Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on Protection of IPRs Meets
July 30, 2010 - The ninth meeting of the Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights was held in Hong Kong today. The expert group decided to step up co-operation to raise the level of intellectual property (IP) awareness among the public and enterprises in Guangdong and Hong Kong. |
Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
July 30, 2010 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) announced today its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2010. |
Hong Kong Exchange Fund Amounts to US$285.6 Billion
July 30, 2010 - Total assets of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund amounted to HK$2,227.9 billion (US$285.6 billion) on June 30, 2010. This is HK$35.1 billion (US$4.5 billion) higher than at the end of May 2010, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. |
Hong Kong Exchange Fund Position at the End of June 2010
July 30, 2010 - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (July 30) published the position of the Exchange Fund at the end of June 2010. |
HKETO Director Rings NYSE Closing Bell
July 30, 2010 - To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY), Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY), Miss Anita Chan (front row, fifth from left), along with members of the organizing committee of the HKDBF-NY, rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, July 30, 2010 (New York time). |
Land Auction Yields US$1.33 Billion
July 30, 2010 - A government plot of land at The Peak sold for HK$10.4 billion (US$1.33 billion) in the fourth land auction held by the Lands Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in the 2010-2011 financial year. |
External Merchandise Trade Statistics for June 2010
July 28, 2010 - The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today the external merchandise trade statistics for Hong Kong for the month of June 2010. In June 2010, the values of Hong Kong’s total exports and imports of goods both showed significant year-on-year increases, at 26.7% and 31% respectively. |
Hong Kong Gains Record High Ranking as Global FDI Recipient
July 23, 2010 - Hong Kong was the world’s fourth largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recipient in 2009, according to the World Investment Report 2010 (WIR) unveiled today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). |
Hong Kong Consumer Prices Rose 2.8%
July 22, 2010 - Hong Kong’s overall consumer prices rose by 2.8% in June 2010 compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Regional Government (HKSARG). This is higher than the corresponding 2.5% increase in May 2010. |
Hong Kong’s Unemployment Rate Remains Steady at 4.6%
July 20, 2010 - Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at a provisional 4.6% in April - June 2010, same as that in March - May 2010, according to the latest labor force statistics released today by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. |
Signing of Memorandum of Cooperation on Renminbi Business
July 19, 2010 - The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Mr. Norman Chan, and Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), Ms. Hu Xiaolian, signed a Supplementary Memorandum of Co-operation today on the expansion of the renminbi trade settlement scheme. |
Hong Kong Renminbi Clearing Platform to Conduct Exchange, Supply and Repatriation of Renminbi Cashnotes for Taiwan
July 13, 2010 - According to the Cross-strait Financial Cooperation Agreement signed in 2009, it was agreed that the exchange, supply and repatriation of cashnotes would be conducted through suitable means with commercial banks as intermediaries. |
Hong Kong Government Proposes to Establish Independent Insurance Authority
July 12, 2010 - Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K. C. Chan, today released the consultation paper on the “Proposed Establishment of an Independent Insurance Authority” and invited the insurance sector and the public to give their views in the three-month public consultation period. |
Number of Registered Companies Hits Record High
July 12, 2010 - The number of companies registered under the Companies Ordinance has reached a record high. The total number of live local companies registered was 815,762 at the end of June this year, up 43,509 from the number at the end of 2009, according to statistics released by the Companies Registry on July 11. |
HKIA named most efficient Asia-Pacific airport
July 8, 2010 - Hong Kong International Airport has been named the most efficient airport in Asia-Pacific for the fourth time in a row. |
Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets at US$256.8 billion
July 7, 2010 - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$256.8 billion at the end of June 2010 (end-May 2010: US$256.2 billion) . There were no unsettled forward contracts at end of June and end of May. |
The 20th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York ready to row
July 1, 2010 - Let the drumroll begins! With a traditionally blissful eye-dotting ceremony on the shore and two colorful boats in the lake, the 20th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) is ready to row! |