Financial Results for the First Nine Months of 2007-2008 Financial Year
January 31, 2008 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) announced today its financial results for the first nine months of the 2007-2008 Financial Year. |
Hong Kong Exchange Fund Totals US$181.66 Billion
January 31, 2008 - Assets of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund totaled US$181.66 billion (HK$1,417.0 billion) on 31 December 2007. This is US$807.69 million (HK$6.3 billion) higher than at the end of November 2007, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. |
Hong Kong - First stop on Chinese soil for Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay
January 30, 2008 - The spirit of the Olympic Games will radiate in Hong Kong when the Olympic flame arrives in the territory on April 30 and the Olympic Torch Relay is held on May 2. |
Hong Kong's Consumer Price Index Up 3.8% in December
January 22, 2008 - Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 3.8% in December 2007 over a year earlier. This is larger than the 3.4% increase in November, according to the Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures released today by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG). |
Quality Migrant Admission Scheme Revised
January 18, 2008 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today announced changes to the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme to cast a wider net for quality migrants. |
Hong Kong’s Unemployment Rate Fell to 3.4%
January 17, 2008 - Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to a provisional 3.4% in October – December 2007, from 3.6% in the previous three-month period, according to the latest labor force statistics released today by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. |
Hong Kong Possesses Credentials to Develop Islamic Financial Services
January 15, 2008 - Hong Kong possesses the required credentials to become an international center for Islamic finance, a development which has the full support of the government, said Hong Kong Financial Secretary, Mr. John C. Tsang. |
Hong Kong Ranked as World's Freest Economy for 14th Consecutive Year
January 15, 2008 - Hong Kong has been ranked as the world's freest economy for the 14th consecutive year in the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom, jointly published by The Heritage Foundation and Wall
Street Journal. |
Equestrian Events Unaffected by Swiss Pullout
January 10, 2008 - In response to media enquiries on reports of the withdrawal of Switzerland’s dressage team from this year’s Beijing 2008 Equestrian Events to be staged in Hong Kong, a spokesman for the Equestrian Company (EqCo) today (January 10) said the decision is regrettable, but it is one made by an individual team. |
Strong Year for Investment Promotion in Hong Kong
January 10, 2008 - Investment promotion in Hong Kong achieved encouraging results in 2007. |
Chief Secretary Attends the 10th Working Meeting of Hong Kong/Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference
January 8, 2008 - The 10th Working Meeting of the Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation Joint Conference was held in Guangzhou. Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Henry Tang, and the Executive Vice-Governor of Guangdong Province, Mr. Tang Bingquan, together with the government officials of both sides, reviewed the progress in many areas of cooperation, explored in depth the positioning of long-term cooperation of both sides and agreed on the implementation plans for a number of key cooperation areas for the coming months. |
Hong Kong’s Foreign Currency Reserves at US$152.7 Billion
January 7, 2008 - Hong Kong's foreign currency reserves stood at US$152.7 billion at the end of December 2007, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, up from US$150.4 billion at end-November 2007. |
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