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Hong Kong Property Market Faces Downturn as High Interest Rates Impact Home Prices Hong Kong’s real estate market is navigating choppy waters as high interest rates and a decelerating economy precipitate a steady decline in residential property prices. Conversely, the rental market is experiencing an uptick, with a surge in rents observed over the last
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2 Hongkongers remanded in custody over manslaughter case of mainland Chinese student whose body was found in Fanling village Two middle-aged Hongkongers have been remanded in custody pending a police investigation into the death of a mainland Chinese student, whose body was discovered in a local village on the weekend. Security guard Kwan Wing-yin, 51,
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied high immigration is responsible for high inflation with the extraordinary claim contradicting the Reserve Bank. A record 500,000 overseas migrants came to Australia during the last financial year, new figures due out this week are expected to show. Australia’s inflation pace of 4.9 per cent in October remains well above the RBA’s
Value Partners, a Hong Kong-listed company, is set on issuing blockchain tokens backed by physical gold and filing applications for crypto-related ETFs. According to local media Hong Kong Commercial Daily, the firm plans to tokenize its three tons of gold bars worth an estimated $201 million at current prices. Value Partners already offers the only
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昨晚（28日）10時許，警方接報指一名男子於油麻地上海街25號美化樓懷疑高處墮下，倒臥在大廈後巷平台。消防到場將該男子救下，由救護車送院搶救。現場後巷平台有水管遭壓爆，水花四濺，事件起因仍有待警方調查。 Source link
【明報專訊】男司機昨凌晨在油麻地吳松街客貨車內休息，被一名男子敲窗拍醒，並遭對方以兩支氣槍掃射及棍狀硬物襲擊，事主跑到唐樓梯間躲避，其後再往便利店求助及報警，他頭及手受傷送院。槍手棄下兩槍逃去，警方經深入調查，約9小時後在廟街拘捕槍手。據悉，被捕男子有精神病紀錄，不排除出現幻覺及幻聽而傷人。 Source link
The outlook for Hong Kong remains uncertain due to a lack of consensus over the two big determinants of the performance of the city’s economy and asset prices: mainland China’s growth prospects and the scope for cuts in US interest rates. Making the right call on Hong Kong means getting mainland China and the Fed
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Developers pay a premium to the government when a modification or change in land use results in the plot having a higher value. “The standard rates arrangement is an alternative to the conventional premium assessment mechanism,” the bureau said on Thursday. “It aims to provide certainty to the premium amount and streamline development procedure to
Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the fairest Disney park of them all? DailyMail.com has compared Disney theme park rankings on Yelp, to see which are the worst and best rated. There are currently 12 Disney parks on the map around the world. Four are in Florida, two in Tokyo, two in France, two
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Yeung said they were directors of five companies in the city involved in money-laundering activities, with two of them the syndicate’s alleged ringleaders. During raids on the firms’ offices, officers seized HK$1 million in foreign currency along with natural diamonds weighing about 290 carats and worth HK$8 million, more than 1,000 synthetic diamonds and related
漁護署今（28日）表示，經進一步測試，證實日前於天水圍濕地公園泥灘撿走的一隻針尾沙錐及一隻綠翅鴨屍體，均對H5N1禽流感病毒呈陽性。至於距離雀屍地點的三公里範圍內的一個雞場，則暫時沒有發現雞隻異常死亡或有任何禽流感症狀。 Source link
濕地公園一隻針尾沙錐及一隻綠翅鴨帶有H5N1禽流感病毒 Read More »
【明報專訊】香港民意研究所（民研）噚日公布，將定期電話調查由每個月減至每兩個月做一次。總監鍾庭耀話，現時政策討論同傳媒報道愈來愈少引用具分量和客觀嘅民意數據，嘆數據作用不大，又透露民研收費平台開設半年，至今都無人肯付費下載民調數據。 Source link
【Emily】「民調引用趨少」 民研電話調查改隔月做 指收費平台開設半年無人問津 Read More »
The Duality of Hong Kong’s Real Estate Market: Falling Home Prices vs Rising Rents In the heart of Asia, Hong Kong’s real estate market is witnessing a significant downturn. A combination of high interest rates and a slowing economy has led to a decline in residential property prices, reaching their nadir in nearly seven years.
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Hongkongers aged 60 or above will need to apply for personalised transport cards to keep benefiting from elderly concessionary fares starting in August next year, as the government steps up efforts to combat misuse. Authorities on Thursday said that only JoyYou card holders could enjoy the HK$2 (26 US cents) fare subsidy scheme from August
Beige, bland, unidentifiable — aeroplane food doesn’t generally enjoy the highest of culinary reputations. But I’m one of those people who eagerly await the moment on a long haul flight when I peel back the silver foil to discover what’s in store for breakfast, lunch or dinner. What’s always interested me is how aeroplane food
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立法會議員吳傑莊今表示本月收到5至6名青年疑因虛擬資產誤墮洗黑錢法網的求助個案，他們收取來歷不明的虛擬資產，賣出後取出現金，並交到線下虚擬資產找換店。幾宗個案疑涉及清洗幾千萬至億元黑錢，幾名事主均正被警方調查。他指類似騙案有上升趨勢，呼籲青年提高警惕，又建議政府監管線下虛擬資產找換店。 Source link
青年開戶收來歷不明虛擬資產後受查 議員籲提高警惕 Read More »
【明報專訊】香港影業協會及香港戲院商會屬下機構「香港票房有限公司」公布，今年聖誕檔期票房收入約1960萬元，較去年跌40.33%，為20年新低。票房公司稱，聖誕假期是戲院業重要的黃金檔期，跌幅反映香港電影業消費市道持續低迷。香港電影工作者總會發言人田啟文認為，今個聖誕檔期票房不理想，「對業界而言是警號」，值得檢視背後成因。 Source link
Hong Kong Real Estate Market Sees Major Shift: Buyers Turn to Renting Amid Falling Home Prices In the bustling city of Hong Kong, a major shift is taking place in the real estate market. Prices of residential property have plunged to their lowest point in nearly seven years. This comes as a result of high
About 140 runners in Christmas outfits joined an annual cross-country run in Hong Kong earlier this month to raise money for a charity drive. Participants of “Santa Hash” gathered at Lai Chi Kok Park on December 9 for a run similar to the old English game of hare and hounds, in which a “hare” lays
The commercial activities of Emma Raducanu attract much comment, but there could be few criticisms about her turning up earlier this month to support a charity which helped her when she was a little-known junior. Without fanfare, Raducanu joined Jack Draper at Wimbledon to add sparkle at a black tie fundraiser for Tennis First, who