Hong Kong Exchange Fund Amounts to US$275.85 Billion
January 29, 2010 - Total assets of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund amounted to HK$2,151.7 billion (US$275.85 billion) on December 31, 2009. This is HK$83.7 billion (US$10.73 billion) lower than at the end of November 2009, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). |
Financial Results for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2009
January 29, 2010 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced today its financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. |
Hong Kong Exchange Fund Results for 2009
January 28, 2010 - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today the Exchange Fund results* for 2009. |
Results of Bruce Lee’s Residence Ideas Competition Announced
January 25, 2010 - The Organising Committee of the Ideas Competition for Bruce Lee’s Residence announced the results of the competition after two months of careful deliberation on January 23, 2010. |
Invest Hong Kong Sets Record in 2009 for Completed Investment Projects
January 22, 2010 - Invest Hong Kong announced today that the department assisted 265 overseas, Mainland and Taiwanese companies in setting up or expanding their business presence in Hong Kong in 2009. This achievement marked a record for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s investment promotion arm in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the city. It also signified external investors' strong vote of confidence in Hong Kong despite the challenging global economic environment. |
Hong Kong Consumer Prices Rose 1.3% in December
January 21, 2010 - Hong Kong’s overall consumer prices rose by 1.3% in December 2009 compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG). The rise is higher than the 0.5% increase in November 2009. |
Hong Kong, Guangdong and Shenzhen Governments to Support Joint R&D Projects
January 21, 2010 - The Hong Kong, Guangdong and Shenzhen governments will jointly provide funding for 12 applied research and development (R&D) projects under the “Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Co-operation Funding Scheme”. |
Hong Kong Ranked World's Freest Economy for 16th Consecutive Year
January 20, 2010 - Hong Kong is ranked the world’s freest economy for the 16th consecutive year in the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, jointly published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. |
Financial Leaders Share Insights on New Global Landscape at Asian Financial
January 20, 2010 - More than 60 of the world’s leading business, finance and regulatory players, as well as government officials, shared their insights on the new financial landscape at the two-day Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong. |
Hong Kong and Shanghai Sign MOU to Advance Financial Cooperation
January 19, 2010 - The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Shanghai Municipal Government Financial Services Office today signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Advancing Hong Kong-Shanghai Financial Co-operation (MOU). |
Hong Kong Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.9%
January 19, 2010 - Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 5.1% in September - November 2009 to a provisional 4.9% in October - December 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. |
Hong Kong: A Cultural Hub of Asia
January 11, 2010 -In a reception held at one of New York’s grandest venues, Mr. Henry Tang, Chief Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said that the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) project that the Government was undertaking would transform the spectacular Victoria Harbour into Asia’s West End with a Broadway skyline and make Hong Kong the cultural hub of Asia. |
Hong Kong’s Foreign Currency Reserves at US$255.8 Billion
January 7, 2010 - Hong Kong’s official foreign currency reserve assets amounted to US$255.8 billion at the end of December 2009, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), compared to US$256.3 billion at end-November 2009. |
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