Chicago Opens Arms and Hearts to Hong Kong Culture in May
Chicago, IL - April 30, 2009 - The Windy City will welcome representatives from Hong Kong to embrace the island’s unique culture, creativity and economic vitality starting May 1. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York (HKETONY), the representative office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, today announced the launch of the Hong Kong Comes to Chicago 2009 Festival (the festival) – held in conjunction with the city’s month-long celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. |
Hong Kong ExCo Approves Proposal on Government Bond Program
April 28, 2009 - The Chief Executive in Council today approved the proposal to implement the Government Bond Program, and the introduction into the Legislative Council of the resolutions to authorize the Government to borrow and to set up a fund to manage sums raised under the program. |
Hong Kong Situation Report on Swine Influenza
April 27, 2009 - A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Hong Kong Department of Health today said leaflets with health messages had been distributed at the airport to passengers arriving from places where human cases of swine influenza were reported. |
Hong Kong Consumer Prices Rise 1.2% in March
April 23, 2009 - Hong Kong’s overall consumer prices rose by 1.2% in March 2009, compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures released today by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. |
Hong Kong is Biotech Bridge Between West and Mainland
April 23, 2009 - Hong Kong is becoming an important biotech bridge between the West and the Mainland, Hong Kong Financial Secretary, Mr. John C Tsang, said today . |
Hong Kong’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.2%
April 20, 2009 - Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 5% in December 2008 – February 2009 to a provisional 5.2% in January – March 2009, according to the latest labor force statistics released today by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
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Hong Kong Government Welcomes IBM Setting Up Cloud Computing Laboratory in Cyberport
April 17, 2009 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today welcomed the decision by IBM, one of the world’s leading information technology companies, to set up a cloud computing laboratory at Cyberport. |
Financing Arrangements for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
April 14, 2009 - The selection of the lead bank to provide the funding arrangement for the main body of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) was made through an open tender exercise conducted jointly by the governments of Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao on the Mainland in January 2009. |
Hong Kong Government Continues to Promote Solar Energy R&D
April 14, 2009 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government would continue to work closely with the electronic industry, the photovoltaic (PV) industry and other relevant parties to promote research and development in solar energy, said the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Mr. Eddy Chan, today. |
Growth of Mobile Data Usage Exemplifies Hong Kong’s Development as Wireless City
April 13, 2009 - The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) today published for the first time the statistics of local mobile data usage, which sees a surge to 147 Terabytes (i.e. 147,000 Gigabytes) as of January 2009, or an average amount of 44 Mbytes per 2.5G/3G mobile user for that particular month. This represents four times and 14 times the mobile data usage over the same period in 2008 and 2007 respectively. |
Deck Closure of Stonecutters Bridge Marks Near Completion of Route 8
April 7, 2009 - Hong Kong Secretary for Transport and Housing, Ms. Eva Cheng said today that being a major part of the Route 8, the Stonecutters Bridge would play an important role in coping with growing traffic between Northeast New Territories, Kowloon and the western part of Hong Kong. |
Awareness of Intellectual Property Rights Protection Remains High
April 7, 2009 - Results of the latest Survey on Business Attitudes to Intellectual Property announced today reveal that awareness of intellectual property (IP) rights among business establishments in Hong Kong remains high. |
Hong Kong’s Foreign Currency Reserves at US$186.2 Billion
April 7, 2009 - Hong Kong’s foreign currency reserve assets stood at US$186.2 billion at the end of March 2009, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, compared to US$177.1 billion at end-February. |
Chief Executive Pledges to Explore Economic Areas with High Potential
April 3, 2009 - Speaking after the fourth meeting of the Task Force on Economic Challenges (TFEC), Chief Executive Donald Tsang today said that economic areas where Hong Kong enjoyed clear advantages would be explored to realize their full potential. |
Task Force on Economic Challenges to Discuss Long Term Strategy
April 2, 2009 - Hong Kong Chief Executive, Mr. Donald Tsang, says the Task Force on Economic Challenges will meet tomorrow to discuss medium and long-term strategy to develop Hong Kong's economy. It will also study ways to promote the city’s industries with high potential. |
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