes with call to eschew hefty payouts, and warnings of punishments to come

History repeats itself at scandal-plagued MTR Corp

12 Aug 2018 - 10:30pm 21

The MTR Corp has seen its reputation take a major hit since the scandal. Photo: Felix Wong

The fall from grace of Hong Kong’s MTR: a timeline of events

11 Aug 2018 - 6:33pm 8

The developer offered discounts of up to 16 per cent, selling out 85 per cent of available units at the end of the day

Buyers shrug off Hong Kong’s rising mortgage rates to snap up flats

11 Aug 2018 - 11:31pm 27

Angular distortion has been found in pipes around the Exhibition Centre station site a day after the rail giant was forced to suspend all excavation work at the stop on the beleaguered Sha Tin-Central Link. Photo: Dickson Lee

More subsidence problems as pipes found bent at MTR station site

13 Aug 2018 - 1:54pm 2

Philco Wong has been embroiled in the scandal on Hong Kong’s costliest rail project. Photo: Winson Wong

Calls for ex-MTR projects director to step down as engineers’ body president

11 Aug 2018 - 5:52pm 5

Lands Department reveals that America first approached city’s government about purchasing leasehold for site six months before China took possession of Hong Kong

US consulate land deal was started just before handover in 1997

11 Aug 2018 - 11:31pm 23

Rail operator halts excavation to ease public concerns over multiple cases of subsidence around Wan Chai site

MTR forced to stop work at another Sha Tin-Central Link station

11 Aug 2018 - 11:52am 5

Customers collect the HKMC Annuity plan subscription intention form at HSBC’s Mong Kok branch on the first day of its launch on July 19. Photo: Handout

Subscription to annuity scheme falls well short of US$1.27b target

10 Aug 2018 - 10:02pm 8

The most recent figures followed 4.6 per cent growth in the first quarter – Hong Kong’s strongest in almost a decade. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong GDP records 3.5 per cent growth for second quarter

10 Aug 2018 - 11:32pm 5

Kowloon City district councillor Kwan Ho-yeung says rail operator covered up subsidence problems caused by Sha Tin-Central Link construction

100 complaints but no compensation from MTR for residents near sinking site

10 Aug 2018 - 4:10pm 11

Rail operator reports dip in revenue to HK$26.37 billion, but remains optimistic on outlook for second half of the year

Troubled MTR Corp’s profits drop 20.5 per cent to HK$4.64 billion

9 Aug 2018 - 11:30pm 5

Lau Ching-kwong, the former director of the Civil Engineering Department, is one of three experts to be parachuted into troubled rail operator on government’s behalf

MTR Corp troubleshooter wants to tear up Hung Hom platform

9 Aug 2018 - 10:39pm 7

Liberal Party chairman Tommy Cheung says it is an ‘inflexible’ labour law and granting days off for births and marriages should be left to companies

Mandatory paternity leave a mistake, pro-establishment lawmaker says

9 Aug 2018 - 10:39pm 21

The scandal over the Sha Tin-Central rail link erupted in May over corners cut in work done on steel bars and couplers. Photo: Dickson Lee

MTR’s HK$97.1 billion link scandal: consequences, loopholes and solutions

9 Aug 2018 - 2:32pm 9

Cathay Pacific’s costs rose 8.5 per cent in the first-half of the year. Photo: Roy Issa

What Cathay Pacific can learn from competitors in bid to trim costs

9 Aug 2018 - 7:08pm 35

Residential buildings stand illuminated in Hong Kong. The cost of owning a home in Hong Kong will go up after most banks in the city said they are raising their mortgage rates. Photo: Bloomberg

New homebuyers to feel the squeeze as mortgage rates inch up

10 Aug 2018 - 3:18pm 14

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Will new penalty system give Hong Kong’s notorious taxi trade a fresh start?

8 Aug 2018 - 10:27pm 22

Legislature’s railways panel chief suggests setting up independent railway development department to improve supervision

Stamp out ‘organised fraud’ in MTR rail projects, lawmaker demands

8 Aug 2018 - 5:44pm 6

A passenger aircraft of Cathay Pacific Airways at the Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok. Photo: Chang Kim Fung

Costs holding Cathay Pacific back as its losses narrow to US$33 million

8 Aug 2018 - 11:47pm 18

A view of Cha Kwo Ling Village in Kowloon. Photo: Handout

Plan for vocational institute at Cha Kwo Ling harbourfront faces legal challenge

8 Aug 2018 - 10:53am 5